Compact Guide to Saskatchewan and Manitoba Birds
- Publisher
- Lone Pine Media
- Initial publish date
- Aug 2023
- Category
- Birdwatching Guides, Reference
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781774511428
- Publish Date
- Aug 2023
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
A great introductory field guide to the birds of Saskatchewan and Manitoba. This book features over 80 species found across two prairie provinces. Each account has two pages of colour illustrations and detailed information including each bird's common and scientific name, its size and voice, a range map, a photograph of the bird's egg, along with information on nesting, size of the egg and incubation period. Illustrations of similar species also are featured.
About the authors
KEN DE SMET is an endangered species biologist with the Manitoba provincial government and has conducted research and conservation efforts for a variety of declining grassland bird species in southwestern Manitoba since the mid-1980s. He participates on numerous recovery teams for species at risk in Manitoba. Ken has also coordinated breeding bird survey efforts in the province for over 20 years and participates in a number of other volunteer wildlife monitoring initiatives.
KRISTA KAGUME is a nature writer who has travelled across North America, working as a freelance journalist, cycling-tour guide and deckhand on a commercial fishing vessel. After earning her degree in conservation biology, Krista focused on environmental research and communications. Her work in Alberta and the Northwest Territories has included research on tiny tundra plants, organic farming, breeding birds and one grizzly bear immobilization. She currently lives in a small town outside Edmonton with her adventurous family, who enjoy the outdoors and encourage others to appreciate nature.
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