Flight Lines

August 27, 2017 By John E. Riutta in Mark's Reviews Tags: avery, book, bto, flight, lines, ornithology, review, toms

This week, Mark takes up Flight Lines: Tracking the Wonders of Bird Migration, “a joint initiative between the BTO and the Society of Wildlife Artists which celebrates and documents the wonders of bird migration, the birds that do the migration, the places they visit through the year and the scientists who unravel its details” by Mark Toms of the British Trust for Ornithology.

He seems quite impressed by it.

Mark Avery’s book reviews appear in The Well-read Naturalist by special arrangement. You can find all of Mark’s past reviews as well as a wide-ranging collection of his other writings on his Standing Up for Nature website.

John E. Riutta

Founder and publisher of The Well-read Naturalist. Inveterate autodidact. Has repeatedly been found out standing in many fields. Plays well with otters.

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