Regardless of your opinion regarding Oprah Winfrey as a literary taste-maker, you can’t deny that when she declares a book to be one of her picks it has a dramatic effect on that book’s sales.
As a boy growing up in a fishing family near the mouth of the Columbia River, one of the first birds I learned to recognize was the Double-crested Cormorant.
With over a million named species and the likelihood of millions more yet to be described, the Class Insecta comprises one of the most widely diverse and successful groups within the animal kingdom.
I was particularly pleased to learn of the forthcoming publication this April of a new book about one family’s exploration of some of America’s most well-known and culturally beloved national parks.
On 3 April 2012 the Wild Bird Fund would be holding a gala fundraising event at the “Birdie” Vanderbilt Mansion in New York City for the purpose of raising money to establish that city’s first wildlife rehabilitation and education center.
I’ll be honest; when I read the press release for Carol Gracie’s forthcoming book Spring Wildflowers of the Northeast: A Natural History, Princeton University Press had me at “In a book that hearkens back to an earlier era of natural history…”
Of all the North American birds that twitchers from around the world would dearly love to add to their life lists, few rank higher than the Kirtland’s Warbler.
Following upon the publication this past January of Peter Friend’s volume on Scotland, HarperCollins UK, has announced the next two forthcoming volumes of the unparalleled New Naturalists series.