Watercolorist Denis Clavreul’s new “In the Footsteps of Audubon” is a book that should most certainly be known to birdwatchers and naturalists, as well as to artists, historians, and anyone who simply enjoys the opportunity to undertake a remarkable journey across a large portion of North America without ever leaving the comforts of home.
For his Sunday book review this week, Mark takes up in his most recent review: Andrew Paintings’ forthcoming “Regeneration; the Rescue of a Wild Land” from the independent Scottish publishing house Birlinn. Describing it as “a cracker” and worthy of particularly favorable association with other recent books on the subject of habitat restoration and rewinding.
Even those bird watchers who might not be quite up-to-speed in their history of natural history likely know Alexander Wilson – or at least his last name. After all, a warbler, a storm-petrel, a snipe, a phalarope, and a plover all carry it in his honor.