Great googly moogly!
… was what I exclaimed upon opening the email message from Princeton University Press that contained the announcement that they would be publishing a new field guide to the birds of North America in the early Spring of 2027.
“2027?” you may ask (and, of course, you may); “why such a long advance notice?” Because, my dear reader, the forthcoming The Bird Guide: North America is the work of some of the finest living professional birding authorities and field guides – Brian L. Sullivan, Michael O’Brien, Christopher Wood, and Steve N. G. Howell – enlivened by the artwork of two of the finest nature illustrators – Ian Lewington Lorenzo Starnini – and made possible through two of the world’s great providers of information about birds and nature – Princeton University Press and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
I won’t belabor the details at the present time; with nearly a year to await the publication of what is, by all reasonable as well as perhaps also a few unreasonable, expectations to be a truly monumental work of its kind, there is plenty of time for that in the months to come. So make an entry on your calendar for 9 March 2027. Place an advance order with your local bookseller. The anticipation of a great book to come begins now.
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