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Author: Bruce M. Beehler (Research Scientist and Field Naturalist, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution) ,
Middleton Evans ,
Chandler S. Robbins
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 22.90cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 27.90cm
Weight: 2.087kg
ISBN: 9781421427331
ISBN 10: 1421427338
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 21 May 2019
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
If you've never been able to fully appreciate the red poll, phoebe, towhee or great crested flycatcher, you might derive hours of pleasure from a new book from Johns Hopkins University Press, Birds of Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia. It's the size of a coffee table book and looks at first like one, heavily dependent on photographs. But it's far more than that. Part field guide, part birding atlas, part conservationist pleading, it is nearly 500 pages of photos by Middleton Evans and prose by ornithologist Bruce Beehler. It comes with charts, checklists and maps of birding hot spots... I can't imagine a more complete record of the birds of our region. It's an inspiration for anyone who has thought about - but never got around to - becoming a birder... The Beehler-Evans book is timely and important. It's an impressive accounting of what we have and what we could lose if we don't do more - and fast - to counter the effects of human behavior. -- Dan Rodricks * Baltimore Sun * This magnificent large-format guide to the local birds of Maryland, D.C. and Delaware is a treasure trove of practical information. More than 70 of the 684 color photographs are full-page... Give Birds of Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia as a gift and encourage a hobby that will be transformative. Experience the beauty that awaits those who venture outdoors with discerning eyes and sensitive ears. -- Dinah Rokach * The Beacon *
If you've never been able to fully appreciate the red poll, phoebe, towhee or great crested flycatcher, you might derive hours of pleasure from a new book from Johns Hopkins University Press, Birds of Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia. It's the size of a coffee table book and looks at first like one, heavily dependent on photographs. But it's far more than that. Part field guide, part birding atlas, part conservationist pleading, it is nearly 500 pages of photos by Middleton Evans and prose by ornithologist Bruce Beehler. It comes with charts, checklists and maps of birding hot spots... I can't imagine a more complete record of the birds of our region. It's an inspiration for anyone who has thought about - but never got around to - becoming a birder... The Beehler-Evans book is timely and important. It's an impressive accounting of what we have and what we could lose if we don't do more - and fast - to counter the effects of human behavior. -- Dan Rodricks * Baltimore Sun *
Author Information
Ornithologist Bruce Beehler is a research associate in the Division of Birds of the National Museum of Natural History. He is the author of North on the Wing: Travels with the Songbird Migration of Spring. Renowned photographer Middleton Evans is the author of Rhapsody in Blue: A Celebration of North American Waterbirds and The Miracle Pond: Baltimore's Patterson Park, Wild beyond Imagination.
