Often referred to as the most influential Swedish wildlife artist, Lars Jonsson’s work is spectacular and realistic. His art captures the true spirit of observation, capturing “real” moments in the lives of his subjects. “Painting and drawing from life is part of my philosophy, in fact it is my philosophy.” – Lars Jonsson In 1988
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Birds of East Asia: China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Russia (Princeton Field Guides) is a high quality, wonderful bird guide worthy of every birder’s bookshelf. The guide covers a large region which includes: China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Russia. Each species profile includes extensive information with adjacent map. The color plates are less crowded than
Birds of Eastern Africa: Updated Edition (Princeton Illustrated Checklists) is perhaps the best field guide for this region of the world. The guide covers Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Socotra Island (Yemen); which includes some 1,487 species of birds!! With only six pages of introductory text and limited space allowed for each species, the
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The Princeton Encyclopedia of Birds consists of over 600 pages of fantastic coverage of all the bird families of the world. Instead of covering each individual species, the family accounts provide general information about the behaviors, habitat, distribution, and conservation status with some individual references to specific species. “Factfiles”, highlighted boxes of information, include maps,
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While many birders are familiar with the ABA/Lane Birdfinding Guides few may be aware of specific bird finding guides outside of the United States. Where the Birds are in Northeast Spain written by Steve West does a superb job of providing detailed locations of where to find birds in this specific bird-rich region. The main
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Having only had one pet bird before (a parakeet), our familiarity with living with birds is minimal. We obsess over birds, but outside of a little bird banding, our intimacy with avian creatures is through optics. Esther Woolfson, on the other hand, has first hand experience living with once wild birds and in Corvus: A
Hummingbirds of North America: Attracting, Feeding, and Photographing provides over two hundred pages of fascinating information on the 16 species of hummingbirds found in North America. The book includes the life history of all species including nesting, predation and coloration. Detailed coverage of hummingbird migration can be found for each species. There is a full
The Rare Birds Yearbook 2009 is out and it is terrible. Terrible in the fact that such a book needs to exist. Terrible that the world’s 190 most threatened birds face potential extinction. Thankfully, that is where the terribleness ends and some hope arrives. Much like the 2008 version (Rare Birds Yearbook 2008: The World’s
