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A hefty tome at a hefty price (about $40), this volume answers all questions about birds from American pioneers in ornithology: Audubon, John James to Wilson, Alexander to “adaptations to marikind” (swifts nesting in the chimney) to Yellow Hammer (local name for the flicker).
Stunningly illustrated with hundreds of photographs (including a few of mine) and many line drawings, this book makes for fascinating, informative reading. I use it constantly and couldn’t write these columns without it.
Most readers have at least one bird book. For the best, I recommend Roger Tory Peterson’s “Eastern Birds: A Field Guide to the Birds of
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