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Shorebirds of North America

Shorebirds of North America contains over 200 color photos of all the breeding and commonly occurring shorebird species found in North America. Species accounts show breeding and nonbreeding plumages when differences occur, as well as many immature and juvenile plumages. Some similar species are shown side by side to allow for easier ID comparison, such as the dowitchers, yellowlegs and willets.

Each featured species includes a short description of their physical and plumage features, body and wingspan measurements, and preferred habitats. The status of each species, including seasonal frequency, resident or migrant occurrence, and breeding location and habitats are also noted.

These guides differ from other similar products by the increased number of photos for each species, which allows readers to compare a variety of individuals on the same page. This laminated, waterproof, folding field guide is a must for anyone who wants to identify shorebirds anywhere in North America—and they fit in your back pocket when you complete your ID conclusion. You’ve tried the rest; now try the best quick reference guides for North American shorebirds.

ISBN: 978-1-936913-78-7

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Kevin Karlson

Kevin Karlson is an accomplished birder, professional tour leader and wildlife photographer who has published numerous articles on bird identification and natural history for an assortment of magazines, books, and journals.A former photo editor for North American Birds, he currently writes the Birder’s ID column for Wild Bird Magazine. Kevin is a co-author of The Shorebird Guide (Houghton Mifflin Co. 2006) and is currently completing a new book for the Roger Tory Peterson Reference series at Houghton Mifflin Co. called Birding by Impression. He is the author and photographer of a book titled The Birds of Cape May (Schiffer Publishing, 2010), which celebrates the birds of this special location through the four seasons, and just completed a new nature photography book called Visions: Earth’s Elements in Bird and Nature Photography, which will be released in June, 2012.

As the sole ornithologist for Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s DVD Birds of North America, Kevin prepared photos and wrote captions for over 2600 bird images, including over 800 of his own. He is a regular presence at numerous Bird and Nature festivals around North America, where he gives keynote presentations and workshops on bird identification and natural history, and leads field trips to a variety of locations. Kevin also leads a limited number of photography tours.

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Birds of Ohio

The Quick Reference Guide to The Birds of Ohio, by Greg R. Homel, is a quick and easy to use, light-weight, durable, all-weather guide to the inspiring, incredibly varied and colorful birdlife inhabiting the State of Ohio.

Stunning digital photographs depict more than 130 species of common and notable birds, enabling users to identify nearly every bird they encounter—day or night—within the guide’s impressive area of coverage.
Designed to satisfy the needs of birders of all interest levels—especially beginning and intermediate users trying to “make sense of it all”—this beautiful and amazingly informative six-fold guide will be an indispensable companion for visitors and residents alike on all regional outings.

Whether you’re seeking fall and winter marsh and waterfowl concentrations along the Lake Erie shoreline at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge; chasing colorful neotropical migrants during spring migration within Shawnee State Forest; birding the region’s far-flung constellations of wildlife refuges, national forests, state and national historic sites; or combining birding with sightseeing or business at any season, you’ll be glad to have this booklet.

This affordable guide will serve as a lasting memento of any visit to Ohio and will conveniently fit into any daypack, pocket or glove compartment, facilitating easy field identification—whether in a Columbus garden, on a family vacation to Cincinnati, or embarking on a serious birding trip visiting all the best birding hotspots in The Buckeye State.

ISBN: 978-1-943334-63-6

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Greg Homel

Greg R. Homel is an ornithologist, award-winning international nature photojournalist, documentary film producer, birding tour leader and lecturer.

He lives and works from his home within the magnificent Los Padres National Forest, California, USA (home of the California Condor) and from his second homes at Río Lagartos, surrounded by the magnificent Ría Lagartos National Park and Biosphere Reserve at the north tip of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and El Tuito, near Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico.

A birder-naturalist since childhood, Greg founded Natural Elements Productions in 1986 and Natural Encounters Birding Tours shortly thereafter. Now he travels the globe on a full-time basis in search of rare and little-known birds and other wildlife.

He shares his unbounded (and contagious) enthusiasm through excursions for small groups worldwide, and with a wider audience through state-of-the-art digital lectures, television, and wide variety of publications and video productions.

Throughout his life, but especially since the early 1990s, Greg has guided, educated, and inspired travelers in over 80 countries throughout the world. His travels on all seven continents, from the Arctic Circle to the Antarctic and points between, have allowed him to see more than half of the planet’s roughly 9,800+ bird species in their natural habitats.

His early work appeared regularly in books and magazines, including Wildbird Magazine, The Audubon Society Field Guides to Eastern Birds and The Audubon Society Field Guides to Western Birds, Time, Birder’s World, Tucson Lifestyle, and Texas Monthly magazines.

Since the “digital revolution,” Greg has moved into television, video production for conservation groups such as American Bird Conservancy, field guide writing and lecturing aboard expedition ships with the hope of “giving a voice to his truest love, which is the natural world and its inhabitants, especially birds!”

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Birds of Virginia

Birds of Virginia covers the area from the Appalachian Mountains eastward to the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Coast. This waterproof guide contains well over 100 beautifully photographed birds. You’ll find both common and notable species such as the Northern Cardinal, Glossy Ibis, Piping Plover, and Northern Gannet.

This pocket-sized guide features color photos in a folding, laminated, pocket-sized format that makes it ideal for field use. It includes common and scientific names, common size and wing span measurements, distinguishing feature descriptions and seasonal ranges when these birds can be seen in the region.

Nature enthusiasts of all ages will enjoy using this guide.

ISBN: 978-0-9828856-8-0

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Middleton Evans

Middleton Evans has devoted much of his 25-year career to documenting the many faces of Maryland, including Chesapeake Bay watermen, cities and towns, farm life, festivals and equestrian sports.

Wildlife photography has become a keen interest, especially our feathered friends in recent years.

Evans’ self published books include Maryland in Focus, Baltimore, Maryland’s Great Outdoors, and Bodhi: The All American Lodge Dog. Rhapsody in Blue: A Celebration of North American Waterbirds was released by Ravenwood Press in 2007.

Middleton Evans believes that beautiful photographs are nourishment for the soul, connecting us to God in mystical ways. His lens seeks the Divine essence of all subjects, as all Created beings bare the signature of the Creator.

Favorite images may be viewed on his website, www.ravenwoodpress.com Blessings to all!

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Birds of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia

Birds of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia is a quick and easy to use, light-weight, durable, all-weather field guide to the inspiring and incredibly varied birdlife of the the Carolinas, contiguous with Georgia. Unlike most regional guides, this one does not stop at artificial state lines—rather it treats a representative sample of birds inhabiting the whole of this rich biogeographic region.

Stunning digital photographs depict 130 species of common and notable birds, enabling users to identify nearly every commonly-occurring and regional bird specialty they encounter—day or night—in an area spanning from the Outer Banks of North Carolina, south along the Atlantic Coast to the Sea Islands of South Carolina, and Georgia’s Cumberland Island National Seashore, then inland to the Okefenokee Swamp, Southern Appalachia—including the Blue Ridge Mountains and Great Smoky Mountains National Park—to the Florida, Alabama, Tennessee and Virginia state lines, and all points between.

Aimed at beginning and intermediate birders, the guide will easily fit into any daypack, pocket or glove compartment, facilitating easy field identification—whether in a backyard, on a family vacation, or a serious birding trip visiting the best birding hot spots in the region.

ISBN: 978-1-936913-14-5

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Greg Homel

Greg R. Homel is an ornithologist, award-winning international nature photojournalist, documentary film producer, birding tour leader and lecturer.

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Birds of Wisconsin

The Quick Reference Guide to The Birds of Wisconsin, by Greg R. Homel, is a quick and easy to use, light-weight, durable, all-weather guide to the inspiring, incredibly varied and colorful birdlife inhabiting the State of Wisconsin.

Whether you’re seeking colorful spring warblers at Wyalusing State Park; on a quest to see wintering concentrations of Bald Eagles at Cassville along Mississippi or Sauk Prairie along the Wisconsin River; chasing migrating Tundra Swans at Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge near La Crosse; birding the region’s far-flung constellations of wildlife refuges, national forests, state and national sites; or combining birding with sightseeing or business at any season, you’ll be glad to have this booklet.

This affordable guide will serve as a lasting memento of any visit to Wisconsin and will conveniently fit into any daypack, pocket or glove compartment, facilitating easy field identification—whether in a Madison garden, on a family vacation to Green Bay, or embarking on a serious birding trip visiting all the best birding hotspots within America’s Dairyland.

ISBN: 978-1-943334-67-4

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Greg Homel

Greg R. Homel is an ornithologist, award-winning international nature photojournalist, documentary film producer, birding tour leader and lecturer.

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