If I’m honest – and I always try my best to be – prior to the arrival of a copy of “Celebrating Birds; an Interactive Field Guide Featuring Art from Wingspan,” I was wholly unaware that there existed a bird-centered board game named Wingspan, or that it was as remarkably popular as it has become in the relatively short time since its introduction in 2019.
For his Sunday Book review this week, Mark has chosen the new fully updated edition of the Lincolnshire Bird Club’s “Birds of Lincolnshire.” (I’m trying to imagine what it would be like if the county of my own residence here in Oregon – Columbia – had a bird club that was capable of producing it’s own reference guide to the local bird species. For that matter, I’m trying to imagine if it had a bird club at all…)
Spain’s Extremadura region is famous with wildlife enthusiasts – particularly birders – from all about the world. I’ve not personally made a visit there (yet…) myself, but Mark Avery has, and he is by his own admission, a fan of the area and its many natural wonders.
When it comes to those who know their way around the official list of Oregon’s birds, it’s difficult to think of anyone more well-suited for the task of assembling a field guide to them than Mr. Irons. His work with the Oregon Bird Records Committee (OBRC), as well as his other extensive work on similar projects in Oregon, more than testifies to his knowledge of the region’s birdlife.