When it comes to identifying raptors on the wing – or for that matter most any North American bird in the midst of more or less any other activity – there are few who can rival Pete Dunne in accuracy. His “Hawks in Flight; The Flight Identification of North American Migrant Raptors,” written with David Sibley and Clay Sutton, has become veritably canonical for bird watchers.
Planning a trip to, or presently living in, Spain? (Goodness knows I certainly wish I was!) If so – as you’re reading this publication – chances are you’ll likely be wanting to include at least a little “naturalizing” in your activities.
Since its original publication, Birds of the Horn of Africa by Nigel Redman, Terry Stevenson, and John Fanshawe has come to be widely regarded as the most authoritative and reliable field guide to the birds of that region. However, like all good natural history field guides, there comes a time when updates, expansions, revisions, and other emendations […]
Come this November, a new field guide will be added to the illustrious Peterson Field Guides series: the Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Northern Central America. Written by by Jesse Fagan and Oliver Komar, this new guide will provide species accounts for more than eight hundred birds that are found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.