Lepidopterists rejoice! Seabrooke Leckie has proclaimed tidings of great entomological joy on her Facebook and Twitter profiles: she has signed a contract to create a Peterson Field Guide to Moths of WESTERN North America.
Long had we waited… left to making the best guesses we could given whatever references we could find. Never really having the opportunity simply to sit and study the astonishing varieties of species, to learn the geographic locations where they might be found, or to improve our field skills.
Then, in 2012, Seabrooke Leckie and David Beadle gave us hope
The other day, my Twitter feed told me that I should download and listen to a podcast with which I was unfamiliar. As I have spent quite a lot of time and effort curating my Twitter feed so that it provides me with useful information, I took it’s advice and downloaded the most recent episode of “The Naturalist Podcast.”
For all those who have liked Richard Crossley’s unconventional approach to presenting his subjects in his three previous guides about the birds of eastern North America, of Britain and Ireland, and raptors respectively, it is entirely reasonable to assume that his most recently published fourth guide – The Crossley ID: Waterfowl – will also be received with similar appreciation and enthusiasm.