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4 weeks ago | 
aba.org | Rebecca Minardi
A review by Aisha WhiteDrawing Nature: The Creative Process of an Artist, Illustrator, and Naturalist, by Linda Miller FeltnerPrinceton University Press, 2024272 pages, hardcoverABA Sales–Buteo Books 15433It’s all in the details. Drawing Nature: The Creative Process of an Artist, Illustrator, and Naturalist, by Linda Miller Feltner, is an illustrated history of the author and artist’s career and creative work focused on all living things, large and small.
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1 month ago | 
aba.org | Rebecca Minardi
A review by Owen RobertsonThe Stokes Guide to Finches of the United States and Canada, by Lillian Stokes and Matthew A. YoungLittle, Brown and Company, 2024352 pages, paperbackABA Sales–Buteo Books 15411I’m going to make a potentially provocative statement here: No bird family embodies diversity better than finches. Hear me out.
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1 month ago | 
aba.org | Rebecca Minardi
Identifying birds can challenge any level of birder—especially those musically challenged, like myself, who struggle to name common species by their calls and chip notes. Toss in nonbreeding plumages and tricky molts, and a confident ID can stump even the most advanced birders.
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2 months ago | 
aba.org | Rebecca Minardi
A review by Rick WrightFergus the Silent, by Michael McCarthyYouCaxton Press, 2021452 pages, paperbackThe Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk, by Gísli PálssonPrinceton University Press, 2024312 pages, hardcoverABA Sales–Buteo Books 48816Ask just about anyone in the ABA Area about extinct birds, and their mind will leap to the Passenger Pigeon. Ask a birder, and they will add to the list the Carolina Parakeet and the Heath Hen.
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2 months ago | 
aba.org | Rebecca Minardi
A review byKatie BoordThe Shorebirds of North America: A Natural History and Photographic Celebration, by Pete Dunne and Kevin T. KarlsonPrinceton University Press, 2024304 pages, hardcoverABA Sales–Buteo Books 15360Pete Dunne and Kevin T. Karlson’s new book The Shorebirds of North America is an ode to what they propose might just be the “perfect” bird—the shorebird.
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Jan 25, 2025 | 
aba.org | Rebecca Minardi
A review by Nancy LordLoon Lessons: Uncommon Encounters with the Great Northern Diver, by James D. ParukUniversity of Minnesota Press, 2021256 pages, hardcoverABA Sales–Buteo Books 15184Author James D. Paruk is a leading expert on loons, especially the Common Loon. His fascination with these birds is apparent from the first pages of Loon Lessons, his very readable account of three decades devoted to researching them.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
aba.org | Rebecca Minardi
A review by Diego Blanco Birds of the Mesozoic: An Illustrated Field Guide, by Juan Benito and Roc Olivé Princeton University Press, 2024 272 pages, paperback For around 100 million years before the end of the Age of Dinosaurs, the temperate forests of what is now northeastern China, the arid landscapes of Mongolia, and the open woodlands surrounding the lakes of modern-day Germany—among countless other ecosystems around the world—were host to an array of feathered dinosaurs out of which...
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Dec 30, 2024 | 
aba.org | Rebecca Minardi
A review by Sheridan AlfordDare to Bird: Exploring the Joy and Healing Power of Birds, by Melissa HaftingRocky Mountain Books, 2024224 pages, hardcoverABA Sales–Buteo Books 15413Melissa Hafting’s Dare to Bird: Exploring the Joy and Healing Power of Birds is a perfect combination of beauty and content. But I don’t know whether to put it on my coffee table or on my shelf of reference books.
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Dec 30, 2024 | 
aba.org | Rebecca Minardi
A review by Rebecca HeismanFeather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds, by Sophie A. H. OsbornChelsea Green Publishing, 2024384 pages, hardcoverABA Sales–Buteo Books 15367Sophie Osborn’s Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds may ostensibly be a memoir, but Osborn isn’t the true protagonist of this book.
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Dec 22, 2024 | 
aba.org | Rebecca Minardi
A review by Jennifer RycengaThe Birds That Audubon Missed: Discovery and Desire in the American Wilderness, by Kenn KaufmanSimon and Schuster, 2024400 pages, hardcoverABA Sales–Buteo Books 15371Kenn Kaufman’s The Birds That Audubon Missed: Discovery and Desire in the American Wilderness is an important book from a widely admired voice in our community. It is also a timely book, uniquely situated to our moment.
