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Field Guides & Natural History  Ornithology  Birds of the Americas

The Shorebirds of North America A Natural History and Photographic Celebration

Art / Photobook Flora / Fauna New
By: Pete Dunne(Author), Kevin T Karlson(Author)
294 pages, 225 colour photos
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  • The Shorebirds of North America ISBN: 9780691220956 Hardback Aug 2024 In stock
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A lavishly illustrated, large-format reference book by two preeminent experts on North American shorebirds

More than half a century has passed since the publication of The Shorebirds of North America, Peter Matthiessen's masterful natural history of what is arguably the world's most amazing and specialized bird group. In the intervening decades, our knowledge about these birds has grown significantly, as have the threats to their populations and habitats. Pete Dunne and Kevin Karlson celebrate Matthiessen's classic book with this updated and expanded natural history of North American shorebirds. This elegantly written book begins by introducing readers to the unrivalled splendor of shorebirds and goes on to cover topics ranging from their biology and habitats to courtship and breeding, flight, the perils of migration, and conservation. Detailed family accounts convey the richness and variety of the five family groups, with incisive, fact-filled descriptions of all 51 species of shorebirds known to breed in North America.

Featuring hundreds of Karlson's breathtaking photos and drawing on the latest science, The Shorebirds of North America is a worthy tribute to Matthiessen's enduring work and an indispensable reference for bird lovers everywhere.

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  • Fantastic shorebird book
    By Keith 28 Aug 2024 Written for Hardback
    Pete Dunne and Kevin Karlson have created a great book here, giving a hat-tip to Peter Matthiessen for his classic The Shorebirds of North America. They, like many birders rated that 1967 book as a classic in North American bird literature, and I feel sure that if he were still with us, Matthiessen would be impressed by this new book. For me, it consists of three elements: a 51-page overview of shorebirds and how they live, a 215-page set of profiles of 56 shorebird species, and all this is supported by around 600 photographs that range from stunning full-page shots to collages of images. All but 76 of these were taken by Karlson, who has done more than most to highlight best practices in shorebird photography. The only kind of index is the list of contents at the front. However, anyone familiar with the species involved should be able to navigate the book easily enough. Each family section starts with an overview of why these species are grouped together, and their main habits and behaviours are explained. Each species gets between 700-1000 words of text covering their breeding and wintering cycles, plus migration routes. Sadly, no maps are included, and these would have been useful. There are a further 16 vagrant shorebirds that are listed and given a short outline. For me, the book is worth buying for the photographs alone.
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Biography

Pete Dunne is retired director of the Cape May Bird Observatory. His books include Gulls Simplified (Princeton, with Kevin T. Karlson) and Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion. Kevin T. Karlson is an accomplished birder, tour leader, and wildlife photographer. His books include the Peterson Reference Guide to Birding by Impression and The Shorebird Guide.

Art / Photobook Flora / Fauna New
By: Pete Dunne(Author), Kevin T Karlson(Author)
294 pages, 225 colour photos
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"Pete Dunne and Kevin T. Karlson have rendered homage to Matthiessen's original work in ways that I have no doubt Matthiessen would approve. He too would rejoice in the amazing array of photographs that grace every page and illustrate every species account [...] [Dunne and Karlson] are people who love these birds, unabashedly, unashamedly and completely. And if you don't already, you will too after you read this book. It is just that good!"
– David M. Gascoigne, Travels with Birds

"A MUST-HAVE for anyone with an interest in the shorebirds of North America!"
– Ian Paulsen, The Birdbooker Report

"It is not merely massed numbers of birds that humans find so inspirational about this family group, but the great leaps of faith exhibited by these long-distance voyagers as they set out twice each year into the unknown, guided by instinct but subject to the trepidations of an indifferent to hostile universe. Shorebirds, of course, did not simply spring full blown from the surf readily equipped to vault hemispheres, pack on weight and arrive precisely in time to exploit food riches at opposing ends of the planet. They are the product of millions of years of evolutionary push and pull. It's Darwin meets Kierkegaard, clad in feathers and divided into roughly fifty-two North American breeding species, each with a story to tell about the tiny birds that could, can, and continue to meet the challenges of an ever-changing planet."
– from The Shorebirds of North America

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