Birding Across North America: A Naturalist's Observations - Hardcover

Keenan, Philip E.

9780881925289: Birding Across North America: A Naturalist's Observations

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0881925284 ISBN 13: 9780881925289

Publisher: Timber Press, 2002

From the author of the award-winning Wild Orchids Across North America comes an informative, beautiful-and at times poetic-summary of one man's life as a birder. Journeying from the swamps of Alabama to the icy waters of Qu�bec's Gasp� Peninsula, from the sky islands of Arizona to the birdfeeder in his New Hampshire backyard, Keenan describes the remarkable pageantry of North American birdlife. More than a mere journal or travelogue, however, Keenan's book offers the incisive observations of a passionate naturalist for whom no question pertaining to birds is insignificant or irrelevant. With more than 100 color illustrations, it is as much a treat for the eyes as it is for the mind.

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Book Description:

More than a mere journal or travelogue, Keenan's book offers the incisive observations of a passionate naturalist for whom no question pertaining to birds is insignificant or irrelevant.

About the Author:

An inveterate traveler to, and photographer of, wild habitats, Philip Keenan crisscrossed the country many times. He was well known for his expertise on birds (particularly his beloved warblers) and wild orchids; his book Wild Orchids Across North America won a Choice magazine award for Outstanding Academic Title in 1999. In his retirement years following a career in retail business, Philip's interest in the sciences led him to become an avid naturalist with a wide range of interests including conservation, birding, geography, meteorology, and horticulture. He contributed dozens of articles to various journals, including Orchids, in which his photos of wild orchids were a prized regular feature. He was a founding member of the North American Native Orchid Alliance, and a life member and former director of the Audubon Society of New Hampshire. Philip E. Keenan died in 2001 after a brief illness.

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