An in-depth study of the ways birds have evolved and adapted to winter, the most challenging season of the year.
Roger F. Pasquier, a lifelong birder, has had a career with the International Council for Bird Conservation, the Environmental Defense Fund, and the National Audubon Society, and is currently an associate in the Department of Ornithology at the American Museum of Natural History. His many books include Watching Birds and Masterpieces of Bird Art.
"The material is well organised with a sensible, progressive
arrangement of chapters, plenty of subheadings and a useful summary
to round off each section. The text is pitched roughly at the level
of a ‘New Naturalist’ volume, bridging the gap between professional
ornithologist and interested amateur. . . . [An] accessible and
useful reference."---Ian Carter, British Birds
"New facts on every page!"---John Miles, Birdwatching Magazine
"This book is as broad ranging as it is deeply informative. . . .
You cannot read this one without learning a great deal and, despite
the author’s undoubted expertise the touch is light enough to make
it an accessible read too."---Bo Beolens, Fat Birder
"[Birds in Winter] is assiduously underpinned with scientific
references, but at the same time takes the reader on an accessible
and fascinating tour."---Paul Nicholson, The London Free Press
"[A] highly informative, detail-packed, research-based description
of bird behavior."---Donna Lynn Schulman, 10,000 Birds
"[The] topic . . . is well served by the author who clearly
demonstrates that it genuinely deserves a whole book, and that it
is not off-beat at all."---Anthony P. Payne, Glasgow Naturalist
"A . . . welcome publication on a previously neglected topic. I
found it a tremendous compilation of ideas and facts about
wintering birds and I think it deserves to be very widely
read."---Tony Gaston, The Canadian Field Naturalist
"An admirable treasure trove and summation of what is known about
wintering birds for all biologists, climatologists, birders,
ecologists, environmentalists, and conservationists."
*Choice*
"The author has put together an impressive account of a bird’s
year. . . . A novel approach to the ornithological literature and
an instructive read."---Christopher Perrins, IBIS Book Reviews
"We owe the author a debt of gratitude for his thorough and earnest
overview of the “other” half of the lives of birds. I highly
recommend this book for its shift in perspective."---P.A.
Bednekoff, Ornithology
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