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Book Review: 'Wings of Spring'
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Friday, June 16, 2006
8:49:00 AM EDT
Before spring officially turns into summer, I wanted to post about this amazing book that a former colleague of mine published earlier this year.
'Wings of Spring' (Stackpole Books, April 2006) is a beautifully illustrated book about how, every spring, birds migrate to their breeding grounds, choose a mate, make a nesting site and raise a family. The book is a feast for the eyes, with over 200 incredible photographs taken by Tom Vezo of birds from around the world. The pictures are large color shots of birds in their habitats, nesting, feeding and flying in flocks. The images really come to life. Vezo is an experienced wildlife photographer whose work has appeared in publications such as National Geographic, Nature Conservancy and Sierra magazines.
Each of the four chapters has an introduction and fact-filled captions written by Chuck Hagner, editor of Birder's World magazine and former colleague of mine at Time-Life Books.
Birders will love this book. As Hagner writes in his introduction, serious birders will find in these pages birds they have not been fortunate enough to see in the wild, including the Resplendent Quetzal and the Imperial Shag. You'll also find photos of hummingbirds, owls, wrens, warblers, penguins, egrets, herons, ducks, jays, terns, pelicans, hawks, eagles, cardinals, orioles and more.
'Wings of Spring' is not a huge coffee-table book that you'll only look at once. It's a nice 10 inches by 10 inches size; you can hold it in your lap.
I bet the photographs will inspire others to become birdwatchers. I enjoy hiking but I don't go out just to see birds. Maybe now I will -- I've been meaning to buy some new binoculars...
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8:49:00 AM EDT
Book Review: 'Wings of Spring'
Before spring officially turns into summer, I wanted to post about this amazing book that a former colleague of mine published earlier this year.'Wings of Spring' (Stackpole Books, April 2006) is a beautifully illustrated book about how, every spring, birds migrate to their breeding grounds, choose a mate, make a nesting site and raise a family. The book is a feast for the eyes, with over 200 incredible photographs taken by Tom Vezo of birds from around the world. The pictures are large color shots of birds in their habitats, nesting, feeding and flying in flocks. The images really come to life. Vezo is an experienced wildlife photographer whose work has appeared in publications such as National Geographic, Nature Conservancy and Sierra magazines.
Each of the four chapters has an introduction and fact-filled captions written by Chuck Hagner, editor of Birder's World magazine and former colleague of mine at Time-Life Books.
Birders will love this book. As Hagner writes in his introduction, serious birders will find in these pages birds they have not been fortunate enough to see in the wild, including the Resplendent Quetzal and the Imperial Shag. You'll also find photos of hummingbirds, owls, wrens, warblers, penguins, egrets, herons, ducks, jays, terns, pelicans, hawks, eagles, cardinals, orioles and more.
'Wings of Spring' is not a huge coffee-table book that you'll only look at once. It's a nice 10 inches by 10 inches size; you can hold it in your lap.
I bet the photographs will inspire others to become birdwatchers. I enjoy hiking but I don't go out just to see birds. Maybe now I will -- I've been meaning to buy some new binoculars...
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Thanks for the good review. I will go buy this book. If I can't see the bird for myself, good pictures have to substitute. People take care of things they love. Books like this introduce more people to a love of birds. Hopefully they will act on this love and help preserve birds and all the varied habitats they all need. We are all either a part of the problem or a part of the solution. Be a part of the solution.
Thanks Tom Vezo and Chuck Hagner.
12/24/06 1:06 AM