Birds of Maine

A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated overview to the birds of Maine



The first comprehensive overview of Maine's incredibly rich birdlife in more than seven decades, Birds of Maine is a detailed account of all 464 species recorded in the Pine Tree State. It is also a thoroughly researched, accessible portrait of a region undergoing rapid changes, with southern birds pushing north, northern birds expanding south, and once-absent natives like Atlantic Puffins brought back by innovative conservation techniques pioneered in Maine.

Written by the late Peter Vickery in cooperation with a team of leading ornithologists, this guide offers a detailed look at the state's dynamic avifauna--from the Wild Turkey to the Arctic Tern--with information on migration patterns and timing, current status and changes in bird abundance and distribution, and how Maine's geography and shifting climate mold its birdlife. It delves into the conservation status for Maine's birds, as well as the state's unusually textured ornithological history, involving such famous names as John James Audubon and Theodore Roosevelt, and home-grown experts like Cordelia Stanwood and Ralph Palmer. Sidebars explore diverse topics, including the Old Sow whirlpool that draws multitudes of seabirds and the famed Monhegan Island, a mecca for migrant birds.

Gorgeously illustrated with watercolors by Lars Jonsson and scores of line drawings by Barry Van Dusen, Birds of Maine is a remarkable guide that birders will rely on for decades to come.

O imagine de ansamblu cuprinzatoare si frumos ilustrata a pasarilor din Maine Prima imagine de ansamblu cuprinzatoare a vietii de pasari incredibil de bogate din Maine in mai mult de sapte decenii, Birds of Maine este o descriere detaliata a tuturor celor 464 de specii inregistrate in statul Pine Tree. Este, de asemenea, un portret aprofundat, accesibil, al unei regiuni care sufera schimbari rapide, cu pasari din sud care se indreapta spre nord, pasari din nord care se extind spre sud si nativi odata absenti precum Atlantic Puffins, adusi inapoi de tehnici de conservare inovatoare pionierate in Maine. Vickery, in cooperare cu o echipa de ornitologi de frunte, acest ghid ofera o privire detaliata asupra avifaunei dinamice a statului - de la Turcia salbatica pana la sarna arctica - cu informatii despre tiparele si calendarul migratiei, starea actuala si modificarile abundentei si distributiei pasarilor. si modul in care geografia Maine si climatul in miscare isi modeleaza viata de pasari.