Birding Across North America

"Journeying from the swamps of Alabama to the icy waters of Quebec's Gaspe Peninsula, from the sky islands of Arizona to the birdfeeder in his New Hampshire backyard, Keenan describes the 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: Why do ovenbirds lay colored eggs? How frequently have humans recorded witnessing the natural death of a bird? What weather conditions make for the best warbler viewing? Wha...