Birding Nantucket - Softcover

Andrews; Blackshaw, Kenneth Turner

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1419666258 ISBN 13: 9781419666254

Publisher: BookSurge Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

This is the Eighth edition of a 38-year collaboration between these two Nantucket bird icons. Bird comings and goings have changed over the years. Our planet is a bit warmer and Nantucket is becoming more gentrified on one hand and more forested on the other.If you are new to the island, the various birding trips described here will give you a chance to get out and enjoy many of the island's unique birds. Old-timers find the bar-charts in the back an excellent way to know when to expect a particular bird. This book is a must for any birder. Whether in the bicycle basket or the door pocket of your car, you'll want to have it near.

About this title

About the Author:

Ken started studying birds on Nantucket with his mentor, the renowned Edith Folger Andrews, back in the early 1950s. Edith was the resident ornithologist for Nantucket's Maria Mitchell Association over the last half of the 20th century. Ken has traveled the world over, courtesy of the U.S. Air Force and IBM, seeing birds, studying their behavior and authoring and editing many books about birds. His book, "Birding Nantucket" with Edith Andrews, is in its seventh printing.

About this edition

• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1419666258
• ISBN 13: 9781419666254
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 68