Shorebirds of the Pacific Northwest

by Dennis Paulson

Other authorsJim Erckmann (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 1993

Call number

GUIDE 598.3 PAU

Collection

Publication

University of Washington Press (1993), Edition: 1st, 422 pages

Description

The Pacific Northwest is a shorebird haven. Its temperate protectedestuaries provide sustenance for great flocks of shorebirds through thewinter, and the wave-washed rocks and sandy coastal beaches are reststops for hundreds, thousands, even millions of shorebirds moving upand down the Northwest coast, year after year. Shorebirds of thePacific Northwest embraces an area from southern British Columbia-- from the latitude of the north tip of Vancouver Island -- throughWashington, Oregon, Idaho, and western Montana. Paulson has carefullycompiled the latest information about characteristics of sixty-onedocumented and eighteen potential shorebird species based on exhaustiveresearch of the literature, museum collections, and photographs, aswell as his own and Jim Erckman's extensive field experience. Thisunique reference offers a wealth of information to satisfy the expertas much as to stimulate the intermediate and beginning birder. Byhelping readers understand the lives of these birds, the authorsencourage better management of shorebird habitats. And their book istimely because the estuaries and other wetlands that these beautifuland far-flying birds use are among the most endangered environments ofthe Northwest.… (more)

Pages

422

ISBN

0295972335 / 9780295972336
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