Shorebirds: Beautiful Beachcombers

by Arthur Morris

Book Overview

A wonderfully illustrated introduction to identifying North American shorebirds: sandpipers, plovers, oystercatchers, turnstones, and dowitchers Shorebirds offer unique challenges to both beginning and experienced birdwatchers. They're large, forage in the open, and are easy to spot, but their infinitely variable plumage makes them difficult to identify. With beautifully detailed images taken by one of the country's premier bird photographers, this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559715677
• ISBN13: 9781559715676
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Northword Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

Beautiful Pictures and Wonderful Words

I truly enjoyed reading this book. The pictures of the shorebirds are fantastic. It is very well written. Morris describes the shorebirds, their behavior and plumage changes very competently. The photographs are of the highest quality and very detailed. It even includes pictures of some shorebird chicks. I didn't expect this quality from an paperback. At $11 it was a bargain.

A fine book by a fine birder,fine photographer and a fine fellow.

This would be a great addition to any bird book library.While it has only 159 pages, it contains wealth of information on all aspects of Shorebirds. The author is an expert birder and a photographer par excellent. He covers identification,plumages & ageing,behavior,feeding & diet,mating & breeding,eggs & young,migration,species accounts,shorebirdinf,more information and a good itemized list of suggested reading. Then there are the photographs!!! There are 94 absolutely stunning photographs that are as good as any photographs that you will find anywhere. One can only imagine the years of experience that the author has at his command and the endless patience that went into producing the photographs in this book. Arthur Morris was a frequent visitor at Pointe Pelee National Park for several years taking photos.He was very friendly to all who approached him .Although I haven't seen him for awhile,I can only assume he is still plying his skills with the birds. I bought this book from him at Pelee on May 16,1997 and he graciously autographed it and posed with me for a photo. Hope to see you again ,Arthur.

Good Book with Nice Pictures!

Good book that is easy to read with some good descriptions of shorebirds. Very easy to follow and understand...Gives some indepth info but not too much. Pictures are very good, showing some various views of different species. Only thing that would have made this book better would have been range maps that are not included, still a good book and worth the purchase price.