A Bird-Finding Guide to Canada - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 088830255X ISBN 13: 9780888302557

Publisher: Hurtig Pub, 1985

Synopsis

Recommends the best places and times for bird watching in Canada, identifies the most common species in each province and offers suggestions on clothing, binoculars, and safety equipment

About this title

About the Author

<b>J. Cam Finlay</b>, founder and former director of the John Janzen Nature Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, is a geologist, naturalist, and author, a past president of the Albert Museums Association and the Canadian Museums Association, and one of the National Park Service’s first chief park naturalists. He has written, co-written, compiled, or edited several books, numerous articles and booklets, and, from 1985 to 1995, a weekly nature column in the <i>Edmonton Journal</i>. He now lives in Victoria, British Columbia.<br><br><br><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>

From the Inside Flap

vely revised edition of <i>A Bird-Finding Guide to Canada</i> will have Canadian birdwatchers grabbing their binoculars and itching to get out to the birding “hot spots” described in its pages. Editor J. Cam Finlay has drawn on the expertise of birders from every region of the country to tell you what birds to look for and where to find them across each province and territory.<br><br>Want to know, for instance, where Great Grey Owls, Sage Grouse, and Yellow Rails may be found in the prairie provinces? Are you travelling to Vancouver on business and eager to know what birds you might see in Stanley Park? Planning a trip to the Maritimes and need advice on the best spots along the Bay of Fundy to find masses of migrating shorebirds? Need suggestions for rewarding day-trips in the vicinity of Ottawa, Toronto, or Winnipeg?<br><br>You’ll find it all in this exciting guide, along with:<br><br>Line maps of each province and territory, with “hot spots” ind

Edition details

• Publisher: Hurtig Pub
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 088830255X
• ISBN 13: 9780888302557
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 387
• Editor: Finlay J. C.