Rare and Elusive Birds - Hardcover

Burt, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0789306387 ISBN 13: 9780789306388

Publisher: Universe Publishing, 2001

Synopsis

For sixteen years, author and photographer William Burt has been on an uncommon mission. Every spring and summer since 1984, he has been in pursuit of the toughest of subjects: twenty of the least known, almost mythically elusive North American birds. Burt spent weeks in the field at a time, employing his own hand-built equipment and often revisiting sites, year after year in certain cases, to get the pictures he wanted. The end result is this collection of stunning photographs of these birds in the wild and the engaging stories behind capturing the images. This book contains over fifty remarkable photographs of these camera-shy birds. Additionally, it contains an appendix of thumbnail sketches about each of the birds featured in the book: where they can be found, their markings, and other unique characteristics. Rare and elusive Birds of North America is a wonderful addition to the libraries of serious and armchair birders alike.

About this title

About the Author:

William Burt, author and photographer, has written for Audubon and Smithsonian magazines. His first book is titled Shadowbirds.

Synopsis:

Presents a collection of photographs of rarely seen birds, including the rail, the bittern, the whip-poor-will, and the yellow-bellied flycatcher.

About this edition

• Publisher: Universe Publishing
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0789306387
• ISBN 13: 9780789306388
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208