| Birds of Florida Contributor(s): Pranty, Bill (Author), Radamaker, Kurt (Author), Kennedy, Gregory (Author) |
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ISBN: 9768200065 ISBN-13: 9789768200068 Publisher: Lone Pine Publishing OUR PRICE: $25.16 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2006 Annotation: Full page accounts with color illustrations and range maps for 320 birds that occur in Florida on a regular basis Quick reference guide, organized into color-coded family groupings Map of best birding sites and descriptions Appendix of 33 occasional and accidental species found in FL Glossary of terms, checklist and separate indexes for scientific and common names Color-coded guide to bird groups on the back cover |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Birdwatching Guides - Nature | Animals - Wildlife - Nature | Regional |
| Dewey: 598.097 |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.52" W x 8.6" (1.26 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Florida - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pranty, Bill: - Bill Pranty has lived in Florida since 1978, when he and his family moved from their native Pennsylvania. Bill works for Archbold Biological Station in central Florida and has authored or co-authored more than 150 articles and reports on Florida's avifauna. He is especially interested in the state's rare birds and exotic species. He is a member of the American Birding Association, American Ornithologists' Union, Association of Field Ornithologists, Florida Ornithological Society, The Nature Conservancy and Wilson Ornithological Society.Radamaker, Kurt: - Kurt Radamaker has been interested in nature and birding most of his life. He grew up in Southern California where he started birding at the age of 8 and completed Cornell Laboratory's Seminars in Ornithology at age 15. Kurt taught ornithology at the University of La Verne in California in the early 1990s. He and his wife Cindy both remain avid birders who have traveled extensively in leading bird tours to several areas in the U.S., Mexico and Central America. He is a member of the Florida Ornithological Society, a member of the Arizona Bird Committee and a founding member of the Arizona Field Ornithologists. Kurt and Cindy live in Fountain Hills, Arizona. |