by Marcia T. Fowle, Paul Kerlinger, William Conway, NYCAS, and Mark Stein (Illustrator)

Description
Published by NYC Audubon in 2001, this comprehensive guide is almost as good as having an expert birding with you. It provides residents, tourists, and visiting birders with a wealth of information on forty-five extraordinary birding sites in the New York Metropolitan Area, including Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland and Ulster counties in New York, and sites in nearby New Jersey. The book is a complete, precise and detailed, step-by-step guide to where species reside, vegetation, weather, wind, migration patterns, best season to visit, whom to contact and detailed directions. Also included are a map of each area and a checklist of the birds of New York City.

Reviews
"If you are a visitor to The Big Apple and want to know where and when to find raptors in Manhattan, warblers in Brooklyn, or shorebirds in Queens; or if you are a resident looking for a birding day-trip outside of the city, you should add this outstanding resource to your birding library. I look forward to eventually exploring every location in the book."--Rob Jett, Birding, December 2001

"New York City is, among other things, the center of a fantastic birding region. This superb new guide will help everyone, residents and visitors alike, to find and enjoy the exciting birds in and around the metropolitan area. Highly recommended!"--Kenn Kaufman, author of Focus Guide to the Birds of North America

"A wonderful birding guide for New York City and spots nearby. A treasure house of facts, advice and lore. As a Manhattan birder, I couldn't help notice that many of our secrets are revealed. All the basics are here, as well as hundreds of little pieces of information that I have never seen printed before about where species reside, and about weather, wind and migration patterns. For the visiting birder this guide is indispensable. I also hope many tourists will pick up the book in order to experience a different New York; one seen through the eyes of winged creatures and their friends."--Margot Adler, National Public Radio

About the Authors
Marcia T. Fowle is former Executive Director and past President of New York City Audubon. Paul Kerlinger, a principal in the environmental consulting firm of Curry & Kerlinger, LLC, is an ornithologist and past Director of the New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory. He is the author of Flight Strategies of Migrating Hawks and How Birds Migrate.

Availability: Please allow 3-7 business days for delivery, via Media Mail
Edition: Paperback, 230 Pages, Illustrated
Publisher: Cornell University Press 2001
List Price: $20.00
ISBN: 0-8014-8565-7