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Its estimated that 50 to 60 million Americans count birding among their hobbies. Some hang feeders in their backyards and accumulate yard lists; others participate in annual Christmas Counts; a select few travel to the ends of the earth in an effort to see every bird in the world. With Fifty Places to Go Birding Before You Die, Chris Santella takes the best-selling Fifty Places recipe and applies it to this most popular pastime. Santella presents some of the greatest bird-watching venues in the United States and abroad through interviews with prominent birders, from tour leaders and conservationists to ornithologists and academics. Interviewees include ornithologist Kenn Kaufman; David Allen Sibley, author and illustrator of The Sibley Guide to Birds; Rose Ann Rowlett, the mother of modern birding; John Fitzpatrick, director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology; and Steve McCormick, president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy. The places vary from the urban (New York Citys Central Park) to the mystical (the cloud forests of Triunfo in Chiapas, Mexico) to the extremely remote (the sub-Arctic islands of New Zealand). The book includes 40 gorgeous photographs that capture the vibrancy of our feathered friends, and the beautiful places they call home.
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Other Books by Chris Santella
Fifty Favorite Fly-Fishing Tales
Fifty Places to Dive Before You Die
Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die
Fifty Places to Hike Before You Die
Fifty Places to Play Golf Before You Die
Fifty Places to Sail Before You Die
Fifty More Places to Fly Fish Before You Die
Fifty More Places to Play Golf Before You Die
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Published in 2007 by Stewart, Tabori & Chang
An imprint of Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Text copyright 2007 by Chris Santella
Photograph credits: : Operation Migration, Inc.
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher.
Publisher has exercised every effort to identify and properly credit the rights holders for each of the images contained herein. Please contact Publisher if you have additional or amended permission information (http://www.abramsbooks.com/permission_guidelines.html).
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Santella, Chris.
Fifty Places to Go Birding Before You Die : birding experts share the
worlds greatest destinations / by Chris Santella.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-58479-629-9
1. Bird watchingGuidebooks. I. Title.
QL677.5.S27 2007
598.07234dc22
2007021503
115 West 18th Street
New York, NY 10011
www.abramsbooks.com
THE DESTINATIONS
RECOMMENDED BY BOB DITTRICK
RECOMMENDED BY JOHN W. FITZPATRICK
RECOMMENDED BY TERRY E. MOORE
RECOMMENDED BY ALLAN MUELLER
RECOMMENDED BY DR. TONIA COCHRAN
RECOMMENDED BY ALAN MCBRIDE
RECOMMENDED BY SHERI WILLIAMSON
RECOMMENDED BY DAVID BISHOP
RECOMMENDED BY SUSAN MEYERS
RECOMMENDED BY BRET WHITNEY
RECOMMENDED BY DEBRA LOVE SHEARWATER
RECOMMENDED BY PHIL EAGER
RECOMMENDED BY STEVEN J. MCCORMICK
RECOMMENDED BY RALPH PAONESSA
RECOMMENDED BY ROSE ANN ROWLETT
RECOMMENDED BY KENN KAUFMAN
RECOMMENDED BY BRYAN BLAND
RECOMMENDED BY DON MORROW
RECOMMENDED BY KURT K. BURNHAM
RECOMMENDED BY BILL THOMPSON, III
RECOMMENDED BY BOB SUNDSTROM
RECOMMENDED BY JNOS OLAH, JR.
RECOMMENDED BY TIM GALLAGHER
RECOMMENDED BY PAMELA C. RASMUSSEN, PH. D.
RECOMMENDED BY PETER MARRA, PH. D.
RECOMMENDED BY LUKE COLE
RECOMMENDED BY JAN PIERSON
RECOMMENDED BY WAYNE R. PETERSEN
RECOMMENDED BY MARK WILLUHN
RECOMMENDED BY LUKE DEMPSEY
RECOMMENDED BY ARTHUR MORRIS
RECOMMENDED BY LLOYD SPITALNIK
RECOMMENDED BY TED FLOYD
RECOMMENDED BY STEVE N. G. HOWELL
RECOMMENDED BY ALICIA CRAIG
RECOMMENDED BY JULIE ZICKEFOOSE
RECOMMENDED BY JIM BERRY
RECOMMENDED BY MIKE HOUCK
RECOMMENDED BY JONATHAN ROSSOUW
RECOMMENDED BY SCOTT WEIDENSAUL
RECOMMENDED BY DAVID ALLEN SIBLEY
RECOMMENDED BY CARTER ROBERTS
RECOMMENDED BY KEVIN T. KARLSON
RECOMMENDED BY PAUL J. BAICICH
RECOMMENDED BY CLAY TAYLOR
RECOMMENDED BY VICTOR EMANUEL
RECOMMENDED BY STEVE ROOKE
RECOMMENDED BY STEVE HILTY
RECOMMENDED BY JOSEPH DUFF
RECOMMENDED BY TERRY MCENEANEY
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This book would not have been possible without the assistance of the expert birders who shared their time and experiences to help bring these fifty great birding venues to life. Birdersthe fraternity and sorority of the field glass, to paraphrase Roger Tory Petersonare a most pleasant and generous group of people, and I hope to spend more time with them in the future. To these men and women, I offer the most heartfelt thanks. I would especially like to thank Debi Shearwater, who offered much advice and countless introductions to her vast circle of birding peers. Likewise, Id like to thank Stephanie Meeks of the Nature Conservancy, Phil Eager of the Sierra Club, and Jan Pierson of Field Guides, who also made many introductions on my behalf, and Bryan Bland, Peter Marra, Kenn Kaufman, and Bill Thompson, III, who inspired me with their tales from the field and their willingness to educate a nonbirder. I also want to acknowledge the fine efforts of my editors Jennifer Levesque and Kate Norment, designer Galen Smith, and copyeditors Sylvia Karchmar and Elizabeth Norment, whose efforts were instrumental in bringing this book into being. Thanks should also go to my agent, Stephanie Kip Rostan, who always provides sage counsel. The list of thanks would hardly be complete without a nod to my mom and dad, who encouraged me to pursue my dream of being a writer and most of all to my wife, Deidre, and daughters, Cassidy Rose and Annabel Blossom, who have again and again displayed tremendous patience, flexibility, and love.
FOREWORD
Why is it that we humans admire birds so much? Is it their dazzling plumage? Is it their ethereal, musical song? How about their courtship rituals and devotion to mate and offspring? These are all admirable explanations for our love of birds, but I think its even more simple than that. After all, birds have been doing something for eons that humans have only figured out in the past hundred yearsflying. Its the freedom, the power of the ability to fly that draws us most to birds. They are not bound, as we are, to the ground. Birds ignore the bonds of gravity, and we wish that we could, too. And so we watch birds in wonder and seek them out wherever they occur.
All bird watchers have a birding spot that stands above all othersa place that has delivered unbelievable numbers of birds or even one special individual bird, or perhaps a jaw-slackening variety of species in one memorable wave of activity. These are the sacred places of the birder. We revisit them in person when we can, and we relive our experiences in these beloved places (and hope to replicate them) every time we don our binoculars.
Chris Santella has combed the world of birding for fifty of the must-bird places on planet Earth. Hes gathered nominations of locations from some of the most intrepid and well-traveled among the tribe of feather-questing aficionados: professional birders, tour leaders, authors, artists, and ornithologists. Birdy places near and far are represented, from Guatemala to North Dakota to Greenland, from Point Reyes to Hawk Mountain to Cley Next the Sea to Kazakhstan to Borneo and Papua New Guinea. In Fifty Places to Go Birding Before You Die, Chris Santella has given us a treasure map to the best birding places in the world.
Bird watching has been my personal and professional focus for more than thirty years and its been good to me. Many of the most enduring friendships of my life have started with the chance meeting of a fellow birder in the field. After all, bird watchers are among the most likeable, friendliest people youll ever meet. I encourage you to stop what youre doing, right now, grab your binoculars, go outside, and find some birds. Better yet, plan a trip to one of these fifty places. Youll be sure to find lots of great birds, and, Ill wager, an equal number of great people.
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