Tweeters,

With reference to the new "Birds of Washington", edited by Wahl, Tweit,
and Mlodinow:

Does anyone know whether there are any scheduled book-signing events
for the new book, either at a meeting or at a retail store? There were a
couple
of such events for "Birds of Oregon: A General Reference", put out by the
same publisher (OSU Press) in 2003. It would sure be nice to have a
chance to get our copies signed by these 3 luminaries of
Washington ornithology!

I haven't picked up my copy yet, but am eagerly looking forward to doing
so soon.


Wayne C. Weber
Delta, BC
contopus at telus.net




----- Original Message -----
From: "Hal Opperman" <hal at catharus.net>
To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 3:01 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] new publication: Birds of Washington


Now published:

Birds of Washington: Status and Distribution, edited by Terence R. Wahl,
Bill Tweit, and Steven G. Mlodinow (Corvallis: Oregon State University
Press, 2005). List price $65.

A comprehensive treatise of the quality of this one is a fifty-year event.
Indeed, its only two predecessors date from 1953 (Jewett et al.) and 1909
(Dawson and Bowles).

Not an identification guide nor is it a picture book, although fine drawings
by Shawneen Finnegan and G. Scott Mills are scattered throughout, and Dick
McNeely's photo of a Red Crossbill graces the jacket. Tightly edited,
information-packed species accounts are authored by a team of nearly 50
Washington ornithologists. Each account features subspecies (when relevant),
habitat, and occurrence, along with a paragraph of remarks, a list of
noteworthy records, and a distribution map (by Kelly Cassidy). The accounts
are written by nearly 50 Washington ornithologists. The book also includes
informative essays on bird habitats of Washington (by Chris Chappell), avian
conservation (by Joe Buchanan), and other topics, and an exhaustive
bibliography. This is a book you will be consulting and learning from for
years to come.

The Seattle Audubon Society Nature Shop received an order on Saturday. No
doubt the book will soon be available at other retails outlets as well, if
it is not already.

Hal Opperman
Medina, WA
hal at catharus.net