10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2015

Like the two previous books in the series, the American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of New Jersey by Rick Wright and the American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Colorado by Ted Floyd (photographs for all three primarily by master photographer Brian E.

Colorado 243

Colorado Florida Birds New Jersey 243

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2016

It was my second field guide, and I quickly gave it that worn look I imagined all “real” birder’s field guides had by dropping it into the creek at Allaire State Park in New Jersey (by accident!). And, that falcons are about as far away from hawks as a bird family could get. This means that loons are no longer first!

North America 167

North America 2003 Birds America 167

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

The first, The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families , tells the story of Dr. Gordon Sato’s mangrove tree-planting project, which transformed the African village of Hargigo. Paige Cunningham and Janet Payne both live in the Cape May, New Jersey area and previously collaborated on a book about Cape May A to Z.

Puerto Rico 238

Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013 238

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2017

I grab my binoculars, camera, and field guide and drive 2-and-a-half hours to southern New Jersey. Most of the species are described in the Species Accounts, arranged taxonomically into 86 family chapters. It is accessible–you can very easily find species and families using the visual and print indexes and thumb tabs.

North America 186

North America America 2017 Birds 186