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Massachusetts Breeding Bird Atlas (Natural History of New England Series)
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by Wayne R. Petersen and W. Roger Meservey
Sales Rank: 1365448
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List Price: $60.00
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 400 pages
Published by: University of Massachusetts Press March 2004
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1558494200
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1558494206
Book Dimensions:
10.8 x 8.6 x 1.5 inches
Weighs: 4.4 pounds
Product Review
"without a doubt the most brilliantly illustrated breeding bird atlas ever produced." -- Gerard A. Bertrand, chair, BirdLife Intl
"An indispensable baseline record essential for creating a viable conservation strategy for Massachusetts' breeding birds. Also without a doubt the most brilliantly illustrated breeding bird atlas ever produced." - Gerard A. Bertrand, chairman, BirdLife International
Product Description
In 1974, the Massachusetts Audubon Society and the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife launched a five-year survey to map the distribution of all the birds that breed in the Commonwealth - the first such comprehensive effort in North America. Nearly 600 volunteers spent countless hours in the field collecting data. This landmark volume presents the results of their efforts. The book includes distribution maps showing possible, probable, and confirmed breeding areas for 198 Massachusetts nesting species on a grid of 989 tensquare-mile blocks. Opposite each species map is a summary account giving historical perspective, relative abundance, habitat, seasonal schedule, nest, egg, and song descriptions, clutch size, egg dates, number of broods, and other pertinent details. Each species account is illustrated with a scrupulously accurate, watercolor portrait by award-winning nature artists John Sill and Barry Van Dusen. The book also includes a set of six transparent overlay maps in an attached pocket that allow the reader to correlate key environmental factors with the distribution of nesting species. Introductory sections describe the atlas survey methodology, and two appendixes document bird species known to breed in Massachusetts before and after, but not during, the survey period, and list scientific names of plants and animals (other than birds) noted in the text. This is a book that will appeal not just to ornithologists, but to anyone who appreciates the remarkable diversity of bird life in Massachusetts.
Reader Reviews
Massachusetts residents who are more than casual bird observers will find this weighty reference a treasure trove of invaluable information: Collaborative compiled and co-edited by Wayne Petersen and W. Roger Meservey, the Massachusetts Breeding Bird Atlas offers over a hundred grid maps almost two hundred depicting the distribution of all breeding birds, provides full-page accounts for all confirmed species, and includes nature art by John Sill and Barry Van Dusen. Add distribution maps and you have a superb contribution to the growing library of ornithological reference literature.
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