Birds of Coastal British Columbia [Paperback]

Nancy Baron (Author), John Acorn (Author), Ted Nordhagen (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 3, 1997

Award-winning author Nancy Baron and television's The Nature Nut, John Acorn, have teamed up to write this insightful book. More than 200 species of common West Coast birds are grouped by their similarity of appearance and color coded for quick identification. 213 color illustrations.

Editorial Reviews

Review

…accurate and interesting information is provided for each species, with details of breeding or expected occurrence by season. --Canadian Book Review Annual

...a great book, I highly recommend it. --Coast Mountain News

...offers birdwatching enthusiasts a quick and precise way to identify and understand the wild birds they see in their native habitat along B.C.'s coast. --Victoria Capital News

About the Author

NANCY BARON is a zoologist and an award-winning science writer. She also is an internationally respected communications trainer for members of the scientific community. Nancy has hosted a number of nature documentaries featured on the Discovery Channel and has worked as an environmental columnist for Global TV. She also is the former natural sciences columnist for the Vancouver Sun newspaper. JOHN ACORN is well known as the host of television's The Nature Nut, a science education program that airs on Discovery Channel and Animal Planet. He has authored numerous popular books on nature subjects and has worked as a museum consultant, display designer, writer and interpreter.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Lone Pine Publishing; 1st ed edition (September 3, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1551050986
• ISBN-13: 978-1551050980
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,264,255 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Nancy Baron is the outreach director of the Communications Partnership for Science and the Sea, known as COMPASS. She designed and leads the communications trainings for the Aldo Leopold Leadership Program. Nancy's new book, Escape from the Ivory Tower (Island Press, August 2010), is a frank, practical, and entertaining guide for scientists who want to engage their audiences, ace their interviews, promote their papers, and enter the political fray. She and her COMPASS team offer a wide range of workshops for academic scientists as well as scientists who work for government, and non-governmental organizations in North America and abroad. Her experience as both a biologist for Canadian National Parks and as a science writer inspired her to help bridge the gaps among scientists, journalists, and policymakers. Baron has won numerous science writing awards including National Magazine,Science and Society and Western Magazine awards in Canada. An ardent naturalist, Baron has led natural history expeditions around the world. She wrote the popular introductory field guide, Birds of the Pacific Northwest (Lone Pine Publishing, 1997), as a way to help people engage with the natural world. Nancy is based at NCEAS, the National Centre of Ecological Analysis in Santa Barbara.