Birds of North America

n between those covers are the birds of North America, a varied bunch that is handled relatively uniformly, at least within families. Every species is illustrated by at least two photographs and many by more than that. Almost every duck, wader, shorebird, larid, tubenose, and raptor has a flight shot included, and swallows and martins are particularly well-represented with beautiful, crisp, flight shots, which are not easy to get. The many plumages of gulls are illustrated with lots of pictures: most gulls have from nine to eleven shots included.