This book has long been anticipated. It is a very good book, a valuable resource. A must for students of bird distribution and for bird watchers in adjacent states who want to know what happens just beyond their borders.
Bird Watcher's Digest Staff
Hats off to the editors and their many contributors, on a very fine book. I heartily recommend it. It is a work for which the authors can be justly proud. It is an essential reference that belongs in all university libraries of the region or any library that aspires to have a good ornithological collection. Birders and academics alike should own it.
It serves as the new standard reference for Pennsylvania birding.
Levittown-Bristol (PA) Courier Times
The Birds of Pennsylvania is the most complete and up-to-date work on Pennsylvania's bird life, and the distribution and status of those species. This is a very important and long-overdue reference work which will be the baseline from which future ornithological observations in the state will be judged. It will be highly useful and interesting to a range of individuals from novice birders to naturalists to professional ornithologists.
This book provides comprehensive coverage of the birds of Pennsylvania.
All public libraries in Pennsylvania and its neighboring states should make this book available to birders; colleges and universities of the northeastern states should also acquire it.
Birders who have longed for a comprehensive book about the birds in Pennsylvania have had their wish come true.
If you bird in Pennsylvania, you should own this book.
"Of all the distribution books that I have this is the easiest reading because of the writing style. It is also the most informative from a general perspective. The next time you are in a birding bookstore take the time to give this book a look. I do not think you will be disappointed."
"For European birders interested in the status of migratory species that may become transatlantic vagrants, it provides a fascinating up-to-date reference, and it will be essential for anyone with a particular interest in the birds of the eastern U.S.A.."
"The first checklist of the state's birds for more than a century, this book deals with 249 species, some 200 of which have bred. An introductory chapter describes the history of birding in the state, its physiographic regions, and gives a map of major sites for birds."
Bird Conservation International
"In a volume smaller than the tabletop footprint of The Wilson Bulletin , the authors have efficiently packed information on the occurrence, distribution, and abundance of 429 species, and in the process, created a reference essential to the serious birder or ornithologist working in the eastern United States."
"This book has long been anticipated.... It is a very good book, a valuable resource.... A must for students of bird distribution and for bird watchers in adjacent states who want to know what happens just beyond their borders."
Bird Watcher's Digest - E.B.
"This book provides comprehensive coverage of the birds of Pennsylvania."
"The first checklist of the state's birds for more than a century, this book deals with 249 species, some 200 of which have bred. An introductory chapter describes the history of birding in the state, its physiographic regions, and gives a map of major sites for birds."
Bird Conservation International - Chris Mason
"The work will be an indispensable reference for the next 20 years. If you bird in Pennsylvania, you should own this book."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Scott Shalaway
"Birders who have longed for a comprehensive book about the birds in Pennsylvania have had their wish come true."
Erie (PA) Times - Evelyn Anderson
"Hats off to the editors and their many contributors, on a very fine book. I heartily recommend it. It is a work for which the authors can be justly proud.... It is an essential reference that belongs in all university libraries of the region or any library that aspires to have a good ornithological collection. Birders and academics alike should own it."
The Auk - Douglas A. Cross
"This book has long been anticipated.... It is a very good book, a valuable resource.... A must for students of bird distribution and for bird watchers in adjacent states who want to know what happens just beyond their borders."
Bird Watcher's Digest - E.B.
"This major contribution to Pennsylvania ornithology melds for the first time the long, rich history of bird study in the commonwealth with the modern status of each species. The Birds of Pennsylvania establishes a new baseline for wise stewardship of this avifauna."
"A first-rate compilation with good analysis and interpretation valuable for eastern libraries beyond the Pennsylvania region; highly recommended."—Library Journal. January, 2000.
"All public libraries in Pennsylvania and its neighboring states should make this book available to birders; colleges and universities of the northeastern states should also acquire it."—Choice. July/August 2000.
"The Birds of Pennsylvania is the most complete and up-to-date work on Pennsylvania's bird life, and the distribution and status of those species. . . . This is a very important and long-overdue reference work which will be the baseline from which future ornithological observations in the state will be judged. It will be highly useful and interesting to a range of individuals from novice birders to naturalists to professional ornithologists."—Wildlife Activist. December, 1999.
"For European birders interested in the status of migratory species that may become transatlantic vagrants, it provides a fascinating up-to-date reference, and it will be essential for anyone with a particular interest in the birds of the eastern U.S.A.."—Birding World
"This book has long been anticipated. . . . It is a very good book, a valuable resource. . . . a must for students of bird distribution and for bird watchers in adjacent states who want to know what happens just beyond their borders."—E.B., Bird Watcher's Digest, Sept/Oct.,'00.
"The Birds of Pennsylvania is a book that both amateur birders and ornithologists will not only value for years to come, but will pass on to future generations."—Erie (PA) News, April 13, 2000.
"It serves as the new standard reference for Pennsylvania birding."—Levittown-Bristol (PA) Courier Times, April 2, 2000.
"The work will be an indispensable reference for the next 20 years. If you bird in Pennsylvania, you should own this book."—Scott Shalaway, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 13 February, 2000.
"The first checklist of the state's birds for more than a century, this book deals with 249 species, some 200 of which have bred. An introductory chapter describes the history of birding in the state, its physiographic regions, and gives a map of major sites for birds."—Chris Mason, Bird Conservation International. 2000.
"The Birds of Pennsylvania gives genuine reading pleasure. The text is well written and editorially clean, scientifically accurate and thorough, and esthetically appealing with a balanced number of rare and elusive bird photographs and breeding distribution maps of the most commonly observed birds. . . . This volume is an indispensable resource for all birders, amateur and advanced alike, and professional ornithologists in and outside Pennsylvania. It contains a wealth of scientific data never gathered before and, I venture to conclude, will not be superceded for decades to come."—Gene Wilhelm, Pennsylvania Birds, Vol. 14, No. 1.
"Birders who have longed for a comprehensive book about the birds in Pennsylvania have had their wish come true."—Evelyn Anderson, Erie (PA) Times, January 2, 2000
"This comprehensive book provides all the information a long-time birder needs while being interesting and readable for newcomers."—Lancaster (PA) Sunday News
"This book provides comprehensive coverage of the birds of Pennsylvania."—Ted Anderson, British Ornithologists Union, Ibis
"Of all the distribution books that I have this is the easiest reading because of the writing style. It is also the most informative from a general perspective. . . The next time you are in a birding bookstore take the time to give this book a look. . . I do not think you will be disappointed."—National Birding Hotline. December 2000
"In a volume smaller than the tabletop footprint of The Wilson Bulletin, the authors have efficiently packed information on the occurrence, distribution, and abundance of 429 species, and in the process, created a reference essential to the serious birder or ornithologist working in the eastern United States."—The Wilson Bulletin, Vol. 113, No. 1, March 2001
"Hats off to the editors and their many contributors, on a very fine book. I heartily recommend it. It is a work for which the authors can be justly proud. . . It is an essential reference that belongs in all university libraries of the region or any library that aspires to have a good ornithological collection. Birders and academics alike should own it."—Douglas A. Cross, The Auk, Vol. 118, No. 3, 2001
"This major contribution to Pennsylvania ornithology melds for the first time the long, rich history of bird study in the commonwealth with the modern status of each species. The Birds of Pennsylvania establishes a new baseline for wise stewardship of this avifauna."—Frank Gill, Director of Science, National Audubon Society
"The Birds of Pennsylvania fills in the gaps left by the Atlas of Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania. This is the most comprehensive volume on Pennsylvania's birds since Warren's Birds of Pennsylvania (1890). At no time in the past has the knowledge of Pennsylvania's birdlife been so well represented and complete. Although the status of some less common species is still not fully understood—the long-eared owl for example—this work brings us up to date with the current knowledge of each species and does it in a way that can be appreciated by laymen and professionals alike."—Franklin C. Haas and Barbara M. Haas, editors, Pennsylvania Birds
Here for the first time since 1964 is an excellent, comprehensive monograph on the birds of Pennsylvania by two of that state's top ornithologists. For each of 429 species there is a detailed summation of its status, distribution, and abundance through the seasons. There are sections on general and seasonal status, breeding, and history and a complete and very useful list of references. The high-quality photographs are of rarer species. Maps show the breeding distribution of commoner birds based on annual surveys of 122 routes from 1985 to 1994. Too bad similar use was not made of Christmas bird counts to show the winter situation, although this is well described in the text. Short introductory sections detail Pennsylvania's physiography and explain the book's sensible, very effective layout. A first-rate compilation with good analysis and interpretation valuable for eastern libraries beyond the Pennsylvania region; highly recommended.--Henry T. Armistead, Free Lib. of Philadelphia Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.
The keystone state was home to Audubon, and is currently home to 428 species covered in this most comprehensive volume since perhaps Warren's (1890). A naturalist and state ornithologist provide everything but color photos (there are 67 b&w ones) in detailed species accounts, breeding distribution maps, historical perspectives on bird populations and habitats, and other information. 's field editor wrote the preface. Indexed by English and scientific name. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
