The Armchair Birder Goes Coastal: The Secret Lives of Birds of the Southeastern Shore

With his distinctively witty, anecdotal, and disarming voice, John Yow now journeys to the shore and shares his encounters with some of the most familiar and beloved coastal birds. Out of his travels — from North Carolina’s Outer Banks, down the Atlantic coast, and westward along the Gulf of Mexico — come colorful accounts of twenty-eight species, from ubiquitous beach birds like sanderlings and laughing gulls to wonders of nature like roseate spoonbills and the American avocets. Along the ...