The Atlas of Bird Migration
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Jonathan Elphick is a natural history author and consultant with a 40-year career in ornithology. His many books include the award-winning Birdwatcher's Handbook and Birds: The Art of Ornithology.

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(review of UK edition) Lavishly illustrated with some stunning photographs... The format is cleverly based upon double-page spreads, each of which deals with a different topic, and is largely self-contained... The whole comes together to give a well explained and fairly balanced overview of our current knowledge of migration, written in an easily accessible style.--David Parkin "British Birds Magazine" (10/1/2007 12:00:00 AM)

The layout of the volume is attractive and the artwork is outstanding. The book succeeds in portraying the astonishing accomplishments of migratory birds during their seasonal journeys, and readers without prior knowledge of bird migration will be stimulated to read more about this amazing behavior. To that end, the final page of the volume has a list of sources for further reading.--Sidney A. Gauthreaux "Quarterly Review of Biology" (3/1/2008 12:00:00 AM)

(starred review) The photos and illustrations in this large volume are so beautiful that one is tempted to skim the text... That, however, would be a mistake: while brief, the text provides all the information readers need to understand the how, why and where of bird migration.-- "Publishers Weekly" (12/31/2007 12:00:00 AM)

An invaluable resource for ornithologists, birders, and conservationists. Patterns of migration are discussed, such as long distance, east-west, attitudinal migration, and more. Entire sections are dedicated to the preparations of travel, flight stills, and techniques for studying bird migration, increasing conservation, and the human created threats migrants face. Many interesting facts are unearthed such as birds that migrant by swimming (such as Razorbills who are effectively flightless as they molt), and the specific routes of birds like Blackpoll Warblers that may not be the most direct but are nonetheless successful. Much of the Atlas provides detailed accounts of families of migrant birds. Specific species are used to illustrate--with colorful drawings, maps, and photographs--the various paths of migration. These treatments do not include every species in a family, but provide an excellent overview of the range and styles of migration they participate in. Each of the family accounts have information boxes with more cool bird facts... A catalog of migrants finishes out the book, providing an account of the more than 500 species of birds covered throughout the book. It includes a quick reference to the timing and locations of these species and also the distance covered by each bird.-- "Birdfreak" (11/25/2008 12:00:00 AM)

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