Owen Sewall Pettingill (1907–2001)

This is a compilation of reviews of birdy places by the authorities on those specific places. Most are very interesting reading, conveying beauty, wildness, unimaginable numbers of individuals, and other unique qualities as the location dictates.

In its day, this book was perhaps a classic. What makes the book so memorable is the excelent choice of individual authors for each chapter or location. The authors are on an intimate relationship with the places and the birdlife at the places they show more describe and that detailed understanding comes through again and again, making both thorough and accurate facts, and very interesting reading. show less

Briefly reviews the history of the University of Michigan Biological Station, situated on 9,500 acres between Burt and Douglas lakes in Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula, 1909-1973; details the history of ornithological investigations at the station; and provides an annotated list of 251 species documented at the station and surrounding region through 1973. An important regional work.

Differing articles about birds in different sections of America and migration spectacles such as at Pt. Pelee