The Scientist : NewsBlog Print: Waterbirds: A slideshow
The Scientist: NewsBlog:
Waterbirds: A slideshow
Posted by Bob Grant
[Entry posted at 16th October 2009 02:29 PM GMT]

Publisher, author, photographer, and civil rights advocate Theodore Cross spent a decade traversing the globe, from the waterways of the Arctic Circle to sun-drenched South Pacific islands, to compile the brilliant photographs that grace the pages of his latest tome, Waterbirds, due to hit bookshelves on October 26th.



The 85-year-old birder chatted with The Scientist, sharing his thoughts and recollections on just a few of the dozens of water-loving bird species that appear in Waterbirds -- "the book that John James Audubon would have made if he had used a camera," as the front jacket proclaims.

Waterbirds, by Theodore Cross, W.W. Norton & Company, New York, October 2009. 344 pp. ISBN: 978-0-393-07226-6. $100 US.


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    wonderful photos
    by anonymous poster

    [Comment posted 2009-10-16 18:14:35]
    What beautiful creatures. If only humans would be more aware of what they are doing to the environment and to the animals inhabiting this world. Humans need to explore nature more, it can/will indirectly solve many ills of our society.

    I know what God invented this: Mother Nature

    And for Pete's sake, don't go touching birds like dogs.


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