Bird Watching Answer Book Release

Contact: Michelle Blackley [email protected] 413-346-2184 Millions of Birders, Hundreds of Questions The Bird Watching Answer Book Almost 48 million Americans currently participate in bird watching, and these bird watchers spent about $31 million on it in 2006. “Bird watching has never been more popular,” says Dale Hall, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director.  According to Laura Erickson, author of The Bird Watching Answer Book, “As the world grows ever more computerized and mechanized, we grow hungrier to experience nature, and perhaps especially hungry to experience birdlife.” Science Editor Laura Erickson wrote The Bird Watching Answer Book in conjunction with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, a prestigious nonprofit institution focused on research and education on birds to conserve the earth’s biodiversity. The resources and knowledge shared by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is invaluable to the authority of this book. Its expansive collection of information is organized into three sections; For the Birds: Feeding, Watching, and Protecting Our Feathered Friends; Bird Brains: Avian Behavior and Intelligence; and All About Birds, Inside and Out. The Bird Watching Answer Book satisfies bird lovers’ curiosity with a wide range of questions. Real birders ask questions about feeding and attracting backyard birds, understanding behavior, and how birds fly, sing, and experience their world. Erickson includes plenty of additional tips, facts, and stories that will pleasantly surprise readers. Learn how to choose the best binoculars, find a wildlife rehabilitator, and deter woodpeckers from ruining wood siding. The perfect size to bring along on a bird watching hike, this book provides an avian expert’s knowledge at every birdwatcher’s fingertips. The Bird Watching Answer Book proudly joins Storey’s Answer Book Series, now with over 500,000 copies in print. Whether it’s bird watching, veggie gardening, baking, quilting, sewing, knitting, crocheting, or beading, Storey’s Answer Books’ friendly Q and A format and small size make them the perfect reference for any aficionado. ABOUT THE AUTHOR__________________________________________________ Laura Erickson is Science Editor at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. The author of three previous books and winner of the National Outdoor Book Award, she also writes Twin Beaks, the first blog by birds and for birds. She migrates between her house and husband in Duluth, Minnesota and her apartment and job in Ithaca, New York, where she lives with her dog Photon, her indoor cat Kasey, and an education Eastern Screech Owl named Archimedes.___________ __ The Bird Watching Answer Book Laura Erickson Two-color; illustrations throughout 400 pages; 4½" x 6⅜" $14.95; ISBN 978-1-60342-452-3