Winter Finches & Friends of North America: A Naturalist's Handbook

by Mark "Sparky" Stensaas

Overview

Like a hike in the woods with a naturalist, this book takes you on a journey into the world of the winter finches that enliven our bird feeders and turn winter's drab into pizzaz! As part of the BirdNerd series, this book explains how to tell these birds apart, how they live and the most interesting details about their lives. It's packed with photos that capture the beauty and intrigue of our winter finches, and it covers 18 species, including crossbills, grosbeaks, cardinals, redpolls, siskins, waxwings and snow buntings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780990915812
Publisher:	Adventure Publications, Incorporated
Publication date:	07/07/2015
Series:	BirdNerd Natural History
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 6.20(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

Mark Sparky Stensaas is a naturalist, photographer and author with a degree in Biology and American Indian Studies from the University of Minnesota Duluth. He co-owns Kollath+Stensaas Publishing with Rick Kollath. He also owns Stone Ridge Press and sparkyphotos.com. His photo blog is The Photo Naturalist. Sparky recently founded a non-profit to promote and protect the Sax-Zim Bog of northern Minnesota. Sparky lives with his wife, Bridget and their sons Birk and Bjorn, under the big pines in the Nemadji Valley of Carlton County, Minnesota.