Iconic Birds of Florida

About this book

Have you ever wondered how birds teach their young to fly? Rarely do birding guides go into these details or do scientific bird books visually show it. But this photo book does. Hundreds of hours of observation in the wild and suburban areas of Florida have led author Carole Devillers - a photojournalist with credits with National Geographic - to capture with her camera unique parenting behaviors of the avian community during breeding and nesting season. With patience respect insight and humor as her calling cards she observed and applied the same human skills with birds as she does with people bringing new awareness into the intimate lives of these iconic birds of Florida. The birds presented here are iconic in the sense that they are widely recognized and well-established. They are water birds for the most part but some other species are included as well. Ms. Devillers also wrote the text giving a personal and insightful account of her encounters with these awesome creatures. Interesting quotes are sprinkled about and touching anecdotes and stories woven through the book explain how her patient enthusiasm soon developed into a deep love for birds. This love is what she wishes to convey to the reader through her handsome photography. Birds are threatened they are at risk due to loss of habitat and human interference (a net loss of almost 3 billion breeding birds in the U.S. and Canada since 1970 according to a new study in the journal Science) and they need our protection. But in order to protect we need to love first. And to love we need to understand. And to understand we need to see. We need to see birds with a new eye and give them our attention. This book helps you do just that and is a great incentive to go out in nature and re-discover our avian neighbors with a new outlook. A superb gift in itself this book will be enjoyed by people of all ages children and adults alike.