Book Review: Alexander Wilson, the Scot Who Founded American Ornithology

He was a young immigrant from Scotland who was inspired by one great man and inspired another, but in between, Alexander Wilson did the pioneering work of creating the American discipline of bird-study. A wonderful new book re-examines his legacy

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Loud, Loud, Loud: AUDUBON!!!!

He travelled the fledgling United States shooting birds, wiring them into poses, and then painting them for eternity - he was John James Audubon, and his epic "The Birds of America" has a beautiful, gargantuan new edition from Abbeville Press

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