Loggers in the Pacific Northwest had petitioned the FWS to remove the marbled murrelet from federal protection claiming that the California/Oregon/Washington population of the bird was indistinct from those that live off the coast of Canada and Alaska. A loss of threatened status for the bird would have permitted the companies to harvest old-growth forests where marbled murrelets build their nests.
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Theodore Cross, the founder of Birders United and the author of Birds of the Sea, Shore, and Tundra, has authored a new book which is available from W.W. Norton Company. Cross’ photographs include birds from four continents. From the tundra of eastern Siberia to the tropical islands of the South Pacific, Cross has captured elegant and unusual birds—from auklets and egrets to gannets and sanderlings—in peak action, be they courting, landing on a perch, plunge diving, or engaged in aerobatics.
The 179 color photographs in this 344-page book are accompanied by gracefully written field notes and fascinating accounts of the birds’ habits and habitat.
You can obtain more information or order the book by clicking here.
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Thank goodness for the Marbled Murrlet … saving Old Growth Forests – one endangered species saves another!