Birds of the Upper Mississippi River & Driftless Area: Stories from Big River Magazine

by Pamela Eyden, Alan Stankevitz (Photographs), Reggie McLeod (With)

Authors include Pamela Eyden, Marc Hequet, Fran Howard, Tom Lerczak, Molly McGuire, Reggie McLeod, Joan Schnabel, Robert Sloan, Sally Sloan, Tom Watson Read stories about how green herons make and use fishing lures; the charm of turkey buzzards; the return of bald eagles, peregrines and pelicans; and flocks of blackbirds that stretch for miles. Travel to remote wetlands with citizen scientists and fly with researchers counting thousands of waterfowl. The birds of the Mississippi River and the Driftless Area provide an endless source of fascinating stories. Birds contains the best bird stories from two decades of Big River Magazine . Reading these stories is just half the fun, because they'll make you want to get outside and join the action.

204 pages, Paperback

Published June 1, 2019