Date: 2/1/26 1:48 pm From: Ann Kramer via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] WOODPECKER A Year in the Life of North American Woodpeckers
Hi Jamie,
Thank you for this review. I mean to buy it but I think I'm waiting to buy
it from him in person at our April meeting at the new Mt. Vernon
library commons room. He will be our speaker on April 14th, 2026 @ 7:00 PM
(doors open at 6:30 PM). Skagit Audubon is doing a first time joint event
with the library. Everyone is invited. We will have some sweets and
coffee and tea. It is FREE to everyone. The new commons room at the new
Mt. Vernon library is beautiful, state of the art, comfortable table
seating for 300 with 2 projectors (a system that actually works as opposed
to our last program with Paul). We're very excited to be partnering with
the library and introducing the love of birds to a potentially new
generation and population.
I'll post more on this event as we get closer to the date. Paul will be
selling his books at the event.
Ann
Program Committee Chair, Skagit Audubon Society
On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 10:13 AM Jamie Acker via Tweeters <
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> This latest book by Paul Bannick is the result of tens of thousands of
> hours of field observations spanning the North American continent. The
> numerous photos are of National Geographic quality and make this book
> coffee table worthy. But it is the personal field observations documented
> by the photos that make this book stand out and complement the Cornell
> "Birds of the World" life histories accounts.
> Where the “Birds of the World” life histories leave off, Paul’s book picks
> up by relating the relationships between the woodpecker species as well as
> their individual specialized adaptations, habitat and environmental needs
> through his observations in the field.
> This well written book follows 41 species of North American woodpeckers
> through a year with beautifully captured photographs. It is also a plea to
> view woodpeckers as habitat and environmental canaries that should not go
> unacknowledged.
> Highly recommended, not just for the photos which are gorgeous, but for
> the abundant information contained in the writing.
> -Jamie
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> Bainbridge Island, WA
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