Where the Birds Are
Tue Jun 19, 12:24 PM ET
If you need help bird-watching - either as an amateur looking for creatures that used to be common or as an aficionado looking for a rare sighting - a new book from Reader's Digest can help.
The book, "Where the Birds Are: A Travel Guide to Over 1,000 Parks, Preserves and Sanctuaries," by Robert J. Dolezal ($28.95), is both a beautiful coffee-table edition and a practical guide.
The book includes photos of birds and their habitats, maps, and trip-planning information. It is organized geographically, with sections on Western, Rocky Mountain, Central and Eastern regions.
One nice feature for city-dwellers and suburbanites who just want to go out for a few hours near home rather than planning a longer trip is that the book includes a number of listings near metropolitan areas. For example, Chicago-area birding sites include Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, Bill Jarvis Migratory Bird Sanctuary and North Pond in Lincoln Park, along with nearby Northerly Island Park, the McCormick Place Bird Sanctuary at Burnham Park, the Paul H. Douglas Nature Sanctuary on Wooded Island in Jackson Park, and the Bobolink Meadow Nature Sanctuary.
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