What We Are Reading Today: ‘The Gull Guide: North America’

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Updated 08 May 2024
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘The Gull Guide: North America’

Author: AMAR AYYASH

Gull identification can be challenging for even the most seasoned birder.

While these birds are common to coasts, lakes, and rivers, they exhibit remarkable plumage changes related to age, which is sometimes complicated by similarities between species and a readiness to hybridize.

This book provides an invaluable identification guide to all regularly occurring gull species and subspecies throughout North America.

 


What We Are Reading Today: ‘Moths of Western North America’ by Seabrooke Leckie

Updated 04 March 2026
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Moths of Western North America’ by Seabrooke Leckie

Western North America is home to a surprising array of moth species that come in a variety of colors and sizes.

This richly illustrated field guide covers 1,900 of the most commonly occurring species in the region, from the United States–Mexico border north to Edmonton, Alberta, and central British Columbia.

Images on the full-color plates are marked with arrows to help users quickly know the most important features to look for, while facing-page species accounts highlight these features and, when applicable, how they differ from those of similar species.