The Young Birder's Guide to Birds of Eastern North America

About the Author Bill Thompson III is the editor of Bird Watcher's Digest, a bimonthly magazine with 70,000 subscribers and the author of Identify Yourself: The 50 Most Common Birding Identification Challenges.Julie Zickefoose began her career as a field biologist for the NatureConservancy. She became a magazine and book illustrator, thenbegan to illustrate her own stories, gleaned from experiences withwild birds and animals. Her monthly commentaries bring a glimpseof Appalachia to NPR's All Things Considered. Bird Watcher's Digesthas published more than forty of her articles and seventeen coverpaintings since 1986.