LAURA ERICKSONhas been a scientist, teacher, writer, wildliferehabilitator, blogger, public speaker, photographer, and ScienceEditor at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. She's written six previousbooks about birds, including a National Outdoor Book Award winner.She's currently a columnist and contributing editor for BirdWatchingmagazine. She produces the long-running ""For the Birds"" radio programfor many public radio stations; the program is podcast on iTunes. Shelives in Duluth, Minnesota. JONATHAN ALDERFER, artist and naturalist, is the resident birding expert at National Geographic. He is author and editor of numerous National Geographic birding books, including co-author of the top-selling Field Guide to the Birds of North America. The author lives Washington, D.C..
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