Dennis Gaffin is professor emeritus of anthropology at SUNY Buffalo State University and the Great Lakes Center for Environmental Research and Education. Michael Bastine is a healer and naturalist of Algonquin descent, a member of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation of western Quebec, and a resident of Erie County, New York. John Volpe is a naturalist and animal rehabilitator of Ojibwe and Métis descent, a member of the Nipissing First Nation of Ontario, and a resident of Wyoming County, New York.
"""[An] eye-opening outing. . . . [The] blend of anthropology and ornithology produces stimulating perspectives on what people can learn from the avian world."" * Publishers Weekly *"