On A Wing & A Prayer

BIRDING ESSENTIALS

All the Tools, Techniques, and

Tips You Need to Begin and Become

A Better Birder

By Jonathan Alderfer

And Jon L. Dunn

National Geographic

224 pp. Paperback, $15.95

ROGER TORY PETERSON

A Biography

By Douglas Carlson

Univ. of Texas. 296 pp. $24.95