<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi Jamie, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thank you for this review. I mean to buy it but I think I'm waiting to buy it from him in person at our April meeting at the new Mt. Vernon library commons room. He will be our speaker on April 14th, 2026 @ 7:00 PM (doors open at 6:30 PM). Skagit Audubon is doing a first time joint event with the library. Everyone is invited. We will have some sweets and coffee and tea. It is FREE to everyone. The new commons room at the new Mt. Vernon library is beautiful, state of the art, comfortable table seating for 300 with 2 projectors (a system that actually works as opposed to our last program with Paul). We're very excited to be partnering with the library and introducing the love of birds to a potentially new generation and population. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">I'll post more on this event as we get closer to the date. Paul will be selling his books at the event. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Ann</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Program Committee Chair, Skagit Audubon Society</span></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><p><br></p></div><div><b><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><br></font></b></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 10:13 AM Jamie Acker via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg4846585536341450111">
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This latest book by Paul Bannick is the result of tens of thousands of hours of field observations spanning the North American continent. The numerous photos are of National Geographic quality and make this book coffee table worthy. But it is the personal
field observations documented by the photos that make this book stand out and complement the Cornell "Birds of the World" life histories accounts.</div>
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Where the “Birds of the World” life histories leave off, Paul’s book picks up by relating the relationships between the woodpecker species as well as their individual specialized adaptations, habitat and environmental needs through his observations in the field.</div>
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This well written book follows 41 species of North American woodpeckers through a year with beautifully captured photographs. It is also a plea to view woodpeckers as habitat and environmental canaries that should not go unacknowledged.</div>
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Highly recommended, not just for the photos which are gorgeous, but for the abundant information contained in the writing.</div>
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