"Birds of Maine" (Vickery) Update
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Seth Benz
Jan 20, 2020, 3:23:41 PM1/20/20
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On behalf of my co-editor Barbara Vickery, and the rest of the "Birds of
Maine" team, we appreciate the interest in Peter’s book. I’m very
pleased to say that, as noted here in an earlier post, it is on schedule
to be published in early autumn this year by Princeton University
Publishing and the Nuttall Ornithological Club.
I do want to clear up one misunderstanding. Although Peter worked on this book literally up to his final days in Feb. 2017, a daunting amount remained. Co-authors Charles Duncan, Bill Sheehan and Jeff Wells had quite a few species accounts to complete (including new species that kept showing up in the state, like Great Black Hawk), as well as the task of updating many that Peter had drafted years earlier, getting all of these peer reviewed and then drafting the five extensive introductory chapters Peter had envisioned. Bill Hancock produced almost 130 maps — range maps, migration maps, location maps for each area of the state as well as special topics like seabird nesting islands. Lars Jonsson produced 15 stunning, specially commissioned paintings, and Barry Van Dusen supplied more than 100 ink drawings.
The design work is nearly complete, and the book will be as visually and esthetically pleasing as it will be ornithologically rich. Peter would, we're sure, be very proud. Certainly, we’re humbled to be carrying his work to completion. Once we have publication details, we will be alerting the birding community in Maine and throughout New England.
Scott Weidensaul
I do want to clear up one misunderstanding. Although Peter worked on this book literally up to his final days in Feb. 2017, a daunting amount remained. Co-authors Charles Duncan, Bill Sheehan and Jeff Wells had quite a few species accounts to complete (including new species that kept showing up in the state, like Great Black Hawk), as well as the task of updating many that Peter had drafted years earlier, getting all of these peer reviewed and then drafting the five extensive introductory chapters Peter had envisioned. Bill Hancock produced almost 130 maps — range maps, migration maps, location maps for each area of the state as well as special topics like seabird nesting islands. Lars Jonsson produced 15 stunning, specially commissioned paintings, and Barry Van Dusen supplied more than 100 ink drawings.
The design work is nearly complete, and the book will be as visually and esthetically pleasing as it will be ornithologically rich. Peter would, we're sure, be very proud. Certainly, we’re humbled to be carrying his work to completion. Once we have publication details, we will be alerting the birding community in Maine and throughout New England.
Scott Weidensaul
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Stan DeOrsey
Jan 20, 2020, 6:55:54 PM1/20/20
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Thanks to everyone who replied, many privately. The book now looks
like so much more than I realized. I am sure most of us are more
than eager to see the final product. Great job for those working on
it. I agree, Peter would be overflowing with pride.
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Tammy Packie
Jan 21, 2020, 10:49:56 AM1/21/20
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That is excellent news. I met Lars Jonnson at the Wendell Gilley Museum when he came over to work on the book. So looking forward to seeing this new volume of information about Maine Birds.
Tammy
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