The Birds of Alberta - 1972

A fun vintage find for Albertan bird-lovers! "The Birds of Alberta is a book dealing with Alberta birds -- and Alberta birds only. Yet many of these birds are also found in other parts of western Canada. For Alberta is the province in which prairies and mountains meet; a province with a diversity of life-zones in which the ranges of eastern and western species often overlap; where yellow-shafted and red-shafted flickers hybridize, Franklin's grouse and spruce grouse mingle, and mountain chickadees and vesper sparrows sing side by side. Here, then, is a book which, though primarily regional in scope, treats with most of the birds of Western Canada. Within its covers are descriptions and illustrations of over 320 species of birds -- all that are known to occur in Alberta. The distribution of each species in the province, the type of habitat in which it is usually found, its nesting habits, and a variety of other pertinent topics are concisely covered. Whether the reader be naturalist, hunter, teacher, student, or just a casual observer who notices a strange bird in a tree, he will ifnd something in 'The Birds of Alberta' to satisfy his curiosity and engage his interest..." - The Birds of Alberta - W. Ray Salt & A.L. Wick / Government of Alberta Published 1972 (2nd edition), Bulletin-Commercial Printers, Edmonton Hardcover. Approx. 6x8.5in. 511pp. Dustjacket has some wear and tear along edges. Book itself is in good vintage condition.