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Birdwatching in New York City and on Long Island is chatty, informative, precise, enthusiastic and the soul of practicality -- in other words, exactly what you want in a wise and experienced birding companion. Deb Rivel and Kellye Rosenheim share not only the best hotspots, but the best vantage points, times of day for photography, whether a scope will help or get you cussed at by joggers, where to eat, where to find a bathroom, how to navigate public transportation and even suggestions for what else to do when you're finally done birding. Easily one of the best -- maybe *the* best -- regional birding guides anywhere.
Scott Weidensaul, author of A World on the Wing
Phenomenally well done, beautifully organized and packed with useful information. From now on, I'll be using this book every time I visit New York.
Kenn Kaufman, author of the Kaufman Field Guides
A practical guide to finding birds, full of insider info. All my favorite NYC birding haunts and some soon-to-be-discovered ones described in glorious detail. A must for every NYC area birder – local and visitor alike.
Victor Emanuel, founder, Victor Emanuel Nature Tours
This is a must-have book for anyone who watches birds in the New York City area. Authors Deborah Rivel and Kellye Rosenheim have thoroughly investigated key sites—from birding hotspots to smaller parks and lesser known locations—offering an abundance of natural and cultural history as well as choice bits of arcana and advice...The book is full of interesting and sometimes off-beat birding tips. Almost all of the sites in the book include postal addresses, telephone numbers, and websites in addition to information about organized walks, trail conditions, opening times, entrance fees, parking, food stores and cafés, restrooms, poison ivy, and ticks...Based on the likely popularity and success of this site guide, perhaps the authors are planning a sequel...I certainly hope so.
Andrew Rubenfeld, former President, Linnaean Society of New York
Nearly a decade in the making, directions to, maps of, and explanations about the scores of locations in the five borough area and Long Island at which selections of the more than five hundred species of birds potentially to be seen throughout the year may be found. I am in awe of the scope and level of detail that the authors have included in this new edition. If you’re a birdwatcher in the New York City area, or planning a visit there, Birdwatching in New York City and on Long Island is a book that you should indeed consider adding to your reading list.
The Well-Read Naturalist, John Riutta
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