Birds of Concord (New England Bird Studies, Vol. 2)

340 pp. "Thoreau over a century ago, and the great William Brewster and his friends of the Nuttall Ornithological Club after him, have been followed by more than a hundred students and countless amateurs in their loving study of the birds of the Concord River and Sudbury River Valleys in eastern Massachusetts. Meanwhile the impacts of civilization on bird life have been many and various, favorable and unfavorable to one group of birds after another. This makes a fascinating story for the nature lover and the ornithologist. The more scientific biologist will find a general section dealing with bird populations, the factors causing their increase and decrease, and contrasts between them and other types of animals. This is the first and most elaborate study of its kind. It is a book for all nature lovers in the Concord region, bird lovers everywhere, ornithologists, biologists interested in population studies, and ecologists."--jacket