NEW BOOK!

Summer Birds of Percé: A Tourist’s Guide

NHBC is pleased to spotlight Summer Birds of Percé: A Tourist’s Guide by Life Member David O. Hill.

Percé is a small village at the eastern end of the Gaspé Peninsula, Québec. It is world famous for its iconic pierced rock (Rocher Percé) and nearby Bonaventure Island – home to the largest Northern Gannet colony in this hemisphere, along with thousands other nesting seabirds. It is a marvelous birding spot, and an enjoyable two-day drive from New Haven.

Summer Birds of Percé: A Tourist’s Guide Is a flexi-cover edition, 216 pages with 440+ color photographs, in a 5¾” x 8½” format for ease of carrying. The text is in both English and French. The price is $24 each plus $4 domestic shipping. Copies can be ordered directly from the author: David O. Hill, 5385 Gwynne Road, Memphis TN 38120. EM: warwings@att.net. Tel: (901) 680-0001.

David has been studying birds since 1952. As a high school student, he was a research assistant in the bird department at the American Museum of Natural History, NY, and later at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, MA. During those years he also had part-time jobs with both National and Massachusetts Audubon in FL, TX & MA.

In 1973 he founded Rare.org, an international conservation organization that exists today, and while living in Guilford he was the founding president of the Menunkatuck Audubon Society. Later, as VP Conservation, he erected and maintained 126 bluebird boxes in the area and got CL&P to put up several nesting platforms for Osprey. He has been a member of NHBC since 1986.