BIRDS OF VASHON ISLAND, 2ND ED

From the back cover: "Vashon Island forms a rural outpost in the center of the increasingly industrialized and urbanized Puget Sound region. In the last 150 years massive habitat change on Vashon created a wide variety of habitats that attract a great diversity of bird species for a small area. The mix of forest types, fields, residential area, fresh and saltwater provide a habitat mosaic in which 239 species of birds are recorded for the island.

This book helps readers know more about the island's bird species and how and where to find them. Secondly, the book works to illuminate the connectedness of the birds to the condition of the land and water on which we all depend.

The book provides:
-A checklist illustrating the seasonal abundance of each recorded bird species.
-A site guide of the best birding hot spots around the island.
-A description of island habitat and history of habitat and bird population changes.
-An annotated list of the 239 bird species describing where to find them, their habits and their interaction with the Vashon ecosystem."