Birds of the Middle San Pedro Valley of Southeast Arizona / edited & foreword by Ralph Waldt; photographs by Michael Whitt & Barbara Whitt

Cascabel Books, 2020. Softcover. New. 

"Birds of the Middle San Pedro Valley of Southeast Arizona" offers the reader a fresh and unique view of bird life that is both personal and engaging. Not long after he retired from his practice as a medical doctor, Michael Whitt and I discussed his desire to publish a book on the birds that he and his wife, Barbara, had photographed on their property along the San Pedro River. He told me that he wanted to "connect bird to human" with his writing. He has certainly achieved that here. With a sharp eye, excellent observational skills, and the keen intellect always characteristic of those in his profession, Michael has given us an intimate portrait of avian life backed by more than eighty years of wisdom and decades of close, astute observations in the outdoors. The beautifully eloquent lines of poetry that complement the text reveal an author with the insights of a true naturalist and a genuine passion for the birds and the wild lands that they require to survive.