Scott Weidensaul

The edge of extinction

by Keith Taylor

posted 6/1/2002

Scott Weidensaul is a nature writer, but beyond that, he defies categorization. His books are informed by a personal voice, yet they also offer explanations for lay audiences of scientific — particularly ornithological — research by someone who earned his credentials by long years in the field banding birds and studying their life histories. He puts

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