An ambitious new book about birds of the Pacific Northwest will be the focus of an event at Mosaic Books in Kelowna next week with South Okanagan–West Kootenay MP Richard Cannings.
The book, "Birds of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest: A Complete Guide," co-authored by Cannings with American bird experts Hal Opperman and Tom Aversa, is considered to be the most comprehensive guide available to birds in the Pacific Northwest region.
“I’m very excited about the new field guide,” Cannings said. “It builds on the success of a series of books that covered smaller regions—southwestern BC, the southern Interior of BC, the Puget Sound region, eastern Washington and Oregon.
This book covers about twice as many species as those books with more detail for each, including colour range maps.”
A U.S. edition of the book, which took over four years to compile, was released this month by the Seattle Audubon Society.
The book is one of over a dozen award-winning titles authored or co-authored by Cannings, a renowned biologist and natural historian who was born and raised in the Okanagan Valley.
In 2015, he was elected as NDP Member of Parliament for South Okanagan–West Kootenay.
Cannings will be on hand to meet with the public and media at a meet-and-greet at Mosaic Books in Kelowna from noon to 3 p.m. on Thursday, June 30.