Designed for beginning and experienced birders, this new edition expands the best-selling regional guide to include all of western Washington, from the Coast to the Cascades. The 450 new photographs are state of the art digital images. Species pages are organized in our best-selling format: Description, Similar Species, Status and Habitat, Behavior, Voice and Did You Know. Lead author Dennis Paulson, ornithologist and regional expert on birding, has revised and updated this guide. Pocket sized for easy traveling. Eleven habitats are described in six pages. Dennis Paulson is the author of nine natural history books and retired from the Directorship of the Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA. Bob Morse has written/published twelve birds books focused on regional birds. Tom Aversa teaches about wildlife and captive wildlife care at Unity College, Maine. Hal Opperman has written, edited, and contributed to numerous publications and online resources on birds and birding in the Pacific Northwest.