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Pete Dunne is an American author, famous for his writings on natural history and
birding. He is also the founder of the
World Series of Birding, as well as the former director of the
Cape May Bird Observatory, Birding Ambassador for the
New Jersey Audubon Society, and former publisher of New Jersey Audubon magazine.
[1] His articles have appeared in most major American birding publications, including Birder's World, Birding,
Bird Watcher's Digest, and WildBird, as well as in
The New York Times.
[2] In 2001, he received the
Roger Tory Peterson Award from the
American Birding Association for lifetime achievement in promoting the cause of birding.
[3]
Selected books
- Tales of a Low-Rent Birder
- More Tales of a Low-Rent Birder
- The Feather Quest: A North American Birder's Year
- Hawks in Flight: A Guide to Identification of Migrant Raptors (with
David Sibley and Clay Sutton)
- The Wind Masters: Lives of North American Birds of Prey
- Before the Echo: Essays on Nature
- Hawk Watch, A Guide for Beginners
- Pete Dunne on Bird Watching: The How-to, Where-to, and When-to of Birding
- Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion: A Comprehensive Resource for Identifying North American Birds
- The Art of Pishing: How to Attract Birds by Mimicking Their Calls
- Prairie Spring: A Journey Into the Heart of a Season
- The Art of Bird Finding
- Bayshore Summer: Finding Eden in a Most Unlikely Place
- Arctic Autumn: A Journey To Season's Edge
References
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^ Peter Genoese, The Star Ledger, July 28, 2014,
“The Birdman: Pete Dunne, stepping down from CMBO, looks back on flighty career”“NJ.Com” |Retrieved 8 June 2022
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^ James Gormannov, November 2, 2001,
"The Outsider; Nature's Bounty: Birds and Solitude", New York Times.
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^ American Birding Association.
"ABA Award Recipients". Archived from
the original on 16 May 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2012.