Praise for Jennifer Ackerman and

BIRDS BY THE SHORE

“In the tradition of Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s Gift from the Sea or William Warner’s Beautiful Swimmers, a book about life on and off the shore . . . a joy to read. The writing is elegant and the book is full of lovely images.”

—The Washington Post

“Compassionate, soothing and wondrous, this elegant book will be admired, even loved, for as long as there is water and sky and land.”

—Rick Bass

“Ackerman, blessed with a naturalist’s eye for detail and a poet’s soul, beautifully captures the ebb and flow of life at this edge of marsh, sand, and sea.”

—People

“Ackerman writes enchantingly of an environment we all have experienced, but perhaps have never paused to ‘see.’ Through her eyes, and her remarkable skills of description, we share a world as complex and exciting as the unfathomable depths of the oceans.”

—The Baltimore Sun

“This is the alchemy of art with solid science—the real thing. What a debut!”

—Edward Hoagland

“A book to dip into and to re-read; the chapter ‘Between Tides’ alone is worth the price of admission.”

—Sue Hubbell