Strand Birds

The bird section at Strand Books is quite worth reviewing. There are actually two nearby sections, the other for over-sized volumes, jammed with photo books and some very fine references; there’s a third section if you count field guides. The prices are, well, Bass-y — père et fille Bass are pirates from way back. I did score an OP copy of Thoreau on Birds (1964) for a mere $1.33, but that’s because I had to buy a $15 gift card to go to a reading there.

Wisconsin Grouse Problems, by Wallace B. Grange, was published in 1948 by the Wisconsin Conservation Commission. It was part of the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Project series. You can guess the problems: loss of habitat, shrinking population size.

A lovely cloth cover with embossing. Fancy, but then grouse are game birds, and that got more people’s attention in those days. I hazard to guess that the book is still there; it’s not available electronically, much like many more books than most people suppose.