New book |Hawaii’s Kōlea: The Amazing Transpacific Life of the Pacific Golden-Plover

Oscar “Wally” Johnson, the undisputed world expert on Pacific Golden-Plovers, and Susan Scott, a popular-science writer, have combined their knowledge and enthusiasm to create a book for everyone who admires the exceptional birds known as Kōlea in Hawaiian. With easy-to-understand, yet scientifically accurate, text and outstanding color photographs, Hawai‘i’s Kōlea: The Amazing Transpacific Life of the Pacific Golden-Plover is a handy, reliable source of information for both general readers and ornithology specialists.

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Johnson, Oscar W. & Scott, Susan (2016) Hawaii’s Kōlea: The Amazing Transpacific Life of the Pacific Golden-Plover. University of Hawai’s Press Latitude 20. 80pp.

Featured image: Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva ©Benjamin Keen, Nov. 2012 – Hawaii.