and the
University of Wisconsin-Madison
General Library System

encourage you to
revisit the world of

Owen J.
Gromme



Owen J. Gromme's classic Birds of Wisconsin comes to life again in a splendid new edition with completely rephotographed color plates and a new introduction by well-known ornithologist Samuel D. Robbins, Jr. This stunning revised edition features eighty-nine full-color portraits depicting the state's rich variety of native species and a section of new paintings showing birds in their natural habitat as well as a frontispiece described by Roger Tory Peterson as the "finest Bald Eagle composition ever painted."

This widely praised book is published in cooperation with the Milwaukee Public Museum, where Gromme worked as curator of birds and mammals for more than forty years.



Bird Portraits
This section of the book includes Range Maps to show the portions of the state where the species can be expected in a given season; Date Lines to indicate when a species may be expected somewhere in Wisconsin; Descriptions of Status to indicate various level of population or frequency of observation; and Nomenclature, the ongoing attempt to keep up to date with the American Ornithologists' Union's use of common and scientific names of birds.



Birds in Action and in Habitat
This section of the book includes seventeen new plates depicting oil paintings from the Gromme collection at the Marshall and Ilsley Bank in Milwaukee. These plates replace those included in the previous "Birds in Action and in Habitat" section and add a new and heightened view of Gromme's talents.




Words of Praise
"The author has a deep feeling for his subjects, a clean line and sound sense of color. This is altogether a pleasing book."
--Scientific American

"Sumptuously illustrated."
--New York Times
 "Birds of Wisconsin is a beauty to behold."
--Milwaukee Journal

"Gromme's book is certainly an ornithological art treasure. It is quite in a class by itself, and it ought to be on the shelves of every bird lover in Wisconsin."
--August Derleth


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