Birds of Phoenix and Maricopa County, Arizona, Third Edition. By Janet Witzeman and Troy Corman. 2017. Maricopa Audubon Society, Phoenix, Arizona. 228 pp., 83 color plates, 10 maps, 1 table. Spiral bound paperback. ISBN # 978-0-9654566-1-6. $26.95

Owing to its large size and considerable habitat diversity, Maricopa County is a great place to find birds. Nowhere is this view better illustrated than in Birds of Phoenix and Maricopa County, Arizona, now in its third edition. The book has grown larger as more birding areas are discovered and species documented. Improvement in the layout and design is noted, and color photographs now grace the text and document most of the new species. Another nice improvement over the previous editions published in 1972 and 1997 are separate indexes for birding areas and species.