Birds of the Cleveland Region is designed to be an integral part of any bird watcher's library.  It is a compilation of over 100 years of continuous bird reports to The Cleveland Bird Calendar.  The book is more than a historical account.  It represents many local, long-term monitoring efforts that have fully established patterns of breeding, vagrancy and population changes in the region. Researchers will thrill to the inclusion of many specific dates and facts as to the occurrence of an individual species.  Backyard bird watchers will be enlightened with the ability to assess whether a given species would or could actually occur in this part of North America.  Small maps are included for each species to let observers know if a bird has ever been documented from that particular county. 

The accompanying graphs of occurrence should be useful for any birder who lives along the south shore of Lake Erie from Huron, Ohio to Buffalo New York.  The species ac-counts chronicle all species known to have occurred in the Cleveland region and reflect accepted patterns of vagrancy for birds deemed rare.  Photographic documentations for some of these rare instances are provided at the back of the book.  Sections are included that allow reader to pre-dict bird occurrences at they progress from month to month.  Also, a portion of the book devoted bird finding in the Cleveland area should prove especially useful to any local or out-of-town birder who wishes to explore new areas in the region.