Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Words on Birds

Words on Birds features the best of Jeff Reiter’s newspaper columns that will be a hit for anyone interested in birds, birding, and birders.

As an avid birder and a spirited and talented writer, author and columnist Jeff Reiter has selected the best of his 225 newspaper columns that were originally published in the Daily Herald to create his new book, Words on Birds. He celebrates birds, birding, and birders in Chicagoland and beyond, but wherever you live, and whatever your birding experience level, this new book is entertaining, informative, and a quick read due to Reiter’s smooth writing style. He is as impressive as a birding instructor as he is as an enthusiastic writer, and he really provides an example about how to be a birder, or how to be a better birder, by example.

Jeff Reiter is very good at explaining things, especially the different ways to enjoy birding, while regularly pointing out how every birder has their own way of getting the most out of our bird-oriented activities. And he tells a lot of enjoyable stories that reflect his own brand of birding, as well as others’ preferences. Although he has not embraced bird photography yet, Reiter does share a beautiful collection of more than 50 color photographs selected from other birders’ files that are presented in a central section of Words on Birds. Published by Eckhartz Press, you can learn more about this enjoyable, interesting, easy reading new book, Words on Birds, at The Best of Words on Birds | Eckhartz Press