Wings of Paradise: Birds of the Louisiana Wetlands

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Located at the narrow end of the funnel-shaped Mississippi flyway zone, south Louisiana serves as a seasonal stopover for wintering birds from all across North America as well as for some neotropical birds from Central America. Many other bird species make the region their permanent home. For more than fifty years Charlie Hohorst, an avid outdoorsman, hunted ducks in the marshes of south Louisiana. Now he shoots waterfowl with his camera, and his passion extends to all birds living in or passing through the state's wetland areas. Wings of Paradise, the first book of Hohorst's breathtaking photography, demonstrates the attributes that served him well as a hunter -- an exceptional eye, focus, keen observation, manual dexterity, patience, a sense of oneness with the outdoors.
Charlie Hohorst, Jr., began hunting at age eight and photographing seriously in 2000. He lives in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Marcelle Bienvenu is a food columnist for the New Orleans Times-Picayune and the author or coauthor of many cookbooks, including Who's Your Mama, Are You Catholic and Can You Make a Roux? and Prime Time Emeril. She also coedited Cooking up a Storm: Recipes Lost and Found from the Times-Picayune of New Orleans, which was nominated for a James Beard Award. She lives on Bayou Teche in St. Martinville, Louisiana, with her husband.

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