Scott Weidensaul (born 1959) is a Pennsylvania-based naturalist and author. He was a finalist for the 2000 Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction for his book Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere With Migratory Birds.
Books in order of publication:
Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere With Migratory Birds – 1999
The Raptor Almanac: A Comprehensive Guide to Eagles, Hawks, Falcons, and Vultures (National Outdoor Book Award, Honorable Mention, Nature Guidebook, 2001)
The Ghost with Trembling Wings: Science, Wishful Thinking and the Search for Lost Species – 2002
Mountains of the Heart: A Natural History of the Appalachians
Return to Wild America: A Yearlong Search for the Continent’s Natural Soul – 2005
Of a Feather: A Brief History of American Birding – 2007
The First Frontier: The Forgotten History of Struggle, Savagery and Endurance in Early America – 2012
Peterson Reference Guide to Owls of North America and the Caribbean -2015
A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds *forthcoming March 2021*