This latest collaboration of Carolyn V. Platt and Gary Meszaros is a beautifully photographed book that explores Lake Erie and its effects on the birds that make this region their home.Birds of the Lake Erie Region observes a year of weather changes and avian migrations from the wintertime convergence of ducks and other waterbirds on the lake s last ice-free areas to the excitement of the raptor and shorebird migrations in the fall.Expert or novice, birders and nature lovers will be moved by Platt s celebration of these birds and their habitat and by Meszaros s impressive photographs of the delicate beauty of these exquisite creatures.