Don
R. Eckelberry
Don Eckelberry,
born in 1921, was a major player throughout
the era of the illustrated field guide. Of his
14 books, the most widely recognized are
probably Richard H. Pough's series of Audubon
Bird Guides (1946-57) for which the artist
produced 1,250 images. Another multi-volume
production, Brown and Amadon's Eagles, Hawks
and Falcons of the World sponsored by the
National Audubon Society, is the source of the
Eckelberry images shown in this web site. These
portraits have been compared with those of Louis
Agassiz Fuertes (1874-1927): unlike the
flattened forms typical of field-guide style,
Eckelberry's birds are aesthetically appealing
yet allow easy comparison of the Falco of
our region: Merlin, American Kestrel, and
Prairie and Peregrine Falcon.
