The Complete Idiot's Guide to Bird Watching by Sheila Buff

Sheila Buff has been exploring the Hudson Valley since 1987, when she moved to the little village of Milan in northern Dutchess County. She has appreciated the many chances for hiking, birding, and enjoying the water that the Hudson Valley offers as a writer specializing in the outdoors, gardening, and natural history. She is well-versed in the local cultural scene as well as the region's many historic landmarks as an arts lover and history buff. She is a frequent speaker at regional environmental programs and is involved in local conservation and land use problems. Best Hikes with Children in the Hudson Valley and Catskills (new entries for revised edition; The Mountaineers, 2002); Traditional Country Skills (The Lyons Press, 2001); Where the Birds Are (contributing author; Dorling Kindersley, 2001); The Complete Idiot's Guide to Birdwatching (Alpha Books/Macmillan, 1999); The Complete Idiot's Guide to Birdwatching (Alpha Books/Macmillan, 1999); The Complete I

Since 1990, Sheila Buff has worked as a full-time writer. She had previously worked in book publishing and owned a book packaging company. She writes frequently about health, nutrition, and medicine in addition to her outdoor work; she is the co-author or ghost author of six national bestsellers in this capacity. Sheila Buff, her husband Joe, a author, and their dog Dina live in the little hamlet of Milan in the picturesque mid-Hudson Valley.

She is an honors graduate of New York University's Washington Square College, where she was a University Scholar and awarded the Alfred Bush Baer Award as the class's top English major.