Kenn Kaufman
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Kenn Kaufman is an author, artist, teacher, traveler, and naturalist who has focused on birds since the age of six. Two of his books, A Field Guide to Advanced Birding and Lives of North American Birds, are now considered standard references for birders. Kingbird Highway has been hailed as "one of the best books ever written about birding." In 2000, Houghton Mifflin Company launched Kenn's new field guide series, Kaufman Focus Guides, with a brand new guide to all North American birds. The series now includes volumes on North American butterflies (2003) and mammals (2004). He has led nature tours on six continents, and has been responsible for developing VENT's program of educational birding workshops.