Career
He was a finalist for the 2000 Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction for his book In 2000, Weidensaul was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the general nonfiction category for his book He traces the mountains" geological origins from the Ice Ages through the diversity and richness of pre-Columbian and Colonial days on up to the modern era.
Foreign his Pulitzer-finalist book, the author took to longtime systematic observation, which included the ornithological technique of banding, and observing the birds, besides the author talked to various experts—as well as amateur birders and ornithologists who have made many of the important discoveries about bird biology.
Weidensaul has been a nature columnist for newspapers, including the Philadelphia Inquirer and he has written more than two dozen books on natural history, including Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds. Weidensaul"s writing has appeared publications including Smithsonian, the New York Times, Nature Conservancy, National Wildlife and Audubon.
In addition to writing about wildlife, Weidensaul is an active field researcher whose work focuses on bird migration. Weidensaul coordinates the banding and research program at the Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art in Millersburg, Pennsylvania, overseeing three saw-whet owl sites in eastern and central Pennsylvania, which have been operating since 1997 called Project Owlnet.
As a federally licensed hummingbird bander, Weidnesaul also bands vagrant western hummingbirds that migrate east.
