While out walking in the Florida Everglades, wildlife painter Robert Bateman saw a flash of pink. Closer inspection revealed it to be a group of roseate spoonbills, swinging their heads from side to side as they fed on crustaceans. The resulting painting (above) is one of 200 new works in his book Birds (Pantheon, $40). The paintings are accompanied by short accounts of Bateman's adventures as he sought out his subjects in their natural environments.