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Bob Hines
1912–1994
Best known for bringing birds and other wildlife vividly to the page, this self-taught American artist and writer spent decades helping readers notice the natural world more closely. His field guides and illustrations were practical, lively, and shaped by a lifetime outdoors.
2 Audiobooks
Fifty Birds of Town and City
by Bob Hines, Peter A. Anastasi
About the author
Robert W. "Bob" Hines was an American wildlife artist, illustrator, and author born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1912 and active for many years with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Reliable sources describe him as largely self-taught, with a career that grew from early work in Ohio wildlife conservation into a national role illustrating birds, waterfowl, and other animals for government publications and educational materials.
He is especially remembered for combining clear information with approachable art. His books and credited works include Ducks at a Distance: A Waterfowl Identification Guide and Fifty Birds of Town and City, and he also illustrated wildlife publications associated with figures such as Rachel Carson. That mix of observation, accuracy, and visual storytelling helped make natural history feel accessible to general readers.
Hines died in 1994. Today he is remembered not only as an artist, but as a communicator whose drawings and books encouraged people to look more carefully at the living world around them.