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Author: Sheila Buff Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1461746329 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 208
Book Description
The essential companion to any birder's field guide Birdwatching is for everyone. No other outdoor pursuit yields so much knowledge of nature’s ways with so little effort—if one knows what to look for. Birding for Beginners opens the world of birding to the novice in this complete guide to getting the most out of birding. This updated edition includes a new chapter on birding online and features detailed chapters on equipment, identification techniques, birding “by ear,” where to view birds, field guides, optics, and other essentials to get the beginner quickly into the field to identify birds. Especially valuable are chapters on bird behaviors such as feeding, flight, courting and breeding, nesting, and migration—informing the beginner not only about what kind of bird is on the other end of the binoculars, but what it is up to as well.
Author: Sheila Buff Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1461746329 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 208
Book Description
The essential companion to any birder's field guide Birdwatching is for everyone. No other outdoor pursuit yields so much knowledge of nature’s ways with so little effort—if one knows what to look for. Birding for Beginners opens the world of birding to the novice in this complete guide to getting the most out of birding. This updated edition includes a new chapter on birding online and features detailed chapters on equipment, identification techniques, birding “by ear,” where to view birds, field guides, optics, and other essentials to get the beginner quickly into the field to identify birds. Especially valuable are chapters on bird behaviors such as feeding, flight, courting and breeding, nesting, and migration—informing the beginner not only about what kind of bird is on the other end of the binoculars, but what it is up to as well.
Author: Nate Swick Publisher: Page Street Publishing ISBN: 1624141277 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 192
Book Description
This book isn't just for birders. It's also for the huge audience of people who hike, maybe have bird feeders, and generally enjoy nature. With this book, the naturalist will discover an incredible and rewarding new adventure in the beautiful world of birds. The book is packed with easy and fun activities and information about birds, how to find them and their part in the nature around us. The information in this book will not only help you identify and learn more about birds, but you'll have a blast doing it. Nate Swick, member of the American Birding Association, has compiled chapters upon chapters of interesting, unique and informative birding knowledge, followed by activities that use the skills you learned. So not only will you learn things like what kind of birds you're looking at around the neighborhood, how to decipher different bird calls, and how to bring the birds to your backyard, but you'll complete fun activities like creating a list of the most popular birds in your area, creating a sound map of bird calls, and making a feeder for your backyard.
Author: David Allen Sibley Publisher: Knopf ISBN: 0307545970 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 168
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From the renowned author of the New York Times best seller The Sibley Guide to Birds, a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated guide to identifying birds in the field. Sibley's Birding Basics is an essential companion for birders of all skill and experience levels. With Sibley as your guide, learn how to interpret what the feathers, the anatomical structure, the sounds of a bird tell you. When you know the clues that show you why there’s no such thing as, for example, “just a duck” birding will be more fun, and more meaningful. An essential addition to the Sibley shelf! The Sibley Guide to Birds and The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior are both universally acclaimed as the new standard source of species information. And now David Sibley, America’s premier birder and best-known bird artist, turns his attention to the general characteristics that influence the appearance of all birds, unlocking the clues to their identity. In 200 beautifully rendered illustrations and 16 essays, this scientifically precise volume distills the essence of Sibley’s own experience and skills, providing a solid introduction to “naming” the birds. Birding Basics reviews how one can get started as a birder—the equipment necessary, where and when to go birding, and perhaps most important, the essential things to look for when birds appear in the field—as well as the basic concepts of bird identification and the variations that can change the appearance of a bird over time or in different settings. Sibley also provides critical information on the aspects of avian life that differ from species to species: feathers (color, arrangement, shape, molt), behavior and habitat, and sounds.
Author: C. J. Walker Publisher: ISBN: 9781449925581 Category : Languages : en Pages : 104
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"Get In Touch With Nature! Bird Watching is SaidTo Be The Most Relaxing And Peaceful HobbiesThat Anyone Can Do. Don't Pass On The BookThat Can Make You An Expert Birdwatcher!"Bird watching is growing in popularity around the world. In fact, it is only second to gardening! To the average person, bird watching may not seem to be too exciting or even insightful, but oh howwrong that image is!Birds give us beauty, entertainment, observational skills, and so much more! It can be very challenging to identify species of birds. With this book, we'll show you different ways you can notonly identify birds, but how you can learn about their unique traits and even the songs they sing!You don't have to spend excess time and money looking for advice on how to get started. We've got it all here!What's included in this book?- The equipment you'll need- What to look for in a good pair of binoculars- Bird watching etiquette- Tips for identifying birds- Appreciating the songs of birds- Attracting birds to your back yard- Landscaping for birdsAND MORE! Bird watching is a simple sport, but it is a sport! It requires practice, concentration, and skills to become adept at it. The beginning bird watcher can't go out one time and know exactly what kind of birds they encounter. It takes time and practice and - above everything else - patience!Because you don't need special equipment to watch birds, you can literally do it anywhere - parks, forests, even your own backyard! Learn what other birders already know - bird watching has more benefits than you can ever imagine.
Author: David Allen Sibley Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Incorporated ISBN: 9781400043866 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 588
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Provides basic information about the biology, life cycles, and behavior of birds, along with brief profiles of each of the eighty bird families in North America.
Author: Sy Barlowe Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486410595 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 37
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Fact-filled book with sticker images of blue jay, American crow, mourning dove, barn owl, and 44 other birds, plus informative text noting bird's size, habitat, eating habits, and other data.
Author: Stan Tekiela Publisher: Adventure Publications ISBN: 1647552125 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 527
Book Description
Get the guide to bird-watching in the Midwest that’s part how-to book, part field guide, and part journal. Peaceful, relaxing, and inspiring—birding can yield a lifetime of satisfaction. For some, simple observation of birds is enough to fill them with joy. Others prefer to make it more interactive, striving to see a variety of species and learning to identify them. If you’re among the latter, the Midwest Birding Companion is just for you. Written by award-winning author, naturalist, and wildlife photographer Stan Tekiela (known throughout the country for his best-selling bird identification guides), the Midwest Birding Companion is part how-to book, part field guide, and part journal. Read Stan’s tips for identifying birds, and learn about everything from reporting a rare bird to dealing with injured birds. The field guide section organizes nearly 150 species by color. When you see a yellow bird, go to the yellow section to discover what it is. There, you can also find range maps, as well as such information as nest descriptions, migration habits, and tips for attracting the species to your feeder. At the bottom of every page, there’s room to log information about when and where you saw that species. You can also keep track of your birding life list on the book’s closing pages—so you’ll always have a running total of the different birds you’ve seen. The Midwest Birding Companion is ideal for birding in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Use your birding companion on its own, or pair it with Stan’s bird identification guides. It will enhance your birding experience and bring even more enjoyment to the hobby that you love.
Author: Bob Gress Publisher: University Press of Kansas ISBN: 0700615652 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 368
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Kansas is a bird-watcher's paradise, with its key location at the hub of the hemisphere's migration corridors and exceptional habitat diversity; 470 avian species have been documented within its borders. From spectacularly beautiful birds like Painted Buntings to elegant migrants like Hudsonian Godwits, birders can find abundant rewards every time they take to the field. The Guide to Kansas Birds and Birding Hot Spots focuses on 295 species that are most likely to be encountered in the state. It helps occasional day-trippers or backyard observers identify and learn about birds that regularly occur in Kansas, with stunning color photos that enable those new to the hobby to identify their discoveries, plus tips on where to search for these species with the greatest likelihood of success. Gress and Janzen have produced an exceptionally well-organized guide that divides birds into 18 groups based on similarity in appearance, habitat, or behavior, following taxonomic order only partially to make identification easier for the beginner. The entry for each bird gives its size, identifying features (including sexual and seasonal distinctions), and where and when it can be found. And each account includes a brilliant color photo of an adult of the species, with additional views of selected birds to illustrate male, female, or juvenile plumages. The authors point out the best birding locations in the state-more than two dozen hot spots of which they have intimate knowledge-that reflect utterly different bird communities thriving only a few hours apart. They also provide a checklist for all state birds, a calendar of Kansas bird activity, and recommendations for binoculars and other field guides.
Author: M. G. Leonard Publisher: ISBN: 9781406389371 Category : Bird watching Languages : en Pages : 295
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Twitch has three pet chickens, four pigeons, swallows nesting in his bedroom and a passion for birdwatching. On the first day of the summer holidays he arrives at his secret hide to find police everywhere. A convicted robber has broken out of prison and is hiding in Aves Wood. Can Twitch use his talents for birdwatching in the hunt for the dangerous prisoner and find the missing loot?
Author: John Gillette Publisher: Thunder Bay Press (MI) ISBN: 9781882376148 Category : Birds Languages : en Pages : 0
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This book is for birdwatchers who want to know more about 150 common birds of the Great Lakes region than is found in standard field guides. The identification process is organized by size, and there is a discussion of. seasonal plumage changes and family groups.
Author: Sheila Buff
Author: Sheila Buff
Author: Nate Swick
Author: David Allen Sibley
Author: C. J. Walker
Author: David Allen Sibley
Author: Sy Barlowe
Author: Stan Tekiela
Author: Bob Gress
Author: M. G. Leonard
Author: John Gillette