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Better birding : tips, tools, and concepts for the field / George L. Armistead and Brian L. Sullivan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 318 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780691129662
  • 0691129665
  • 9780691129655
  • 0691129657
Subject(s):
Contents:
Wide-angle birding: Be the bird, see the bird -- Becoming a "good birder": Understanding the basics -- Birding mentors -- Why birding is cool -- Loons -- Swans -- Mallard and monochromatic "mallards" -- White herons -- Eiders -- Brachyramphus murrelets -- Pacific cormorants -- Sulids: Northern gannet and boobies -- Tropical terns -- Atlantic gadflies -- Curlews -- Godwits -- Marsh sparrows -- Small wrens (troglodytes and cistothorus) -- Accipiters -- American rosefinches -- Swifts -- Screech-owls: An "otus" and the megascops -- Nighthawks -- Yellow-bellied kingbirds -- Black corvids: Crows and ravens -- Pipits -- Longspurs -- Cowbirds.
Summary: "Better Birding" reveals the techniques expert birders use to identify a wide array of bird species in the field -- quickly and easily. Featuring hundreds of photos and composite plates throughout, this book simplifies identification by organizing the birds you see into groupings and offering strategies specifically tailored to each group. Skill building focuses not just on traditional elements such as plumage, but also on creating a context around each bird, including habitat, behavior, and taxonomy -- parts so integral to every bird's identity but often glossed over by typical field guides. Critical background information is provided for each group, enabling you to approach bird identification with a wide-angle view, using your eyes, brain, and binoculars more strategically, resulting in a more organized approach to learning birds.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

How to go from a beginner to an expert birder

Better Birding reveals the techniques expert birders use to identify a wide array of bird species in the field--quickly and easily. Featuring hundreds of stunning photos and composite plates throughout, this book simplifies identification by organizing the birds you see into groupings and offering strategies specifically tailored to each group. Skill building focuses not just on traditional elements such as plumage, but also on creating a context around each bird, including habitat, behavior, and taxonomy--parts so integral to every bird's identity but often glossed over by typical field guides. Critical background information is provided for each group, enabling you to approach bird identification with a wide-angle view, using your eyes, brain, and binoculars more strategically, resulting in a more organized approach to learning birds.

Better Birding puts the thrill of expert bird identification within your reach.

Reveals the techniques used by expert birders for quick and easy identification Simplifies identification with strategies tailored to different groupings of birds Features hundreds of photos and composite plates that illustrate the different techniques Fosters a wide-angle approach to field birding Provides a foundation for building stronger birding skills

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Wide-angle birding: Be the bird, see the bird -- Becoming a "good birder": Understanding the basics -- Birding mentors -- Why birding is cool -- Loons -- Swans -- Mallard and monochromatic "mallards" -- White herons -- Eiders -- Brachyramphus murrelets -- Pacific cormorants -- Sulids: Northern gannet and boobies -- Tropical terns -- Atlantic gadflies -- Curlews -- Godwits -- Marsh sparrows -- Small wrens (troglodytes and cistothorus) -- Accipiters -- American rosefinches -- Swifts -- Screech-owls: An "otus" and the megascops -- Nighthawks -- Yellow-bellied kingbirds -- Black corvids: Crows and ravens -- Pipits -- Longspurs -- Cowbirds.

"Better Birding" reveals the techniques expert birders use to identify a wide array of bird species in the field -- quickly and easily. Featuring hundreds of photos and composite plates throughout, this book simplifies identification by organizing the birds you see into groupings and offering strategies specifically tailored to each group. Skill building focuses not just on traditional elements such as plumage, but also on creating a context around each bird, including habitat, behavior, and taxonomy -- parts so integral to every bird's identity but often glossed over by typical field guides. Critical background information is provided for each group, enabling you to approach bird identification with a wide-angle view, using your eyes, brain, and binoculars more strategically, resulting in a more organized approach to learning birds.

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