Another Field Guide to Little-Known and Seldom-Seen Birds of North America
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.84 (961 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0934601976 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 71 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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Praise from SE Alaska Judy Hall Jacobson I have been a fan of these exquisite little bird guides since I first stumbled on volume 1 at Hearthside Books in Juneau, Alaska in 1988. At that time, I decided to purchase a raft of these guides and they became excellent gifts for other lovers of wildlife over the years.Since then I have passed both volumes around to our guests when I do tours as a naturalist in Haines, (SE) Alaska. The drawings are so realistic, even the Elderho. Humorous birding book I love writers like the Sills, who can write with humor, tongue-in-cheek comments, and illustrate with equally supurb drawings. Even my husband laughed, and he usually doesn't pick up such books. The Sills take a serious topic - at least most birders I know seem so serious about their "lists" - and turn it into a very fun read. (I plan to use it in language arts classes this year for examples of many literary terms, especially alli. Now we need a fieldguide to plants of the callabre of these. I have owned a copy of these books since I first heard them reviewed on NPR. I still laugh every time I pull them from the shelf. Excellent gifts for your naturalist friends and others!!
32 full-color illustrations.. Once again the Sills provide a cockeyed view through the binoculars, zooming in on the birds in all their outrageous plumage: from the Mangrove Penguin, who has forsaken the arctic climes for the Florida sunshine, to the Grey-Green Lichen Mimic, a confounder of those who are sure they can tell flora from fauna
. Ben Sill, John's brother, teaches civil engineering at Clemson University, and is an avid birder. Cathryn Sill teaches elementary school in Franklin, North Carolina, and like her husband John, enjoys birding and nature photography. John Sill holds a BS in wildlife biology from North Carolina Stat
About the Author John Sill holds a BS in wildlife biology from North Carolina State University. Ben Sill, John's brother, teaches civil engineering at Clemson University, and is an avid birder. Cathryn Sill teaches elementary school in Franklin, North Carolina, and like her husband John, enjoys birding and nature photography. . He is a prize-winning and widely published wildlife artist