Good Birders Don't Wear White: 50 Tips From North America's Top Birders
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Rating | : | 4.25 (879 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0618756426 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2017-06-12 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In these 50 light and fun original essays, the biggest names in birding dispense advice to birders of every level, on topics ranging from feeding birds and cleaning binoculars to pishing and pelagic birding. Whether satirizing bird snobs or relating the traditions and taboos of the birding culture, each essay is as chock-full of helpful information as it is entertaining.
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LISA A. . WHITE is executive editor of nature and field guides at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
The 25 black-and-white line drawings are hilarious. All rights reserved. George CohenCopyright © American Library Association. From Booklist This collection of essays, by 50 contributors (David Allen Sibley and Don and Lillian Stokes are probably the most well-known), supplies 50 tips for bird-watching, and here are a few: take field notes, hug your tour leader, think like a migrating bird, linger even after you have listed a bird, play fair when sharing a scope, go birding in bad weather, go birding with kids, learn birdssongs, and keep your binoculars clean. Experienced bird-watchers will be familiar with most of these tips, but the book is a delight to read and will generate new enthusiasm for the hobby