Keywords:
Bird watching.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
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.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (221 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780547344850
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=3301990
DDC:
598.07234
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Frontispiece -- Copyright -- Foreword -- COME ON-A MY HOUSE -- Relinquish Control for Stress-free Bird Feeding -- Turn Your Backyard into a Wildlife Sanctuary -- Open a Restaurant: A Maître d' for the Birds -- DRESSING THE PART -- Clean Your Optics: The Unbearable Brightness of Seeing -- Bigger Is Not Better -- Choose Your Wardrobe Wisely: Good Birders Don't Wear White -- Question Authority: Good Birders Sometimes Wear White -- IDENTIFY, THEN TESTIFY -- Avoid False Starts -- Take Field Notes -- Follow These Rules to See a Mangrove Cuckoo -- Surrender! (Or at Least Wave a White Flag) -- Bird by Impression -- COME FLY WITH ME -- Choose a Birding Tour Carefully -- Hug Your Tour Leader -- Think Like a Migrating Bird -- Don't Be Afraid of Two-thirds of the Planet: Pelagic Birding -- THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED -- Try the Canadian Great Plains in Winter -- Go Birding at Night: The Final Frontier -- LIST LUST -- Birder or Bird Watcher? You Decide -- Linger Even After You've Listed a Bird -- Shift Your Focus from Birding to Birds -- CHEER-UP, CHEERILY -- Don't Forget to Listen -- Go Beyond Identifying Birds to Identifying with Them -- Don't Play with Firecrackers: Where Have All the Birdsongs Gone? -- Become a Pod Person: The iBirder -- Shush and Pish -- MIND YOUR MANNERS -- Oh, Behave! -- Heed Birding's Traditions and Taboos -- Play Fair When Sharing a Scope -- FEATHER FORECASTING -- Go Birding in Bad Weather -- Learn about Distribution and Weather -- Use a Storm to Your Advantage -- BUILDING A NEST EGG -- Be a Proactive Conservationist -- Make a Difference for Birds -- Write It Down: Making a Calendar -- CAPTURING THE MOMENT -- Learn from Your Mistakes: How Not to Hide from Birds -- Go Digital for Bird Photography -- Dump the Gear -- Learn by Drawing -- THE JOY OF BIRDING -- Practice Seeing -- Don't Forget the Peripherals.
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If You're Sure of Yourself, Stand Your Ground: Between a Rock and an Owl -- Share Your Passion: Born-Again Birder -- Let Birds Help You Escape to Paradise -- Slow Down and See More Birds: The Rule of Sandwiches -- LOOK! UP IN THE SKY! -- Go Birding with Kids -- Introduce Children to Birds -- DEVELOPING A BIRD BRAIN -- Work at Becoming a Good Birder (Maybe Even a Great One) -- Cultivate Good Birding Practices -- Recognize True Greatness -- Index -- Coming Soon: GOOD BIRDERS STILL DON'T WEAR WHITE -- About the Editor -- Connect with HMH.
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