How to Know the Birds
The Art & Adventure of Birding
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2019]
Format: Book
Description: 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Become a better birder with brief portraits of 200 top North American birds. This friendly, relatable book is a celebration of the art, science, and delights of bird-watching.
How to Know the Birds introduces a new, holistic approach to bird-watching, by noting how behaviors, settings, and seasonal cycles connect with shape, song, color, gender, age distinctions, and other features traditionally used to identify species. With short essays on 200 observable species, expert author Ted Floyd guides us through a year of becoming a better birder, each species representing another useful lesson- from explaining scientific nomenclature to noting how plumage changes with age, from chronicling migration patterns to noting hatchling habits. Dozens of endearing pencil sketches accompany Floyd's charming prose, making this book a unique blend of narrative and field guide. A pleasure for birders of all ages, this witty book promises solid lessons for the beginner and smiles of recognition for the seasoned nature lover.
How to Know the Birds introduces a new, holistic approach to bird-watching, by noting how behaviors, settings, and seasonal cycles connect with shape, song, color, gender, age distinctions, and other features traditionally used to identify species. With short essays on 200 observable species, expert author Ted Floyd guides us through a year of becoming a better birder, each species representing another useful lesson- from explaining scientific nomenclature to noting how plumage changes with age, from chronicling migration patterns to noting hatchling habits. Dozens of endearing pencil sketches accompany Floyd's charming prose, making this book a unique blend of narrative and field guide. A pleasure for birders of all ages, this witty book promises solid lessons for the beginner and smiles of recognition for the seasoned nature lover.
Other Authors:
Schmitt, N. John, illustrator.
National Geographic Kids (Firm), publisher.
National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Schmitt, N. John, illustrator.
National Geographic Kids (Firm), publisher.
National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Contents:
The experience of birding -- Spark bird! : January-February -- After the spark : March-May -- Now what? : June-July -- Inflection point : August-September -- What we know : October-November -- What we don't know : December.
Subjects:
Bird watching -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Birds -- United States -- Nomenclature -- Juvenile literature.
Bird watching -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Birds -- United States -- Nomenclature -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9781426220036
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
ANIMALS Bird Watching Flo | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
ANIMALS Bird Watching Flo | St. Andrews Indoors | Nonfiction | In |