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Good Birders Don't Wear White: 50 Tips From North America's Top Birders
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- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780618756421
- Book Title
- Good Birders Don't Wear White : 50 Tips from North America's Top Birders
- Item Length
- 7in
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Genre
- Nature, Humor
- Topic
- Topic / Animals, Birdwatching Guides, Animals / Birds
- Item Width
- 5in
- Item Weight
- 7.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0618756426
ISBN-13
9780618756421
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57164022
Product Key Features
Book Title
Good Birders Don't Wear White : 50 Tips from North America's Top Birders
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Topic / Animals, Birdwatching Guides, Animals / Birds
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Nature, Humor
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5in
Item Weight
7.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ql677.5.G64 2007
Table of Content
CONTENTS FOREWORD --by Pete Dunne xi Come On-a My House 1. Relinquish Control for Stress-free Bird Feeding --by Mike O'Connor 1 2. Turn Your Backyard into a Wildlife Sanctuary --by Connie Toops 7 3. Open a Restaurant: A Maître d' for the Birds --by David M. Bird 13 Dressing the Part 4. Clean Your Optics: The Unbearable Brightness of Seeing--by Bill Thompson III 19 5. Bigger Is Not Better--by Clay Sutton 25 6. Choose Your Wardrobe Wisely: Good Birders Don't Wear White--by Sheri Williamson 33 7. Question Authority: Good Birders Sometimes Wear White--by Kenn Kaufman 38 Identify, Then Testify 8. Avoid False Starts--by Jeffrey A. Gordon 43 9. Take Field Notes--by Jessie H. Barry 48 10. Follow These Rules to See a Mangrove Cuckoo --by Don and Lillian Stokes 53 11. Surrender! (Or at Least Wave a White Flag) --by Dave Jasper 61 12. Bird by Impression--by Kevin Karlson 63 Come Fly with Me 13. Choose a Birding Tour Carefully --by Victor Emanuel 66 14. Hug Your Tour Leader --by Judith A. Toups 69 15. Think Like a Migrating Bird --by Amy K. Hooper 75 16. Don't Be Afraid of Two-thirds of the Planet: Pelagic Birding--by Steve Howell 79 The Road Less Traveled 17. Try the Canadian Great Plains in Winter --by Paul Kerlinger 84 18. Go Birding at Night: The Final Frontier --by Ted Floyd 89 List Lust 19. Birder or Bird Watcher? You Decide --by Scott Shalaway 95 20. Linger Even After You've Listed a Bird --by John Sill 99 21. Shift Your Focus from Birding to Birds --by Kevin J. Cook 102 Cheer-up, Cheerily 22. Don't Forget to Listen--by Louise Zemaitis 107 23. Go Beyond Identifying Birds to Identifying with Them--by Donald Kroodsma 112 24. Don't Play with Firecrackers: Where Have All the Birdsongs Gone?--by Lang Elliott 117 25. Become a Pod Person: The iBirder --by Noah Strycker 123 26. Shush and Pish--by Julie Craves 128 Mind Your Manners 27. Oh, Behave!--by Mel White 131 28. Heed Birding's Traditions and Taboos --by Wayne R. Petersen 136 29. Play Fair When Sharing a Scope --by Peter Alden 141 Feather Forecasting 30. Go Birding in Bad Weather --by Bill Schmoker 145 31. Learn about Distribution and Weather --by Paul Lehman 151 32. Use a Storm to Your Advantage --by Jeffrey Bouton 157 Building a Nest Egg 33. Be a Proactive Conservationist --by Paul J. Baicich 161 34. Make a Difference for Birds --by Scott Weidensaul 169 35. Write It Down: Making a Calendar --by Julie Zickefoose 175 Capturing the Moment 36. Learn from Your Mistakes: How Not to Hide from Birds--by Tim Gallagher 180 37. Go Digital for Bird Photography --by Arthur Morris 185 38. Dump the Gear--by Richard Crossley 191 39. Learn by Drawing--by David Sibley 195 The Joy of Birding 40. Practice Seeing--by Chuck Hagner 199 41. Don't Forget the Peripherals --by Robert A. Braunfield 203 42. If You're Sure of Yourself, Stand Your Ground: Between a Rock and an Owl--by John Kricher 207 43. Share Your Passion: Born-Again Birder --by Peter Stangel 213 44. Let Birds Help You Escape to Paradise --by Stephen Shunk 220 45. Slow Down and See More Birds: The Rule of Sandwiches--by John Acorn 225 Look! Up in the Sky! 46. Go Birding with Kids--by Alicia Craig 231 47. Introduce Children to Birds --by Laura Erickson 237 Developing a Bird Brain 48. Work at Becoming a Good Birder (Maybe Even a Great One)--by Pete Dunne 243 49. Cultivate Good Birding Practices --by Jon L. Dunn 249 50. Recognize True Greatness --by Richard K. Walton 256 Index 262
Copyright Date
2007
Lccn
2006-030503
Intended Audience
Trade
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Yes
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