Birding for Beginners (eBook)

A Comprehensive Introduction To The Art Of Birdwatching

Sheila Buff (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2010 | 2., Second Edition
208 Seiten
Falcon Guides (Verlag)
978-1-4617-4632-4 (ISBN)

Infos

The essential companion to any birder's field guideBirdwatching is for everyone. No other outdoor pursuit yields so much knowledge of natures ways with so little effortif one knows what to look for. Birding for Beginners opens the world of birding to the novice in this complete guide to getting the most out of birding.This updated edition includes a new chapter on birding online and features detailed chapters on equipment, identification techniques, birding by ear, where to view birds, field guides, optics, and other essentials to get the beginner quickly into the field to identify birds. Especially valuable are chapters on bird behaviors such as feeding, flight, courting and breeding, nesting, and migrationinforming the beginner not only about what kind of bird is on the other end of the binoculars, but what it is up to as well.

Autor

Sheila Buff, a freelance writer and a passionate birder, is the author of several books, including The Birder’s Sourcebook and The Birdfeeder’s Handbook (both Lyons Press). 

Inhalt

1 Finding and Watching Birds2 Getting Around Your Field Guide3 Identifying Birds4 Birding by Ear5 Bird Behavior6 Seeing More Birds7 Checklists and Lists8 Optics for Birders9 Birding in the Field10 Further Adventures in Birding

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.5.2010
• Reihe/Serie: Birding Series
• Illustrationen: Richard Day
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 1-4617-4632-9 / 1461746329
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4617-4632-4 / 9781461746324