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A Supremely Bad Idea: Three Mad Birders and Their Quest to See It All

A Supremely Bad Idea: Three Mad Birders and Their Quest to See It All
Luke Dempsey

A very funny, and often irreverent, look at what happens when birding takes hold of the author’s life.

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To See Every Bird on Earth: A Father, a Son, and a Lifelong Obsession

To See Every Bird on Earth: A Father, a Son, and a Lifelong Obsession
Dan Koeppel

An interesting tale of a man and his obsessive need to see every bird on earth.

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Hummingbirds: Marvels of Mother Nature

Hummingbirds: Marvels of Mother Nature
DVD

A surprising DVD from the National Audubon Society, this guide would be a great help in hummingbird identification.

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Birding on Borrowed Time

Birding on Borrowed Time
Phoebe Snetsinger

The amazing story of the woman who was the first person to see 8,000 species of birds, in her own words.

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Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America

Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America
Roger Tory Peterson

This combination of the Peterson guides to Eastern and Western North America has been extensively updated and enhanced. These changes, and the wonderful art, create a guide that is worth checking out.

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The Wind Masters: The Lives of North American Birds of Prey

The Wind Masters: The Lives of North American Birds of Prey
Pete Dunne

Birding’s master storyteller reveals the lives of the North American raptors.

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    • ▼ 2008
      • ► October
        • Review Roundup: October 5, 2008
        • A Supremely Bad Idea: Three Mad Birders and Their Quest to See It All
      • ► September
        • Review Roundup: In Print, September '08
        • To See Every Bird on Earth: A Father, a Son, and a Lifelong Obsession
        • Review Roundup: In Print, July and August '08
        • "Connecting People with Nature" Video Series - further details
        • Hummingbirds: Marvels of Mother Nature
      • ► August
        • Review Roundup: Roger Tory Peterson Edition
        • Peterson's Legacy
        • Birdwatch Radio Podcasts
        • Review Roundup: August 21, 2008
        • Peterson Giveaway Results
        • Birding on Borrowed Time
        • Peterson Guide Giveaway
      • ► July
        • Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America
        • The New Peterson Guide: A Plate-by-Plate Comparison
        • Review Roundup: July 18, 2008
        • First Look: Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America
        • The New Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America
        • Site Redesign
        • The Wind Masters: The Lives of North American Birds of Prey
      • ► June
        • Review Roundup: In Print, June '08
        • A Fantastic Article about Photographic Field Guides
        • Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America
        • Review Roundup: The Smithsonian Guide Edition
        • A Field Guide to the Photographic Field Guides of North America
        • First Look: Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America
      • ► May
        • Birdwatcher: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson
        • Review Roundup: In Print, May '08
        • Review Roundup: May 22, 2008
        • Review Roundup: New Field Guides - May, 2008
        • On Feathered Wings: Birds in Flight
        • Amazon.com Bargains - May 13, 2008
        • Review Roundup: In Print, April '08
        • More Tales of a Low-Rent Birder
      • ► April
        • Shelfari: A Community for Bibliophiles
        • Between the Wingtips: The Secret Life of Birds
        • New Bird Books to be Published in April and May, 2008
        • Review Roundup: April 17, 2008
        • Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land
        • A Tribute to Pete Dunne
        • Review Roundup: In Print, March '08
        • The Life of the Skies Giveaway
        • Flights Against the Sunset: Stories that Reunited a Mother and Son
      • ► March
        • A Complete Guide to Arctic Wildlife
        • Review Roundup: March 24, 2008
        • I and the Bird #71 - A Bird Blog Carnival
        • Amazon.com Bargains - March 18, 2008
        • The Life of the Skies: Birding at the End of Nature
        • How The Sibley Guide Made me a Birder: A Birding Testimony
        • Good Birders Don't Wear White: 50 Tips From North America's Top Birders
        • Review Roundup: March 7, 2008
        • More Field Guides to North American Birds on the Way
        • A Guide to the Identification and Natural History of the Sparrows of the United States and Canada
      • ► February
        • Review Roundup: In Print, February '08
        • Some Good Bargains at Amazon.com
        • Wings for My Flight: The Peregrine Falcons of Chimney Rock
        • Bird Book Reviews in the Blogosphere
        • Scarlet Macaws and a new Kenn Kaufman book!
        • Good deal on To See Every Bird on Earth
        • Welcome to the NEW Birder's Library
        • Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
        • Eye of the Albatross: Visions of Hope and Survival
      • ► January
        • Fifty Places to Go Birding Before You Die
        • Fifty Places to Go Birding Before You Die - The List
    • ► 2007
      • ► December
        • Penguins of the World
        • Colorado: April 14-25, 2007
        • Gatherings of Angels: Migrating Birds and Their Ecology
      • ► November
        • Birds of Europe
        • Long-Legged Wading Birds of the North American Wetlands
        • Living Bird
        • Chasing Birds Across Texas: A Birding Big Year
      • ► October
        • Flying over the Pyrenees, Standing on the Plains
      • ► September
        • Raptors of North America: Natural History and Conservation
      • ► August
        • The Sound Approach to Birding
      • ► July
        • White-tailed Ptarmigan: Ghosts of the Alpine Tundra
        • Galapagos Diary: A Complete Guide to the Archipelago's Birdlife
      • ► June
        • The Great Auk, or Garefowl
      • ► May
        • Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the World
      • ► April
        • The Sibley Guide to Birds
      • ► March
        • Birding in the American West: A Handbook
        • Life List
        • 101 Ways to Help Birds
        • Audubon VideoGuide to 505 Birds of North America
      • ► February
        • Migrating Raptors of the World: Their Ecology and Conservation
        • Arena Birds: Sexual Selection and Behavior
        • Hummingbirds of Costa Rica
        • National Geographic Field Guide - Comparison of the 4th and 5th editions
        • National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Fifth Edition
      • ► January
        • John James Audubon and The Birds of America: A Visionary Achievement in Ornithology Illustration
        • How to be a Better Birder: Travel Stories
        • A Guide to Bird Watching
    • ► 2006
      • ► December
        • The Big Twitch
        • A Guide to the Birds of the Southeastern States: Florida, Georgia, Alabama, And Mississippi
        • The Verb 'To Bird'
        • Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion
        • Gulls of North America, Europe, and Asia
        • A Field Guide to Warblers of North America (Peterson Guide)
        • Shorebirds of North America: The Photographic Guide
        • The Shorebird Guide
        • Sparrows of the United States and Canada: The Photographic Guide
        • Hawks from Every Angle: How to Identify Raptors In Flight
        • Tanagers, Cardinals, and Finches of the United States and Canada: The Photographic Guide
        • Raptors of North America: The Wheeler Guides
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