I recently came across a great site for book lovers like myself - Shelfari. You can catalog your books, tag and review them, and discuss with others. It’s basically a social media site based upon books. And it’s free.
I have yet to enter all of my bird books, but I have made a start. [...]
Archive for April, 2008
by Brutus Ostling and Magnus Ullman
Absolutely stunning photography, and you’ll learn a good bit too.
Here is a selection of bird books that will be published shortly.
The Young Birder’s Guide to Birds of Eastern North America (Peterson Field Guides)
Bill Thompson III
April 30, 2008 (Amazon has it in stock now)
The early remarks on this are universally enthusiastic. If you know a kid in eastern NA who is, or may become, interested [...]
Some great bird book reviews have been posted lately.
Flights Against the Sunset: Stories that Reunited a Mother and Son - Hawk Owl’s Nest, 10,000 Birds
The Young Birder’s Guide to Birds of Eastern North America (Peterson Field Guides) - The Chenango [...]
April 15, 2008
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land
Reviews/Books/Regional & Travel Guidesby Subhankar Banerjee
Take a trip through the beautiful and controversial Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
If Pete Dunne wrote a restaurant menu, I would read it word for word. He is easily my favorite birding author. Here is a list of all the books that he has written, along with magazines that for which he is a regular contributor.
I have read most of these books, and they are without exception [...]
Better late than never, I guess. Here are some bird book and product reviews from magazines and journals published in March, 2008.
Birder’s World - April, 2008 (Vol. 22, Issue 2)
You can read all of these online
Finding Your Wings: A Workbook for Beginning Bird Watchers (Peterson Field [...]
The guys at the excellent blog 10,000 Birds are giving away 5 copies of the wonderful book The Life of the Skies.
There will be several different methods by which you can win, as detailed on their giveaway page. As of the moment that page only details the first 2 methods. You can find info on [...]
