Here are the bird book reviews published in the last month or so that I’m aware of. Birds of the West Indies (Princeton Illustrated Checklists) Magnificent Frigatebird The Drinking Bird Idaho Birding Blog Bayshore Summer Aimophila Adventures The Zen Birdfeeder Nightjars of the World Birdchick Magnificent Frigatebird Idaho Birding Blog Examiner.com Peterson Reference Guide to [...]
Archive for 2010
August 27, 2010
The Private Lives of Birds: A Scientist Reveals the Intricacies of Avian Social Life
Reviews, Books, Biology & Behaviorby Bridget Stutchbury
An excellent introduction to the behavior and social lives of birds.
An app for entering bird lists on the iPhone.
Several good bird books have been published lately, of which here are a few. I’m planning to do full reviews for all of these, but thought I’d go ahead and present some brief thoughts (especially since I don’t write nearly as fast as I wish I did). The Private Lives of Birds: A Scientist Reveals [...]
by Fiona A. Reid, Twan Leenders, Jim Zook, and Robert Dean
A nice general field guide to Costa Rica’s incredible wildlife.
Back in June, the Sibley eGuide app was given a major update. According to the release notes, the new version (1.5.1) includes the following: Larger images Replaced Next/Previous buttons with a swipe gesture Added one-tap enlargement of images and text Added the ability to rotate the device to landscape mode for larger images, bigger text [...]
Earlier today, Corey of 10,000 Birds posed some interesting questions about bird books. You should head over there and read the entire thing, but it basically boils down to: why do we birders have so many books about birds? Besides the obvious answer that it allows crazy, obsessive types the excuse to create entire websites [...]
by Pete Dunne
An insightful look at New Jersey’s bayshore in summer, by one of the best writers around.
Here are some bird book reviews from the last few months: New “small” Peterson guides: Eastern and Central and Western Aimophila Adventures Birdfreak.com A DC Birding Blog Birds of Australia: Eighth Edition Idaho Birding Blog Birdfreak.com The Private Lives of Birds: A Scientist Reveals the Intricacies of Avian Social Life Mike’s Birding & Digiscoping Blog [...]
by Thomas S. Schulenberg, Douglas F. Stotz, Daniel F. Lane, John P. O'Neill, and Theodore A. Parker III
An excellent field guide to this bird-rich country.
