New book from Pete Dunne – The Art of Bird Finding.
Archive for 2011
July 28, 2011
Birdology: Adventures with Hip Hop Parrots, Cantankerous Cassowaries, Crabby Crows, Peripatetic Pigeons, Hens, Hawks, and Hummingbirds
Reviews, Books, Miscellaneousby Sy Montgomery
Using the seven birds from the (awkward) title, the author extols the awesomeness of birds and our connection to them.
July 24, 2011
New Title: Binocular Vision: The Politics of Representation in Birdwatching Field Guides
News, Book News
Binocular Vision: The Politics of Representation in Birdwatching Field Guides by Spencer Schaffner From the publisher (University of Massachusetts Press): From meadows to marshlands, seashores to suburbs, field guides help us identify many of the things we find outdoors: plants, insects, mammals, birds. In these texts, nature is typically represented, both in words and images, […]
Here are the bird book reviews I noted last month. The Birds of New Jersey: Status and Distribution The Nemesis Bird Another Bird Blog Rosyfinch Ramblings Avian Architecture: How Birds Design, Engineer, and Build Birding is Fun! A Charm of Finches The Flying Mullet Audubon Magazine Blog The Birder’s Report New York Times Hawks at […]
June 30, 2011
Avian Architecture: How Birds Design, Engineer, and Build
Reviews, Books, Biology & Behaviorby Peter Goodfellow
For anyone who has ever wondered how birds manage to build nests.
Gotta love seeing all these bird book reviews from last month. The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds The Nemesis Bird Extreme Birder: One Woman’s Big Year North American Birding Dominica’s Birds Avian Review Hummingbirds and Butterflies Birding is Fun! Kaufman Field Guide to Advanced Birding Birding is Fun! ABA Blog The Drinking Bird A DC […]
by Noah Strycker
Join the author as he spends the summer among penguins in Antarctica.
May 26, 2011
Kaufman Field Guide to Advanced Birding
Reviews, Books, Advanced ID, Reviews, Books, Birdingby Kenn Kaufman
An excellent guide for anyone, from beginner to expert, wanting to improve upon their bird identification skills.
