I hope you enjoyed Warbler Week. If you did (or even if you didn’t), please consider doing something to help out these birds. Here are a few suggestions. Perhaps the main thing you can do is to purchase shade-grown coffee. Yes, it really is that important. Anything with the Smithsonian “Bird Friendly” seal you can [...]
Archive for 2012
May 11, 2012
The Kirtland’s Warbler: The Story of a Bird’s Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It
Reviews, Books, Species Monographsby William Rapai
A history of mankind’s dealings with this intriguing bird, especially those people who have studied and saved it from extinction.
As I was kicking around ideas for today’s Warbler Week post, I thought about doing one on my favorite warbler book. But I realized there was a problem with that…I didn’t know what it was. Just as I can’t single out one particular warbler as my favorite, there are too many warbler books to pick [...]
I reviewed A Field Guide to Warblers of North America, in the Peterson guide series, a while ago. Actually, it was one of the initial reviews posted when I started this site. Well, I hesitate to call it a “review” – it was just a few short paragraphs with no images. But I’ve remedied that [...]
No, I’m not referring to some creation by ILM similar to some of the “birds” in The Big Year movie. Rather, this is about warblers in digital media. These birds are featured in all kinds of books, but are sadly underrepresented in the digital realm. In fact, I’m only aware of two items: a set [...]
May 7, 2012
Cerulean Blues: A Personal Search for a Vanishing Songbird
Reviews, Books, Miscellaneous, Reviews, Books, Species Monographsby Katie Fallon
An entertaining, informative, and beautifully written book about the Cerulean Warbler.
I love warblers. If you’re a birder I could stop right there, for the reasons why are obvious to you and no further explanation is needed. But if you have no idea what I’m talking about, the warblers are a family of small, insectivorous songbirds found in the Americas (sometimes called New World warblers or [...]
Online bird book reviews from April, 2012. The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds Oprah (yes, that Oprah!) Library Journal (scroll down a little) – and here’s a great interview examiner.com How to Be a Better Birder The Nature of Things A Charm of Finches 10,000 Birds Birdfreak Towheeblog Island Nature Birding is Fun! [...]
The Young Birder’s Guide to Birds of North America by Bill Thompson III 2008 saw the publication of the excellent The Young Birder’s Guide to Birds of Eastern North America, by Bill Thompson III. Just about the only negative thing that could be said about it was that it only covered the eastern half of [...]
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