by Lynn E. Barber
The author’s story of her North American big year.
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September 27, 2011
Extreme Birder: One Woman’s Big Year
Reviews, Books, Miscellaneous | Comments (0)Little late, but here are the reviews from around the internets I found last month.
- Bird Brain Genius
- Arctic Autumn: A Journey to Season’s Edge
- The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds
- Avian Architecture: How Birds Design, Engineer, and Build
- The Atlas of Birds: Diversity, Behavior, and Conservation
- Advanced Bird ID Handbook: The Western Palearctic
- The Birds of New Jersey: Status and Distribution
- Birds of Hawaii, New Zealand, and the Central and West Pacific
- Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
- The Urban Birder
- Hope Is the Thing With Feathers: A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds
- A Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia
- Birds of the West Indies (Princeton Illustrated Checklists)
Until September 5, 2011, the Audubon Birds mobile app for iPhone, Android, and Palm will be on sale for $4.99 (normally $14.99).
Appweavers has produced a nice app version of the Peterson field guide – Peterson Birds of North America app (a review is coming eventually). But I missed the fact that there is also a free edition – Peterson Feeder Birds of North America.
And now this free app provides even more value. Appweavers just announced:
Initially released in April of this year, Peterson Feeder Birds of North America, a comprehensive guide to 160 North American backyard birds, passed 100,000 downloads from the iTunes App Store. To celebrate, the company is extending its innovative Bird Finder service, previously available only to users of the company’s paid app, Peterson Birds of North America, to users of the free backyard birds app.
I haven’t had a chance to use Bird Finder yet, but it looks interesting. And now you can check it out for free!
Thanks to The Birdbooker Report for the heads-up.
by Richard Crossley
An amazing photographic guide that presents the birds of eastern North America in a unique and lifelike manner.
August 10, 2011
Bird Watch: A Survey of Planet Earth’s Changing Ecosystems
Reviews, Books, Miscellaneous | Comments (0)by Martin Walters
An introduction to the world’s endangered ecosystems and birds.
We have a winner in the ABA giveaway. Congrats to Eva, of The Flying Mullet, who just won a copy of The Birds of Panama: A Field Guide
Bird book reviews that I found last month.
- Field Guide to the Birds of Macaronesia
- The View from Lazy Point: A Natural Year in an Unnatural World
- Avian Architecture: How Birds Design, Engineer, and Build
- KaHolly
- Birdfreak
- The Passionate Birder (also includes The Crossley ID Guide)
- The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds
- The Birds of New Jersey: Status and Distribution
- The Atlas of Birds: Diversity, Behavior, and Conservation
- Various new books: The Joy of Birding: A Beginner’s Guide
; Backyard Birding: Using Natural Gardening to Attract Birds
; Hummingbirds and Butterflies
; Kaufman Field Guide to Advanced Birding
- Kaufman Field Guide to Advanced Birding
- The Art of Bird Finding
- Birds of Hawaii, New Zealand, and the Central and West Pacific
- The Nesting Season: Cuckoos, Cuckolds, and the Invention of Monogamy
- Bird Calls
(Children’s book)
The Art of Bird Finding: Before You ID Them, You Have to See Them
by Pete Dunne
Stackpole Books; Paperback; $14.95
From the publisher:
Filling a gap in the vast literature on birding, Pete Dunne explains in his distinctive style how to find birds – the often-ignored first step in identifying, observing, and listing bird species.
- The best strategies for locating birds in any season and in every kind of weather
- Techniques and expert advice applicable to species in habitats and environments throughout North America
- For beginning bird-watchers or experienced birders who want to improve their chances for success
I tried to resist, but had to jump right into this book. It’s Pete Dunne, after all! I’m not quite half-way through this short (96 pages) book, but have to say that it should prove a godsend for newer birders. I haven’t reached the more advanced stuff, but I bet there will be something here for any birder (besides Dunne’s fantastic writing).
July 28, 2011
Birdology: Adventures with Hip Hop Parrots, Cantankerous Cassowaries, Crabby Crows, Peripatetic Pigeons, Hens, Hawks, and Hummingbirds
Reviews, Books, Miscellaneous | Comments (4)by Sy Montgomery
Using the seven birds from the (awkward) title, the author extols the awesomeness of birds and our connection to them.
