Posts Tagged ‘The Young Birder’s Guide’

The most important bird books may not be the latest and greatest field guides, or the bird-finding guide to that birding mecca you’ve always wanted to visit. It may very well be books for kids. They can be instrumental in imparting a life-long love for the natural world. They were for me. A fellow Georgia […]
Here are a few reviews I’ve stumbled across lately. A Supremely Bad Idea: Three Mad Birders and Their Quest to See It All OnEarth (publication of the Natural Resources Defense Council The Wannabe Birder Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune Corvus: A Life with Birds 10,000 Birds Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America The […]
Here are some bird book reviews from around the web. Oology and Ralph’s Talking Eggs: Bird Conservation Comes Out of Its Shell – Living the Scientific Life Return to Warden’s Grove: Science, Desire, and the Lives of Sparrows – Living the Scientific Life, Prairie Ice The Young Birder’s Guide to Birds of Eastern North America […]
Here are some bird book reviews from magazines and journals published recently. Birder’s World – June 2008 (Vol. 22, Issue 3) The Young Birder’s Guide to Birds of Eastern North America, by Bill Thompson III “Disguises education as fun”. Recommended A Birder’s Guide to Southern California, by Brad Schram An essential guide to the region. […]
The Smithsonian guide is coming out later this month, and looks very interesting. The Young Birder’s Guide has been universally praised. Check it out if you have, or know, kids who may be interested in birds. The Young Birder’s Guide to Birds of Eastern North America (Peterson Field Guides) – Born Again Bird Watcher, 10,000 […]
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, […]
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 Bird Club, The House & other Arctic musings Owls of the United States […]