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.
However, since I don’t [...]
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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
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, or may become, interested [...]
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 [...]