by Nigel Cleere
A generous amount of large, great photos highlight this identification guide.
Archive for 2010
October 26, 2010
Nightjars, Potoos, Frogmouths, Oilbird, and Owlet-nightjars of the World
Reviews, Books, Family Guides
by Harvey E. Oyer III
A wonderful children’s book – full of adventure, educational, and an introduction to the important subject of conservation.
This is an initial overview of the new The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America. A more detailed review is forthcoming, but I wanted to go ahead and post some thoughts before the book is widely available. The first thing you’ll notice about this book (well, after the gorgeous bird on the […]
Lots of bird book reviews this month. The Jewel Hunter 10,000 Birds Birds of Australia The Drinking Bird Nightjars of the World Greg Laden’s Blog 10,000 Birds Christian Artuso: Birds, Wildlife Identifying and Feeding Birds (Peterson Field Guides/Bird Watcher’s Digest Backyard Bird Guides) The Well-read Naturalist Aimophila Adventures Birdfreak Birding is Fun! Birds of the […]
For the fourth straight year there’s a new photographic field guide to North American birds. This latest one is by the well-known and highly regarded husband and wife duo of Donald and Lillian Stokes. I haven’t had a chance to really delve into it yet, but so far it’s pretty impressive. I’m planning on doing […]
The Sibley iPhone app has just been updated to reflect the latest AOU taxonomy, including the splits of Winter Wren and Whip-poor-will. Birdcountr has been updated twice since my review. The latest version, 1.6, adds some bug fixes and also splits the wrens and whip-poor-will. But the major change is in the export options. You […]
by Miles McMullan, Thomas Donegan, and Alonso Quevedo
An amazingly compact guide to the most bird-diverse country on the planet.
I’m hosting the latest edition of the I and the Bird blog carnival at Birds on the Brain. Naturally, I had to work bird books into it, pairing the submissions with an appropriate title. So check it out, there are lots of worthwhile submissions.
September 9, 2010
Molt in North American Birds (Peterson Reference Guide)
Reviews, Books, Biology & Behaviorby Steve N.G. Howell
An indispensable guide to the oft-confusing process of molt.
Here are the bird book reviews published in the last month or so that I’m aware of. Birds of the West Indies (Princeton Illustrated Checklists) Magnificent Frigatebird The Drinking Bird Idaho Birding Blog Bayshore Summer Aimophila Adventures The Zen Birdfeeder Nightjars of the World Birdchick Magnificent Frigatebird Idaho Birding Blog Examiner.com Peterson Reference Guide to […]
