by Bridget Stutchbury
An excellent introduction to the behavior and social lives of birds.
Archive for 2010
August 27, 2010
The Private Lives of Birds: A Scientist Reveals the Intricacies of Avian Social Life
Reviews, Books, Biology & Behavior
An app for entering bird lists on the iPhone.
Several good bird books have been published lately, of which here are a few. I’m planning to do full reviews for all of these, but thought I’d go ahead and present some brief thoughts (especially since I don’t write nearly as fast as I wish I did). The Private Lives of Birds: A Scientist Reveals […]
by Fiona A. Reid, Twan Leenders, Jim Zook, and Robert Dean
A nice general field guide to Costa Rica’s incredible wildlife.
Back in June, the Sibley eGuide app was given a major update. According to the release notes, the new version (1.5.1) includes the following: Larger images Replaced Next/Previous buttons with a swipe gesture Added one-tap enlargement of images and text Added the ability to rotate the device to landscape mode for larger images, bigger text […]
Earlier today, Corey of 10,000 Birds posed some interesting questions about bird books. You should head over there and read the entire thing, but it basically boils down to: why do we birders have so many books about birds? Besides the obvious answer that it allows crazy, obsessive types the excuse to create entire websites […]
by Pete Dunne
An insightful look at New Jersey’s bayshore in summer, by one of the best writers around.
Here are some bird book reviews from the last few months: New “small” Peterson guides: Eastern and Central and Western Aimophila Adventures Birdfreak.com A DC Birding Blog Birds of Australia: Eighth Edition Idaho Birding Blog Birdfreak.com The Private Lives of Birds: A Scientist Reveals the Intricacies of Avian Social Life Mike’s Birding & Digiscoping Blog […]
by Thomas S. Schulenberg, Douglas F. Stotz, Daniel F. Lane, John P. O'Neill, and Theodore A. Parker III
An excellent field guide to this bird-rich country.
by Geoffrey E. Hill
A very enjoyable exploration of the most obvious physical characteristic of birds.
