A Birder’s Guide to the Rio Grande Valley of Texas (Lane ABA Birdfinding Guides Ser #414
February 27, 2008
Customer Review: new publication - 1998 or 1999
I am looking for a place to buy the new publication. The new author might be Mark Lockwood. Publisher is same - American Birding Association Buy from here…
Where to Watch Birds in Australasia and Oceania
February 27, 2008
Where to Watch Birds in Australasia and Oceania is the fourth guide in a series that will ultimately cover the whole world. It describes over two hundred major sites in detail and many more in passing, from New Guinea to New Zealand and across the Pacific to Hawaii. Most important, it answers crucial questions you find yourself asking before you go: Where can I see birds that epitomize the region? Which country supports the best cross section of species and the most endemics, and which sites do I need to visit to see most of them? How long do I need, and when is the best time to go?
The layout of the book is practical, with countries, archipelagos, and islands treated alphabetically. General introductions to each country are followed by site details, which include bird lists under the headings “Endemics,” “Specialties,” and “Others”; a list of other wildlife if applicable; and the latest information on where to look for the best birds. Over one hundred maps and fifty line drawings complement the text. This guide will prove invaluable in both the preparation and execution of birding trips to any country, archipelago, or island in this highly varied region of the world.
Customer Review: Invaluable!
As usual with the series, this book does a very good job at introducing the “essential” birdwatching sites of a huge region.
Much of it is, for better or worse, devoted to describing the two biggest and most visited countries, Australia and New Zealand. Coverage of these is good, but since there are also single country guides to them you could also use those.
Where this book really becomes invaluable is its coverage of the often little-known archipelagos of Oceania: Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia. Few of these countries are often visited by birders, yet even the remotest ones, like Pitcairn, are described. Since other guides to nature reserves of these island nations are basically non-existant, descriptions and maps of remote islands and forested regions are of interest to anyone with an interest in the fauna of the Pacific.
But of course, twitchers are well served too - with lists of endemics, key sites to see each one, suggested itineraries and the like.
A worthy investment for your trip! Buy from here…
Birds of the World: Interactive Encyclopedia of Bird-Watching (Windows)
February 27, 2008
Explore the magical and fascinating world of birds. From the common and plentiful to the exotic and rare, Birds of the World helps you learn about their anatomy and habitats, nesting and migration cycles, their courtship and mating rituals, and much more. Find out which birds are endangered, what is being done to prevent habitat destruction, and why bird diversity is so important in gauging the world’s ecological stability. Learn about their diet and physiology, their territory and relationship, their feathers and plumage. Buy from here…
Birder’s Guide to Texas (Birder’s Guides Series)
February 27, 2008
For Texas residents and visitors alike, this book is your best guide to the outstanding birding opportunities in the Lone Star State.
Customer Review: Birder’s Guide to Texas
Book gave good sites to go to, but I was hoping for illustrations of birds.
Informative as far as description of what birds you can see at what areas.
Customer Review: A birder’s view
An excellent guide for a visitor to such a large State as Texas. Detailed maps and directions, together with species lists, make this guidebook an essential tool for birders. Buy from here…
Birding Basics
February 27, 2008
Texas Birds–Where They Are and How to Find Them
February 25, 2008
Hand-Feeding Backyard Birds: A Step-By-Step Guide
February 25, 2008
Anyone can learn to feed wild birds from his or her hand! Wilberg reveals the best foods, weather conditions, and time of year and day to hand-feed birds.
Customer Review: hand feeding birds revealed
This is a necessary book if you desire to handfeed wild birds.It is extremely hard to find this book,anywhere.Inside is a step by step guide to handfeeding your backyard birds,it is very useful and in a way, somewhat easy to do by following this book.This was one of the books I have looked most forward too in a long time,and I’m glad I now have it.If handfeeding your wild backyard birds is one of your things to do, I highly recommend this book as almost a necessity.
Customer Review: Enjoyable and practical
I recently ordered this book and was inspired to try it for myself. I enjoyed the photography and the author’s anecdotes about his own experiences feeding birds. The book offers practical information and put together with a little patience on my part, I was able to get some chickadees into my hand within 2 1/2 weeks. Buy from here…
New Mexico bird finding guide
February 25, 2008
Peterson Field Guide(R) to Backyard Bird Song (Peterson Field Guide Series)
February 25, 2008
With this audio guide, you can learn to identify your favorite birds by their songs and calls alone. Backyard Bird Song includes 28 of the most common backyard birds, such as the American Robin, the Song Sparrow, and the Downy Woodpecker, arranged in groups with similar vocalizations.
Customer Review: hearing is believing
Because the approach of this splendid CD is so straightforward, its value may best be explained by a first-person account of a user.
I’ve been enjoying backyard birds in my home in Costa Rica and now in Indiana for many years. Yet I’ve only rarely felt confident about linking a bird’s song to its appearance. I guess I’m a visual guy. Birdsong sounded good but taught me almost nothing.
Then a helpful attendant in a Wild Birds Unlimited store steered me towards this Peterson Field Guides cd. I’m an admirer of the Peterson Field Guide books, so this was an easy sale.
Since then I’ve listened through the guide three or four times in my car. Already, I find my ears picking up on a particular birdsong when I’m not even paying attention. Typically, I look up and - mirabile dictu - there’s the bird I’ve learned, almost unconsciously, to identify by its song before it appears before the eye.
That’s good pedagogy. This is a good product.
Cheep. Cheep. And so much more.
Customer Review: Information Structured Well for new rookie bird watcher
tape and book enhances the learning process. Buy from here…
A World Checklist of Birds
February 25, 2008
In this book, Burt L. Monroe, Jr., and Charles G. Sibley provide a checklist of 9,702 living avian species based on the Sibley-Ahlquist-Monroe classification presented in their 1990 book Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World and its 1993 Supplement. Buy from here…
