Birding Journal
September 13, 2008
A practical field notebook and treasured keepsake in one, this portable journal is the ideal place for recording both memorable and everyday bird sightings. Complete with guided entry pages sprinkled with illustrations, quotes, and bird facts as well as sections for sketching and keeping a life list, this journal is a necessity for birding amateurs and experts alike.
160 pages (guided), 5 x 7 inches, flexi-bound with an elastic band closure Buy from here…
Guide to Birds of North America v3.9 – Windows
September 13, 2008
Version 3.9 was released on July 31, 2007. Thayer Birding Software and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology have joined forces to create the ultimate CD for birders. The Thayer’s Guide to Birds of North America v3.9 features all 925 birds seen in the U.S. or Canada (excluding Hawaii). This incredible Windows-based CD-ROM includes 2,788 color photos and songs for 708 species. 90 video clips are also included. This CD can help you identify unfamiliar birds. Simply select the color, size, habitat, location or sound of your bird and the program will show you everything that matches your description! Also included are 700 quizzes arranged into “Birding Hot Spots”, “Christmas Bird Counts”, Favorite Birds” and more. Set the level at Easy or crank it all the way up to Difficult. Select Multiple Choice, Fill-in-the-blank, Flash Card or “Pick One” quizzes. This CD also includes a listing and recordkeeping program to help you remember the birds you have seen. With version 3.9, you can also share Custom Lists with your friends, download songs and photos to an iPod for your own personal use and add your own comments and photos for each bird. New colorful icons make it very easy to use the CD. System Requirements: Windows 2000, XP or Vista; Pentium 4 processor or equivalent; 512 MB RAM; CD-ROM drive; 1 Gig on hard drive; plus hardware and software required to support multimedia applications. Some features of this CD-ROM require an Internet connection.
Customer Review: Thayer Guide to Birds of North America v.3.9
I was able to try the software at a friend’s house a few years ago and enjoyed the Petey the Parrot feature that pronounced Latin nomenclature. User friendly. There are good searching and cross-referencing features. The library of species is more extensive than any book I’ve seen. I like that there is geographic distribution data, population information and song files. It is so much easier to listen to a song file than read “two wee” in a field guide and get the same effect of information. This software helps with research presentations. The quizzes are great too. I like that the photos available for each species carry mulitple view whenever possible. I think in the absence of photos, drawings could have been included to cover the gap, especially since females are usually the gap and comprise 50% of the species population, so this is important information. So far that is the only short-coming I have noticed. Buy from here…
A Guide to Bird Finding in Kansas and Western Missouri
September 13, 2008
Kansas and western Missouri are astonishingly rich in birdlife. Located in the very center of the North American continent, the area is home to most of the eastern bird fauna and many of the western species, and even hosts occasional visitors from the far north. Over 400 species of birds have been recorded in Kansas alone, an abundance that places it among the top five birding states in the country.
Bird Finding in Kansas and Western Missouri is a guide to this rich mosaic of birdlife. Written for both resident and visiting birders, the book begins with an introduction to the region’s avian diversity and to its eleven major biotic communities. Illustrated with 17 line drawings by renowned artist and ornithologist Robert Mengel, A Guide to Bird Finding also features 26 detailed maps, a checklist of birds of the region, and an annotated list of “Specialty Species.” The book’s main focus, though is on birding tours–75 of them. Meticulously described and thoroughly “road-tested,” these tours lead down paved highways, dirt roads, and paths, past old cemeteries, around lakes, along creeks, into cities, and out onto the prairie, winding through the birding hotspots of Kansas and western Missouri.
With this new guide in hand, birders can tailor their expeditions to focus on the big picture, taking advantage of all the birding possibilities a particular location has to offer, or the small picture, searching out one or two especially challenging species. Zimmerman and Patti have provided information on road conditions and tour routes, and have also zeroed in on a few birding surprises–like Bobolinks next to saline marshes in central Kansas.
Among the many birding possibilities the book suggests are: a trip to the tallgrass prairie of the Flint Hills where Greater Prairie-chickens and Henslow’s Sparrows can be seen; a tour of the Cimarron National Grassland, the best place in the U.S, to see Lesser Prairie-chickens; a tour of Missouri’s Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, the spectacular staging area for over 500,000 geese and other waterfowl; and a trip to Quivira National Wildlife Refuge and Cheyenne Bottoms, internationally significant wetlands that are an essential migration stopover for hundreds of species , particularly waterfowl and shorebirds, and even Whooping Cranes. Buy from here…
The Birds of Jackson Hole: A bird finding guide
September 13, 2008
Bushnell Trophy 10×42 Waterproof/Fogproof Binocular (Realtree AP Camo)
September 13, 2008
The world’s most beautiful places are often the wildest. Enter the Trophy® series, your versatile choice for hunting, birding, hiking, fishing or any outdoor activity where the day can come with a bruise or two. Unlike similarly priced binos, the internals are O-ring sealed and nitrogen-purged for 100% waterproof/fogproof protection. The tough, rubber armor keeps them protected at the bottom of your pack or while rattling around in the glove box. With BaK-4 roof prisms and multi-coated amber optics, Trophy binoculars are over-achievers when it comes to gathering enough light to deliver edge-to-edge crisp, bright images Buy from here…
Birdwatching in Vermont
September 10, 2008
Designed to appeal to expert and backyard birdwatchers alike, this comprehensive guide reveals where, when, and how to watch and enjoy birds in Vermont. It not only offers the latest information about the seasonal status and distribution of birds in Vermont but also features a thorough introduction to the art and practice of birdwatching, including optics, ethics, migration, and conservation. Packed into its pages is expert advice on rare species, Christmas bird counts, the Vermont landscape, helpful resources for the birdwatcher, and more. Written for people just starting out or accomplished regional birders, this is the essential companion to traditional birdwatching field guides.
The heart of the book is the detailed descriptions and maps to more than 120 Vermont birdwatching areas, from the Champlain Lowlands to the summit of Mt. Mansfield. Drawing upon their extensive knowledge of the habits and habitats of Vermont birds, the authors have divided the state into ten regions, each with a rich diversity of birdwatching destinations. The guide also features informative accounts of the 296 bird species regularly seen in Vermont, including their preferred habitats and an innovative graph illustrating when each is most likely to be encountered. The authors, experienced naturalists and guides, have written the essential guide to discovering the joys of birding in Vermont. Buy from here…
Bird Watch
September 10, 2008
Customer Review: The following information is from the inside cover:
“A passport to the natural world” is how veteran wildlife photographer Bates Littlehales describes bird watching. In Bird Watch, his first book on a subject he has pursued for 15 years, Littlehales shares his enlightening perspective on the birds of North America.
Littlehales began taking the photographs in Bird Watch after a National Geographic magazine assignment on John James Audubon revived his boyhood interest in birds. In the spirit of the great naturalist, Littlehales is equally fascinated by the most familiar backyard visitors and the most rare wilderness species.
Whether he is focusing on endangered wood storks or common cardinals, Littlehales makes images which tell the story of how birds interact with each other and the world around them. Striving to feed its young, an Atlantic puffin alights on a rock in Maine with five capelins dangling from its beak. Courting boldly, a greater prairie-chicken on a “booming ground” in Texas advances toward a female with his tawny air sacs inflated. Poised to catch an insect on the wing, a vermilion fly catcher awaits his prey in a southeast Arizona canyon.
Introducing these subtle and intriguing photographs, biologist Jerome A. Jackson recalls great scientific discoveries which had their origins in bird watching and discusses the power of this pastime to draw people into a lifelong interest in the environment.
Captions by Littlehales accompany the photographs, providing details about the season, the location, and each species’ habits. A foreword by Jay D. Hair, president of the National Wildlife Federation, pays tribute to the vital role of bird watching in the conservation movement.
With images of rare simplicity and power, Bird Watch will delight bird watchers-and anyone else who takes pleasure in closely observing nature.
BATES LITTLEHALES was a staff photographer for the National Geographic Society from 1952 to 1989, contributing to National Geographic magazine and many other Society publications. His work has also appeared in Natural History, Birder’s World, and National Wildlife Federation publications. Now a freelance photographer specializing in nature images, Littlehales lives in northern Virginia.
JEROME A. JACKSON, an authority on endangered birds, has taught biological sciences at Mississippi State University since 1970. Jackson has edited many ornithological journals, including Wilson Bulletin and Journal of Field Ornithology Currently he edits Bird Conservation, contributes to Birder’s World, and cohosts a weekly television series, “Mississippi Outdoors.” He lives in Starkville, Mississippi, with his wife Bette, also an ornithologist.
JAY D. HAIR has been president of the National Wildlife Federation since 1981. The recipient of numerous awards for his contributions to environmental preservation, Hair serves on the boards of Earth Day 1990, the Global Tomorrow Coalition, and other conservation organizations.
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The Stokes Purple Martin Book: The Complete Guide to Attracting and Housing Purple Martins (Stokes Backyard Nature Books)
September 10, 2008
Customer Review: Stokes Purple Martin Book
This is an excellent book. It’s very informative. This is my first year to put up a Martin House. I learned a lot from reading this book.
Customer Review: Purple Martins
An excellent book with suggestions on how to attract and keep martins in your backyard. Buy from here…
Alpen 8 x 25 Pro Series Compact Wide Angle Porro Prism Binocular with 8.2 Degree Angle of View, USA
September 10, 2008
ALPEN Pro Series binoculars provide top performance and have superior features demanded by today’s dedicated sports optics users. Pro binoculars have exceptional value. They are offered in a wide selection of models to meet any sports optics need, including full-size, waterproof, and compact models, in both roof and porro prisms Buy from here…
ULTIMATE BIRD WATCHING CHALLENGE FINALIST Apron (Various color choices)
September 10, 2008
This makes a great gift, it easily washable in the washer and dryer and the design is printed on the front. We do NOT use transfers. We only use the newest technology to print our items. Buy from here…
