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How to Know the Birds introduces a new, holistic approach to bird-watching, by noting how behaviors, settings, and seasonal cycles connect with shape, song, color, gender, age distinctions, and other features traditionally used to identify species. With short essays on 200 observable species, expert author Ted Floyd guides us through a year of becoming a better birder, each species representing another useful lesson: from explaining scientific nomenclature to noting how plumage changes with age, from chronicling migration patterns to noting hatchling habits. Dozens of endearing pencil sketches accompany Floyd's charming prose, making this book a unique blend of narrative and field guide. A pleasure for birders of all ages, this witty book promises solid lessons for the beginner and smiles of recognition for the seasoned nature lover.
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March 12, 2019 -
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781426220043
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781426220043
- File size: 62171 KB
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Languages
- English
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Starred review from February 1, 2019
Ornithologist Floyd (Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America) brings his credentials as the editor of Birding magazine to create thought-provoking and authoritative one-page essays on 200 different species of birds native to North America. Floyd's text is enhanced by the art of N. John Schmitt. This is not a guide for identification. Instead, it can be considered an accessible introduction to ornithology and birding; cerebral yet delightfully informal. A few of the many topics Floyd writes of here include migration, metabolism, nomenclature, avian memory skills, site descriptions, behavior, citizen science projects, population dynamics, the ethics and morality of our outdoor pursuits, molt, and brood parasitism. An excellent feature is the numerous cross-references from one essay often to several others, making it easy to see the interrelatedness of his manifold conceptual aspects of birding. Though a standout, this book could have benefited from a bibliography and glossary. VERDICT Highly recommended for those interested in the natural world. This is a book to be read; there is nothing else quite like it.--Henry T. Armistead, formerly with Free Lib. of Philadelphia
Copyright 2019 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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