10,000 Birds
AUGUST 1, 2023
I have all four of his field guides on my bookshelf; I enjoy their friendly, informative approach and identification aids (cheat sheets! 154, photo by Jacob Spendelow Earley is an experienced, adroit writer and easily incorporates important information, enthusiasm and a sense of fun into the text. comparison tables!) Boreal Owl, p.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 2, 2015
Third, observing and photographing breeding birds and their young have become acts of ethical confusion as birders, photographers, and organizational representatives debate the impact of our human presence on the nesting process. Peregrine Falcon nests. Information is often highly detailed. Yellow Warbler fledgling. But special.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Some birds are put next to each other to aid in the identification process, for example, falcons follow hawks. Text alerts, if you’re lucky enough to know about them, are great (though most don’t allow for information beyond rare bird sightings). So, expect to find warblers before sparrows if you are browsing.
10,000 Birds
MAY 7, 2019
Many essays, especially in the later sections, end with a question, hopefully getting us to think more about questions of ethics, conservation, and the puzzles posed by nature. There is also quite a bit of discipline in these essays; it’s a lot harder to write a very short, personal yet informative piece than to ramble on and on.
10,000 Birds
MAY 3, 2016
And, that falcons are about as far away from hawks as a bird family could get. And, a huge improvement over the 2003 edition, in my librarian eyes: the table of contents lists each identification information box! “Ethics” includes a lengthy discussion on playback. This means that loons are no longer first!
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 6, 2015
Here are the basic contents for each state guide: a flexibound cover, the ABA Mission Statement and Code of Ethics (I like that this is the first thing you see when you start perusing the books), Foreward by Jeffrey A. ” Both authors communicate an amazing amount of information, more than simple identification, in a paragraph.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 3, 2017
The authors emphasize in the Introduction the great degree to which the text and illustrations are based on current scientific information. And “Notes” contains information on distribution, habitat, migration patterns, noteworthy sightings for vagrants, as well as bits on behavior and nests. The maps, however are small.
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