National Geographic Birding Essentials
- ISBN13: 9781426201356
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Birding is the fastest growing wildlife-related outdoor activity in the U.S., with at least a million new birders a year estimated to join an already robust group some 80 million strong. For these beginning and intermediate enthusiasts, National Geographic Birding Essentials is a must. Comprehensive and authoritative, yet engaging and user-friendly, it teaches readers how to begin and improve their birding… what to look and listen for… and how to make sense of what they see and hear. A unique visual component shows actual field guide pages and how to read them, while another compares the same bird in photography versus artwork and explains how to use both for species identification. National Geographic’s quality photography is a major highlight of the book, supplemented by pencil drawings and full-color maps to give the novice and intermediate birder a full range of visual information.
Field Ornithologists Jonathan Alderfer and Jon Dunn have crafted a masterful guide, striking just the right balance of practical information and reader-friendly tone. Chapters discuss the pleasures of birding, equipment needed, how to read range maps, birds’ physical features, how to identify birds, identification challenges, bird classification and suggested books and journals for building a fine birding library.
National Geographic has established a stellar reputation among birders with our blockbuster Field Guide to the Birds of North America. The tradition continues as we serve an entry-level market that continually needs the helpful, up-to-the-minute information found in National Geographic Birding Essentials.
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Beginners new to birding who want a simple overview of identification techniques and observation plans will find BIRDING ESSENTIALS the perfect starting place. It offers both beginners and elementary-level birders the tools to better their observations, and pairs fine color photos of common birds with tips such as understanding variations in bird color, key identification factors, parts of a bird, and much more. General-interest collections will find it a popular lend.
Rating: 5 / 5
National Geographic Birding Essentials
The pictures and descriptions are outstanding. This book is a great start to learn about birds and how to identify them.
It’s also a painless way to learn some basic bird biology.
Rating: 5 / 5
National Geographic Birding Essentials
THERE WERE EXCELLENT HINTS FOR BIRDWATCHING I FINALLY UNDERSTAND BINOCULARS AND SCOPES - AND WHAT IS THE BEST FOR VIEWING
Rating: 5 / 5
National Geographic Birding Essentials
I was never interested in learning the details of bird anatomy before, but just wanted to learn the main features that would help me tell them apart. But when I received this book as a gift, I found myself reading it cover to cover. I’m not a beginning birder, but my life list only has around 50 birds on it so far, so I doubt I’d even be called intermediate. Not only is this book interesting, but also it is very useful in helping me learn to identify birds more quickly, as well as how to better understand the language used in the various field guides. Its descriptions and illustrations are interesting and easy to understand for the layman, and detailed enough to give one an in-depth education, if (s)he wants it. And it’s loaded with tips for telling apart specific hard to identify species. And every one of the many excellent photographs used as illustrations is accompanied by very detailed explanations, includuing name of bird and where and when the photo was taken. The book also has info about other aspects of birding - all the “essentials” that the title promises, and much more. I’ve read other books that promised to tell everything one needs to start birding, but I wish I had seen this one first: I think it would have helped me learn to identify birds more quickly. I bought several more to give as gifts.
Rating: 5 / 5
National Geographic Birding Essentials
Wonderful, informative, and easy to read! I haven’t been bird watching for years & thought I would check it out again. This book was very helpful especially the section on binoculars.
The chapter on appropriate behaviors of bird watchers was great! These types of tips are needed before you join the Audubon Society and trek in the woods with experienced birders!
Great ref for anyone starting out or reviewing the basics.
A couple chapters were a bit too detailed (bird coloring for example) for my taste but I might go back to them once I get out into the field.
Worth the price and the photos (like all National Geographic publications) are spectacular!
Rating: 4 / 5
National Geographic Birding Essentials