Synopses & Reviews
More than 50 million birders can’t be wrong. No matter where you live, you have the joy of hearing and seeing birds. This easy-to-use, full-color guide will provide you with the answers. Here you’ll learn how to identify different bird species by observing their body-parts, understand birds’ behavior and habits, get to know the birds around the home or a vacation spot, attract and make a good home for these new feathered friends, and much more! Designed especially for the home birdwatcher, but with information on destination vacations, this book teaches, “If you’re prepared to see them, they will come!”
Synopsis
The ideal illustrated companion for becoming a successful bird watcher. If you've ever been intrigued by chirping in the treetops or wished you could attract more bird life to your front porch, The Joy of Birding is for you. This colorful and unique guide combines the best of all birding books--it offers basic instructions for beginning birders, a key for identifying popular birds, and tips for attracting beautiful winged visitors to your neighborhood and backyard.
Author Kate Rowinski shows readers how to:
- Find and use markings, wing shape, beak shape, and size to identify birds
- Understand bird behaviors
- Recognize specific songs and calls
- Photograph birds in flight and repose
- Share the pleasure of bird-watching with others
- Vacation where birds are bound to be
Reading it is almost as much fun as birding
Synopsis
A colorful guide to recognizing, understanding, and appreciating our winged neighbors.
About the Author
Kate Rowinski is a writer and catalog consultant, author of four children’s books, and co-author of L.L. Bean Outdoor Photography Handbook. She lives in both Yarmouth, Maine, and Charlottesville, Virginia.