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From Library Journal Similar in layout and content to Roth!s Attracting Birds to Your Backyard (Rodale, 1998), this book is both enjoyable to browse because of its color photos, line art, and call-outs and useful as a home reference because of its alphabetical arrangement. Conveying an enormous...
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Have you ever wanted to be able to go outside and look at birds and know exactly what kind of birds they are and where they come from? Most people love birds and bird watching is a science and art that a lot people would like to do but very few...
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From Publishers Weekly Various species of North American birds fly, swim and run across the pages of this picture-book field guide. for beginning birders. Lucid text provides basic information on general bird habits–”Birds may flock together”; “Birds use their bills to gather food”–while lifelike watercolors offer visual...
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From Publishers Weekly Providing birders the convenience of portability, Sibley’s newest volume breaks down the information in The Sibley Guide to Birds into specific regions (The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America will be published the same month). The guide includes much of the...
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In my book, you’ll get the “Bird Man Secrets” like… The 6 best places to shop for your bird feeders if you want “store bought” convenience. (page 18) Why have a bird feeder at all, and how long you can expect it to last. (page 20) Special considerations for hummingbirds and Orioles. (page 23) What...
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Superbly illustrated in color by two of Hawai’i’s best nature photographers, “A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Hawai’i” includes nearly every species of bird on land and at sea in the main Hawaiian Islands. In total, 170 species or subspecies are described and illustrated. In this comprehensive guide the author has...
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Birding is the fastest growing wildlife-related activity in the U.S., and even conservative estimates put the current number of U.S. birders at 50 million. According to the New York Times, some authorities predict that by 2050 there will be more than 100 million—and the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of...
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