Rob Hume

A Field Guide to Backyard Birds of North America

A Visual Directory of the Most Popular Backyard Birds

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Produktbeschreibung

A Field Guide to Backyard Birds of North America is a beautifully illustrated visual directory of more than 50 of the most popular North American birds with a logbook to record two years of bird-watching discoveries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 172mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 528g
• ISBN-13: 9780785840756
• ISBN-10: 0785840753
• Artikelnr.: 63368277

Autorenporträt

Rob Hume has worked for Britain’s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds for over 30 years and is the longest serving editor of the award-winning Birds magazine. He has previously been a member of the editorial board of the British Birds Journal and Chair of the British Birds Rarities Committee. He is a lifelong birdwatcher and a highly respected writer, illustrator, and ornithologist, with more than 30 books on birds to his name.   

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction
Bird finder at a glance
Chapter One:
BIRD LIFE 12
Bird anatomy
Feathers
Birds’ bills
Birds’ feet
Colors and patterns
Food and feeding
How to feed birds in the garden
Foods to offer birds
Nests
Song, courtship, and display
Calls and postures
Eggs
Rearing a family
Chapter Two:
MAKING THE MOST OF BIRDING
Telling birds apart
Taking notes and making sketches
Choosing and using binoculars
Farther afield
Make your backyard a bird reserve
US BACKYARD BIRD CATALOG
BACKYARD BIRD-WATCHER'S LOGBOOK 96
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgments