Heather Wolf

Find More Birds: 111 Surprising Ways to Spot Birds Wherever You Are (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Packed with excellent photos and tips, deeply relatable anecdotes, and a palpable sense of joy, this gem of a book will make you a better birder.Rosemary Mosco, author of A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching

A gorgeously photographed trove of 111 ingenious tips for seeing more birds wherever you arefrom crowd favorites (hummingbirds, owls, eagles) to species you've never spotted before

Seeing more birds than you ever imagined and witnessing exciting avian drama is possiblewhether you're on the go or in your own neighborhood, local park, or backyard. As Heather Wolf explains, it all comes down to how you tune in to the show happening around you, the one in which birdshighly skilled at staying under the radarare the stars. In Find More Birds, Heather shares her very best tacticsand the jaw-dropping photographs they helped her capture.

• Look for birds at their favorite restaurants from leaf litter to berry bushes, and ball fields to small patches of mud.
• Watch for tree bark that moves . . . you may find it has feathers.
• Try simply sitting on the ground for a revealing new perspective.

Plus, special tips point the way to crowd favorites such as hummingbirds, owls, and eaglesand can't-miss bird behaviors. As your senses sharpen and noticing becomes second nature, Find More Birds will turn your daily routines into bird-finding adventures, too. Whether you're strolling down the block or parking your car, you never know what will surprise you next!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Experiment
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781615199419
• Artikelnr.: 66978439

Autorenporträt

HEATHER WOLF is the author of Find More Birds and Birding at the Bridge. A Brooklyn-based birder, photographer, and educator, she works with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology as a web developer, teaches birding classes at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and gives walks and talks for various organizations in New York City and beyond.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Bird-finding basics Chapter 2: Finding birds through tech support (Twitter
Instagram
eBird
apps) Chapter 3: Finding birds by the clues they leave (eggs
feathers
tracks
drill holes
tree cavities
depressions in sand/dirt
poop) Chapter 4: Finding birds while doing something else (shopping
driving
visiting friends
traveling) Chapter 5: Finding birds acting crazy (courtship
mating
defense
raising young) Chapter 6: Finding the birds you’ve always wanted to see (hummingbirds
owls
peregrine falcons
bald eagles
red-tailed hawks
baby birds
etc.) Chapter 7: Finding some awesome birds you might not have heard of (warblers
vireos
flycatchers
storks
spoonbills) Chapter 8: Finding birds at their favorite “restaurants” (habitats such as dumps
landfills
playgrounds
airports) Chapter 9: Finding birds through the community Chapter 10: More ways to find birds Chapter 11: Advanced bird-finding