The Art of Bird Identification: A Straightforward Approach to Putting a Name to the Bird

by Pete Dunne, David Gothard (Illustrator)

Overview

How to get good, then better, then even better at identifying birds in the field-and have fun doing itA straightforward approach from Pete Dunne, one of the country's top birders and birding instructors, written in his distinctive styleIncludes descriptive information for 75 bird groups to help get the ID process off on the right footPractical, expert advice and entertaining in-the-field examples of birding successes and common mistakes

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811731966
Publisher:	Stackpole Books
Publication date:	09/01/2012
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

Pete Dunne is the author of a dozen birding books, including Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion, The Art of Bird Identification, The Feather Quest, and Tales of a Low-Rent Birder. Birding ambassador with the New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory, he has written articles for virtually every birding magazine and for the New York Times. He lives in Cumberland County, New Jersey.

Table of Contents

Introduction: A Revelation vi

1 Leap of Faith 1

2 Point of Departure 6

3 So You Want to Identify a Bird. Take a Seat 16

4 Getting Real, Getting Focused, Getting to the Right Seat 56

5 Picking on Birds Your Own Size 70

6 Taking It All In: Integrate, Integrate, Integrate 76

7 A World of Sound: The Universe X2 88

8 After the Fundamentals: "Something Good" 108

9 When Birds Cheat: Exceptions to the Rule 121

10 The End of Field Identification 128

Last Thoughts? 133