How to Know the Birds: The Art and Adventure of Birding
by Floyd, Ted

Format: Hardcover
Release Date: 3/11/2019
Code: 14908
Condition: New
Product Details
How to Know the Birds introduces a new, holistic approach to bird-watching, by noting how behaviors, settings, and seasonal cycles connect with shape, song, color, gender, age distinctions, and other features traditionally used to identify species. With short essays on 200 observable species, expert author Ted Floyd guides us through a year of becoming a better birder, each species representing another useful lesson: from explaining scientific nomenclature to noting how plumage changes with age, from chronicling migration patterns to noting hatchling habits. Dozens of endearing pencil sketches accompany Floyd's charming prose, making this book a unique blend of narrative and field guide. A pleasure for birders of all ages, this witty book promises solid lessons for the beginner and smiles of recognition for the seasoned nature lover.
Our Opinion: Roger Tory Peterson's 1949 book of the same name offered those who never had a bird guide before a pocket-sized introduction to the art of bird identification. Expert Ted Floyd still offers a greater understanding of birds and birding, but in a very different package. Short, sweet, witty, and wise, 200 different species spark short chapters which sharpen readers' observation skills and deepen their understanding of the species, birds, birdwatching, and ornithology.
ISBN: 9781426220036
Publisher: National Geographic
Year of Publication: 2019
Page Count: 304
Shipping Weight: 2.00 lb