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

Author: Ted Floyd

Narrator: Graham Winton

Unabridged: 9 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/29/2019


Synopsis

Become a better birder with brief portraits of 200 top North American birds. This friendly, relatable book is a celebration of the art, science, and delights of bird-watching. 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sandy

This book gets a high rating from me because I read it at the perfect time. I've had it forever. It was my grandfather's, so I felt nostalgic reading it at last. Published in 1949, I know that at least one fact has changed: Roger Tory Peterson wrote that there are 650 species of birds in North Amer......more

Goodreads review by Miriam

my friend recommended this book to me with great sincerity and pomp and i didn't understand why until i read it. the writing is really amazing. like that matter of fact post victorian utterly sincere goofiness- j.m. barrie, ogen nash, aa milne, yknow? not a joke though. definitely bird knowledge to......more