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The Shorebird Guide Paperback / softback - 2006
by Michael O'Brien
- New
- Paperback
Join the experts in this revolutionary approach to bird identification. Experienced birders use the most easily observed characteristics size, structure, behavior, and general color patterns to identify birds even before looking carefully at plumage details. Now birders at all levels can learn how to identify shorebirds quickly and simply. This guide includes more than 870 stunning color photographs, starting with a general impression of the species and progressing to more detailed images of the bird throughout its life cycle. Quiz questions in the captions will engage and challenge all birders and help them benefit from this simplified, commonsense approach to identification.
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Details
- Title The Shorebird Guide
- Author Michael O'Brien
- Binding Paperback / softback
- Edition None
- Condition New
- Pages 496
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Collins Reference, Boston
- Date 2006-04-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # A9780618432943
- ISBN 9780618432943 / 0618432949
- Weight 2.18 lbs (0.99 kg)
- Dimensions 8.84 x 6.26 x 1.14 in (22.45 x 15.90 x 2.90 cm)
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Themes
- Topical: Ecology
- Library of Congress subjects Shore birds, Shore birds - Identification
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005020996
- Dewey Decimal Code 598.33
Summary
An all-new holistic approach to identifying shorebirds.
Join the experts in birding by impression, a revolutionary approach to bird identification. Experienced birders use the most easily observed characteristics — size, structure, behavior, and general color patterns — to identify birds even before looking carefully at plumage details. Now birders at all levels can learn how to identify shorebirds quickly and simply. This guide includes more than 870 stunning color photographs, starting with a general impression of the species and progressing to more detailed images of the bird throughout its life cycle. Quiz questions in the captions will engage and challenge all birders and help them benefit from this simplified, commonsense approach to identification.
From the publisher
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Citations
- Choice, 11/01/2006, Page 507
- Library Journal, 09/01/2013, Page 46
- Science Books & Films, 11/01/2006, Page 262
- Science Books & Films Best Bks, 01/01/2007, Page 7