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| National Geographic Birding Essentials (National Geographic) | 
| Authors: Jonathan Alderfer, Jon L. Dunn Publisher: National Geographic Category: Book
List Price: $15.95 Buy New: $3.95 You Save: $12.00 (75%)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 7 reviews Sales Rank: 167324
Media: Paperback Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 224 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1 Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 1426201354 Dewey Decimal Number: 598.07234 EAN: 9781426201356 ASIN: 1426201354
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Excellent starter book July 8, 2008 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The pictures and descriptions are outstanding. This book is a great start to learn about birds and how to identify them.
It's also a painless way to learn some basic bird biology.
Worthwhile book June 2, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wonderful, informative, and easy to read! I haven't been bird watching for years & thought I would check it out again. This book was very helpful especially the section on binoculars.
The chapter on appropriate behaviors of bird watchers was great! These types of tips are needed before you join the Audubon Society and trek in the woods with experienced birders!
Great ref for anyone starting out or reviewing the basics.
A couple chapters were a bit too detailed (bird coloring for example) for my taste but I might go back to them once I get out into the field.
Worth the price and the photos (like all National Geographic publications) are spectacular!
Idiots guide to birdwatching April 5, 2008 3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is an instructive manual. Not a bird identification guide, it's a "how to", like "how to" decoupage your bread box. It starts out at square one, what to look for, and how to buy binoculars. You want to see the little critters, up close and personal. And goes on, step by step from there. How to use that lovely guide, where to find that startling bird, how to know it when you see it. And unlike the afore said "Idiot Guides", it's beautifully illustrated with photographs and diagramed photographs as you would expect from National Geographic. The information is intelligently presented in a logical manner. There's even a section on field sketching and encouragement for keeping not only lists, but descriptive writing about one's sightings. This is the "how to" for observing nature, can't recommend it highly enough.
EXCELLENT BOOK February 26, 2008 1 out of 2 found this review helpful
THERE WERE EXCELLENT HINTS FOR BIRDWATCHING I FINALLY UNDERSTAND BINOCULARS AND SCOPES - AND WHAT IS THE BEST FOR VIEWING
General-interest collections will find it a popular lend. February 3, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Beginners new to birding who want a simple overview of identification techniques and observation plans will find BIRDING ESSENTIALS the perfect starting place. It offers both beginners and elementary-level birders the tools to better their observations, and pairs fine color photos of common birds with tips such as understanding variations in bird color, key identification factors, parts of a bird, and much more. General-interest collections will find it a popular lend.
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