How to Be a Better Birder

by Lovitch, Derek

• ISBN13: 9780691144481
• ISBN10: 0691144486
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781400841776
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-05
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
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Summary

This unique illustrated handbook provides all the essential tools you need to become a better birder. Here Derek Lovitch offers a more effective way to go about identification--he calls it the "Whole Bird and More" approach--that will enable you to identify more birds, more quickly, more of the time. He demonstrates how to use geography and an understanding of habitats, ecology, and even the weather to enrich your birding experience and help you find something out of the ordinary. Lovitch shows how to track nocturnal migrants using radar, collect data for bird conservation, discover exciting rarities, develop patch lists--and much more. This is the ideal resource for intermediate and advanced birders. Whether you want to build a bigger list or simply learn more about birds, How to Be a Better Birderwill take your birding skills to the next level. Explains the "Whole Bird and More" approach to bird identification Demonstrates how to use geography, habitats, ecology, and the weather to be a better birder Shows how to bird at night using radar, collect conservation data, develop patch lists--and more Offers essential tools for intermediate and advanced birders

Author Biography

Derek Lovitch has worked on avian research and education projects throughout the United States, has written numerous articles for birding publications, and was a columnist for Birding magazine. He now owns and runs Freeport Wild Bird Supply in Maine.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Advanced Field Identification	p. 5
Birding by Habitat	p. 31
Birding with Geography	p. 53
Birding and "Weather	p. 75
Birding at Night	p. 101
Birding with a Purpose	p. 123
Vagrants	p. 134
A New Jersey Case Study	p. 155
Patch Listing	p. 172
References and Additional Reading	p. 181
Index	p. 187
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