Birdwatcher's Daily Companion: 365 Days of Advice, Insight, and Information for Enthusiastic Birders

by Marcus H. Schneck, Tom Warhol

Overview

A guide to bird species identification, habitats, feeding, finding and watching—the perfect gift for birding enthusiasts.

Embrace your love of birdwatching, every day of the year! By nature, bird lovers are naturalists and collectors, and you know how easy it is to devote hours upon hours of time—a lifetime, in fact—to your hobby. Birdwatcher’s Daily Companion is a fun, sophisticated way to be newly inspired, every day of the year. Inside is insight into everything from how to identify look alike species to planting a hummingbird garden, planning birding travel, and so much more. Throughout the birdwatcher’s year, you’ll find: Mondays / bird-finding tips and techniques Tuesdays / all about species identification Wednesdays / ideas for birding excursions and travel Thursdays / learn to find and attract birds to your backyard Fridays / birds in history and mythology Saturdays & Sundays / birding projects and activities

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781610593991
Publisher:	Quarto Publishing Group USA
Publication date:	08/31/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	611,080
File size:	31 MB
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About the Author

Marcus Schneck is an outdoor enthusiast, nature writer, photographer, and author of several books on backyard wildlife. He attracts birds to his backyard in Hamburg, Pennsylvania.Tom Warhol is a naturalist, writer, and photographer living in Vermont. He holds a master of science degree in forestry from the University of Massachusetts, and he has worked as a conservation professional for eight years, with the Massachusetts Riverways Program, The Nature Conservancy, and The American Chestnut Foundation, and the New England Wild Flower Society. He is also the author of several books for Benchmark Books, including Biomes of Earth (2007), a six-volume series, and three volumes in Benchmark BooksÆ Animalways series--Eagles, Hawks, and Owls (2004-2007).Marcus H. Schneck is the outdoor and nature editor at the Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and a regular contributor to a range of outdoor, travel, nature, and general-interest magazines. He has written more than two dozen books on subjects including backyard birds, nature and the outdoors, travel, pets, and gardening. He lives and gardens to attract birds in historic Berks County, Pennsylvania

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

How to Use this Book 7

A Birdwatcher's Year 8

Monday / Bird-Finding Tips and Techniques

Tuesday / Species Identification

Wednesday / Birding Excursions and Travel

Thursday / Birds In Your Backyard

Friday / Birds In History And Myth

Saturday + Sunday / Birding Projects And Activities

Resources 310

Index 312

Photographer Credits 319

About the Authors 320