Birding for Beginners, 2nd: A Comprehensive Introduction to the Art of Birdwatching (Birding Series)

**The essential companion to any birder's field guide** Birdwatching is for everyone. No other outdoor pursuit yields so much knowledge of nature's ways with so little effort—if one knows what to look for. __Birding for Beginners__ opens the world of birding to the novice in this complete guide to getting the most out of birding. This updated edition includes a new chapter on birding online and features detailed chapters on equipment, identification techniques, birding "by ear," where to view birds, field guides, optics, and other essentials to get the beginner quickly into the field to identify birds. Especially valuable are chapters on bird behaviors such as feeding, flight, courting and breeding, nesting, and migration—informing the beginner not only about what kind of bird is on the other end of the binoculars, but what it is up to as well. Field guides use one of two illustration styles: paintings or photographs. A photograph, while modern looking and colorful, can capture only one moment in time. Lighting angle limit the detail shown in a photograph, which can lead to misidentifications. Birdwatching is a popular pastime for people of all ages. You don't have to travel far to fnd a variety of bird -- if you know what to look for. Birding for Beginners opens the world of birding to the novice in this complete guide to getting the most out of the enjoyable activity. Natural sound sceneries of endangered ecosystems in the world, wilderness atmospheres, bird songs, voices of the wildlife on the CD. with booklet An introduction to bird watching that covers finding and identifying species, equipment, using field guides, optics, and more