About this item
Better Birding reveals the techniques expert birders use to identify a wide array of bird species in the field--quickly and easily. Featuring hundreds of stunning photos and composite plates throughout, this book simplifies identification by organizing the birds you see into groupings and offering strategies specifically tailored to each group. Skill building focuses not just on traditional elements such as plumage, but also on creating a context around each bird, including habitat, behavior, and taxonomy--parts so integral to every bird's identity but often glossed over by typical field guides. Critical background information is provided for each group, enabling you to approach bird identification with a wide-angle view, using your eyes, brain, and binoculars more strategically, resulting in a more organized approach to learning birds.Better Birding puts the thrill of expert bird identification within your reach.Reveals the techniques used by expert birders for quick and easy identificationSimplifies identification with strategies tailored to different groupings of birdsFeatures hundreds of photos and composite plates that illustrate the different techniquesFosters a wide-angle approach to field birdingProvides a foundation for building stronger birding skills
About the Author
George L. Armistead is a lifelong birder, and holds a masters of environmental studies from the University of Pennsylvania. Based in Philadelphia, he is an associate at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and enjoys photography, and writing about birds. Along with Brian Sullivan of eBird, he co-authored Better Birding: Tips, Tools, and Concepts for the Field (2015, Princeton University Press) and is also the author of the American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of Pennsylvania (2015, Scott & Nix) . Since April 2012 he manages events for the American Birding Association. The decade prior to that George organized and led international birding tours for Field Guides Inc., guiding hundreds of birders on trips that reached all seven continents.
