Birding

Newly Noted: A Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand

Newly Noted: A Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand {Comments Off}

Bird watchers, as well as naturalists of various interests, either living in or planning a trip to the Land of the Long White Cloud should take note of a newly published volume in the Princeton Pocket Guides series titled A Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand.

Newly Noted: In the Field Among the Feathered

Newly Noted: In the Field Among the Feathered {1}

This past November saw the publication of Thomas R. Dunlap’s In the Field, Among the Feathered; A History of Birders and Their Guides by Oxford University Press.

Holiday Gift Idea #4: Feathers {Comments Off}

If a single thing can be said to be the defining element of modern birds, it would have to be feathers. And if a single author can be said to have written the definitive popular book on the subject, it would have to be Thor Hanson.

Birdwatching With Your Eyes Closed

Birdwatching With Your Eyes Closed {1}

With the publication of Birdwatching With Your Eyes Closed; An Introduction to Birdsong, Simon Barnes brings his unique combination of professional experience and amateur enthusiasm to a very wide potential readership; one that includes not only bird watchers of all levels of experience but those who don’t necessarily even consider themselves bird watchers as well.

Recently Released: Birdwatching With Your Eyes Closed

Recently Released: Birdwatching With Your Eyes Closed {Comments Off}

Short Books has recently released the most recent addition to what has thus far been a string of very well received bird watching and natural history titles by noted sports writer and “bad bird watcher” Simon Barnes: Birdwatching With Your Eyes Closed; An Introduction to Birdsong.

A Study in Black and Red {Comments Off}

Make a list of the modern world’s most recognizable and respected logos. If the Leica Red Dot is not on it, your list is incomplete.

Green With Envy {1}

For those strolling down the center aisle of the main exhibit hall of the Midwest Birding Symposium, the color green has a special meaning.

Richard Crossley… {Comments Off}

…has not yet been sighted at the Midwest Birding Symposium. But Princeton University Press is present – and they’ve brought his as well as a host of other interesting new titles along with them.