Given the overwhelming popularity and extraordinary usefulness of Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s All About Birds web page, it isn’t surprising at all that the content of it would eventually be employed for the creation of a printed field guide.
Given the overwhelming popularity and extraordinary usefulness of Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s All About Birds web page, it isn’t surprising at all that the content of it would eventually be employed for the creation of a printed field guide.
There are two basic patterns of thought when it comes to field guides of bird species. The first is to obtain one that covers a large number of species, including any possible rarities, so that any bird seen while afield is within the scope of potential reference. The other is to select one that is […]
Our dear Dr. Avery has been a very busy chap indeed this past week. Apparently, he’s been reading from sun-up to sun-down each day, and as a result has posted reviews of three newly published books for his Sunday Book Review – make that “Reviews” – this week.
While it’s admittedly not exactly a “new” book – being published in 2018 – I have for too long neglected to enter any notice here of Mark Brazil’s very important and, in terms of books presently in print in English, is nearly unique field guide “Birds of Japan.” And seeing as how the rest of the books I’ve written about this week have been about aspects of the natural history of Asian countries, I thought I should keep the theme going. Besides, I’ve noticed quite a few news headlines referencing Japan this past fortnight. I think there is some manner of sporting event occurring there…