Birding by impression : a different approach to knowing and identifying birds

The Resource Birding by impression : a different approach to knowing and identifying birds
Label
Birding by impression : a different approach to knowing and identifying birds
Title remainder
a different approach to knowing and identifying birds
Statement of responsibility
Kevin T. Karlson and Dale Rosselet ; sponsored by the Roger Tory Peterson Institute and the National Wildlife Federation
Title variation
Peterson reference guide to birding by impression
Creator
Contributor
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Birding is a rewarding hobby, but some situations can be frustrating or unsuccessful because of a variety of challenging viewing conditions. This guide to identifying birds offers the holistic "birding by impression" method, which not only helps with these difficult conditions, but also develops an efficient mental identification process using left- and right-brain skills. It begins with a conscious assessment of a bird's unchanging physical characteristics, including general size, body shape, structural features (bill, legs, neck, and wings), and behavior. Using this approach, birders can quickly assess all birds and distinguish new and uncommon species from familiar ones. They can then examine more detailed field marks to fine-tune the identification. Rather than a traditional field guide, this book presents an interactive how-to approach to a more complete identification process
Member of
Cataloging source
JAI
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
The Peterson reference guide series

Context

Context of Birding by impression : a different approach to knowing and identifying birds

Work of

Structured data from the Bibframe namespace is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Portland Public Library. Additional terms may apply to data associated with third party namespaces.