The Birder's Handbook - by Paul Ehrlich & David S Dobkin & Darryl Wheye (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The first affordable encyclopedia of bird behavior and biology covers the habitats of 660 North American bird species and provides the information field guides don't have room to include. Illustrated.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This is the most complete and authoritative reference book about the birds of North America--up to date and in field-guide format.<br> <i>The Birder's Handbook</i> is the first of its kind: a portable library of fascinating information not included in your identification guide. For each of the 646 species of birds that breed in North America, <i>The Birder's Handbook</i> will tell you at a glance: <br> * Where the bird nests, and which sex(es) build(s) the nest;<br> * How many eggs the bird lays, what they look like, which patent incubates and for how long, and how the young are cared for;<br> * Food preferences and foraging habits.<br> You will also find information about displays and mating, wintering, conservation status, and much more. In addition, <i>The Birder's Handbook</i> contains some 250 short essays covering all aspects of avian natural history.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Mercedes S. Foster Research Zoologist and Curator of Birds, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <i>The Birder's Handbook</i> is a gold mine...that will greatly enhance the joys of watching birds.<br><br>Susan Roney Drennan Editor, <i>American Birds</i> A dizzyingly competent, extraordinarily readable, impeccably comprehensive and marvelously educational feat! Certainly mandatory reading for everyone even remotely curious about the birds they watch.<br><br>Thomas E. Lovejoy Smithsonian Institution Anyone who owns a field guide to the identification of North American birds will want <i>The Birder's Handbook</i> as a companion volume.<br><br>David S. Wilcove Ecologist, The Wilderness Society Field guides will help you to recognize birds. This book will help you to understand them....This book should be required reading for all birders, naturalists, and conservationists.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Paul R. Ehrlich is Bing Professor of Population Studies and Professor of Biology at Stanford University, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He is the author of over 400 scientific articles and more than 20 books, including <i>The Population Bomb, Extinction, </i> and <i>The Machinery of Nature</i>. <p/>David S. Dobkin is the author of <i>The Birder's Handbook.</i> <p/>Darryl Wheye is the author of <i>The Birder's Handbook. </i>
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