Ted Floyd – författare

Backyard beginners and dedicated life-listers alike will love the expanded new edition of this trusted guide to the birds of eastern United States and Canada. With new text, revised art, and data-derived range maps, this valuable resource complements the apps and online resources used by birders today.Groundbreaking new features join tried-and-true traditions. This field guide offers:More pages, more species than the first edition - More than 800 species, including 586 likely to be observed and 240 that occur more rarely - Organised according to current taxonomy - Informative notes explaining evolution, etymology, and more - User-friendly format with explanatory text on the left and matching annotated art on the right - Easy-to-carry paperback with thumb tabs and a visual index - All-new maps based on crowd-sourced data from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's eBird, the world's top database of bird observations - All told, this second edition of the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of the United States and Canada East (Second Edition) is a must-have guide for birders young and old, avid and beginner.

How to Know the Birds introduces a new, holistic approach to bird-watching, by noting how behaviors, settings, and seasonal cycles connect with shape, song, color, gender, age distinctions, and other features traditionally used to identifyspecies. Expert author Ted Floyd begins by evoking a typical bird-watching moment, his entry into a thoughtful discussion of the traditions of field guides and bird identification. Then, with short essays on 200 observable species, heguides us through a year of becoming a better birder, each species representing another useful lesson: from explaining scientific nomenclature to noting how plumage changes with age, from chronicling migration patterns to notinghatchling habits. Pen-and-ink illustrations accompany Floyd's charming prose, making this book a unique blend of narrative and field guide. A pleasure for birders of all ages, this witty book promises solid lessons for the beginner and smiles of recognition for the seasoned nature lover.