Birding for Beginners, 2nd A Comprehensive Introduction to the Art of Birdwatching

Birdwatching is for everyone. No other outdoor pursuit yields so much knowledge of nature's ways with so little effort - if you know what to look for. Birding for Beginners opens the world of birding to the novice in this complete guide to getting the most out of birding. This updated edition includes a new chapter on birding online and features detailed chapters on equipment, identification techniques, where to view birds, field guides, optics, and other essentials to get the beginner quickly into the field to identify birds. Especially valuable are chapters on bird behaviors such as feeding, flight, courting and breeding, nesting, and migration - informing the beginner not only about what kind of bird is on the other end of the binoculars, but what it is up to as well.

Sheila Buff is the author of many books, including The Birdfeeder’s Handbook, The Birder’s Sourcebook, and Traditional Country Skills (all Lyons); The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Birdwatching; Insiders’ Guide® to the Hudson River Valley; and Nature’s Window: Dolphins, Wolves, Bears, Penguins, Elephants, Frogs, Butterflies. She lives in the small town of Milan in New York State’s Hudson Valley.

1 Finding and Watching Birds 2 Getting Around Your Field Guide 3 Identifying Birds 4 Birding by Ear 5 Bird Behavior 6 Seeing More Birds 7 Checklists and Lists 8 Optics for Birders 9 Birding in the Field 10 Further Adventures in Birding