Finding Your Wings: A Workbook for Beginning Bird WatchersGuttman provides a step-by-step workbook that guides readers through the challenges of bird watching. This workbook is filled with quizzes and exercises that prepare the reader for birding and help beginners develop a sense of accomplishment and progress. |
Contents
Learning How to | 11 |
Exercise | 16 |
Exercise | 22 |
Drawing Helps a | 24 |
Easy Birds First | 43 |
Plumage and Topography | 56 |
Exercise | 59 |
Eight Passerine Families | 69 |
SOME PROBLEMATIC GROUPS | 109 |
Diurnal Raptors Hawks | 117 |
Exercise | 121 |
Shorebirds | 129 |
Exercise | 134 |
Gulls | 143 |
Sparrows | 149 |
Fun and Games | 159 |
Watching Birds in Flight | 78 |
Field Exercise | 87 |
Vocalizations | 90 |
Exercise | 168 |
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Finding Your Wings: A Workbook for Beginning Bird Watchers Burton S. Guttman No preview available - 2008 |
Common terms and phrases
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