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How to be an urban birder /
The first guide to urban birding in the UK, from The Urban Birder himself, David Lindo. Urban birding is fast becoming ornithology's new rock 'n' roll. Birds and birding have never been cooler--and urban birding is at the cutting edge. How to Be an Urban Birder is the world's fir...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2018.
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| Colección: | WILDGuides Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Ttitle Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; Foreword; What is urban birding?; How to use this book; The urban landscape; Gardens; Public parks; Rivers and canals; Reservoirs, gravel pits and lakes; Woodlands and trees; Cemeteries; Heaths and grasslands; Nature reserves; Coastlines; Other urban habitats; Urban centres; Rooftops; Sewage farms; Marshes; Brownfield land and building sites; Landfill sites; Shopping centre car parks; Airports; The sky; What is an urban bird?; What is that bird?; The birds in your neighbourhood; Seasons; Migration; Weather; Roosts; What birds can you look for?
- Urban garden birdingAttracting birds to your garden; Feeders; Birdbaths; Nestboxes; Threats; Diseases; Cultivating wildlife-friendly gardens; Ponds, small water features and bog gardens; Tools of the trade; Bird books; Magazines; Binoculars; Telescopes; Cameras; How to take a picture; Digiscoping; Phonescoping; Video; Storing your images; Sound recording; The Internet; Smartphones; Apps; Being an urban birder; Urban birding attire; Fieldcraft; Safety; Finding birds; Note taking; When to go birding; Finding a local patch; Listing and reporting your sightings; Urban birder or urban twitcher?
- Hooking up with other birdersUrban birding abroad; Just give it a go!; Acknowledgements and photo credits