books about: shorebirds

books about: shorebirds

books:

Shorebirds

Shorebirds (Peterson Field Guides (R) for Young Naturalists)
Jonathan Latimer, Karen Stray Nolting

Sandpiper, 1999

This new series is designed with the beginner in mind. Featuring the original art of celebrated naturalist Roger Tory Peterson; incorporating the Peterson Identification System, the most effective method for bird identification; and using a straightforward design. This series makes field guides accessible and appealing to children. Roger Tory ...

Shorebirds: An Identification Guide to the Waders of the World

Tony Prater, Peter Hayman, ...

Houghton Mifflin, 1991

It's a truly wonderful book
I have purchased this book some five years back in a local book exhibition. Text is accurate especially for one who is interested in bird hunting. But the real feast is the breathtaking illustrstions made by the single artist himself. His painstaking artwork for each ...

Shorebirds of North America, Europe, and Asia: A Guide to Field Identification (Princeton Field Guides)

Don Taylor

Princeton University Press, 2006

Shorebirds--they all look alike...
The book proved to be very useful, the drawings are very clear, the text are informative and detailed with special emphasis on the differences between similar bird species. Also it is small enough to use it in the field---very important!

Shorebirds of North America: The Photographic Guide

Dennis Paulson

Princeton University Press, 2005

EXTREMELY VALUABLE WORK.
Like all field guides for birds and I do consider this a field guide due to its size, completeness and wonderful photographs, you need to include a couple of other guides to act as supplements. What will work for one birder, may not work for another and the more ...

Horseshoe Crabs and Shorebirds: The Story of a Food Web

Victoria Crenson

Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2003

Excellent Shore Book
An excellent text and pictorial book about horseshoe crabs and their place in the "circle of life." Hardly anyone ever thinks of these creatures, but they play a crucial part in the lives of migrating birds as well as humans. Beautifully done.

Championship Service Class Shorebirds (Wildfowl Carving Magazine Workbench Projects)
Del Herbert

Stackpole Magazines, 2006

This work includes complete photo-illustrated, step-by-step instructions for carving a Service Class Shorebird. It includes patterns and paint schedules for the American Avocet, Golden Plover, Lesser Yellowlegs, Marbled Godwit, Ruddy Turnstone, Semipalmated Plover and Spotted Sandpiper. It includes reference photos of live birds and the author's ...

Shorebirds: Beautiful Beachcombers

Arthur Morris

Stackpole Books, 2003

Beautiful Pictures and Wonderful Words
I truly enjoyed reading this book. The pictures of the shorebirds are fantastic. It is very well written. Morris describes the shorebirds, their behavior and plumage changes very competently. The photographs are of the highest quality and very detailed. It even ...

Stokes Beginner's Guide to Shorebirds

Donald Stokes, Lillian Stokes

Little, Brown and Company, 2001

Shorebirds are NOT all alike1
Prior to reading this book, I gave up on shorebird identification. This book makes it very easy for a beginner like me to ID shorebirds. I love the easy way you identify birds by size and then picture. I'm finding it is now fun to try to ID the shorbs!

The Shorebird Guide

Richard Crossley, Kevin Karlson, ...

Houghton Mifflin, 2006

EXTREMELY USEFUL AND WELL DONE
What a wonderful and useful work. Traditionally, shorebirds are some of the more difficult birds to identify. I know I have been struggling with them for over fifty years now and the situation does not get better with age; I assure you. The wonderful optics we have ...

Painting Shorebird Decoys: 16 Full-Color Plates and Complete Instructions
Anthony Hillman

Dover Publications, 1987

Superb guide with realistic top views and profiles of dunlin, avocet, whimbrel, and other avian inhabitants of beaches and wetlands. Topographical diagram offers help in applying proper colors and markings.

Red Knot: A Shorebird's Incredible Journey

Nancy Carol Willis

Birdsong Books, 2006

An informative non-fiction picturebook story of a birds annual migration
Knowledgeably written and expertly illustrated by Nancy Carol Willis, Red Knot: A Shorebird's Incredible Journey is the remarkable story of one bird's migration between South America's most southern tip, and the twenty-thousand miles she must travel north to prepare a ...

Carving Shorebirds

Anthony Hillman, Harry V. Shourds

Dover Publications, 1982

Great value & help, but no seagulls
All Hillman books are big carving aids. Patterns are b & w, & there are color photos in front & back. Get yourself a 2nd, color book of bird photos to help if painting realistically is your goal. No seagulls here - a surprise to me.

Shorebirds: The Birds, the Hunters, the Decoys

John M. Levinson, Somers G. Headley

Tidewater Publishers, 1991

Love those shore birds !!
This is the first book of this type for shore bird decoys that I have seen. Other books generally deal with floating decoys and shore birds as secondary. Photos are great. Nice book.

Turkey! A Cook's 'How-To' Survival Guide to the Holidays

Jeanie James

Shorebird Media, 2004

Start out a Winner!
I was pleasantly surprised by this delightful and humorous book. I was expecting another book of recipes. But no, this book is much more. It is a great investment for both the novice and the experienced cook. It gets the beginner off on the right path leading to ...

Shorebird Carving

R. Daisey

Schiffer Publishing, 1990

Bird to habitat carving instructions.
As a happy owner of Rosalyn's previous books, Songbird Carving I and II, I can attest to the fact that Shorebird Carving shares the limelight in detail accuracy and outstanding instructive illustrations. Carve and paint the fiddler crab and present it on your palm to ...