Birding

We love to travel to find new birds and participate in a lot of bird counts. We also created a Guide to Birding Field Guides and host a collection of over 300 birding links from all over the globe.

Conservation

While our main focus continues to be birds, we are working to promote other areas of conservation. Conserving land not only benefits wildlife, but is hugely beneficial to people as well.

Outdoors

We love all sorts of outdoor activities, especially hiking and spend a lot of time outside with dogs and horses. We are working to produce more articles on all sorts of outdoor fun!

Photography

Every week we bring you Bird Photography Weekly. We periodically talk about our adventures in digiscoping. Feel free to browse our photo lifelist.

Articles in: Book Reviews

Review – Wildflower Wonders: The 50 Best Wildflower Sites in the World

January 16, 2012 | No comment

Wildflower Wonders: The 50 Best Wildflower Sites in the World by Bob Gibbons is a stunning collection of awe-inspiring, wildflower-rich, locations across the globe. Of the 50 sites included, 28 are in Europe, 5 each in Africa and Asia, 3 in Australia, and 9 in North America. There are none found in Mexico or South [...]

Review – National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America [6th Edition]

November 21, 2011 | 1 comment

The National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Sixth Edition is a beautiful guide as expected from all the other editions of this guide and all the works done by National Geographic. The 6th edition adds 23 new species, updated classification according to the AOU checklist, and includes every bird species found [...]

Review of Arctic Autumn: A Journey to Season’s Edge by Pete Dunne

October 19, 2011 | 1 comment

The following is a review of Arctic Autumn: A Journey to Season’s Edge by Pete Dunne. This slim, compact volume is the third book in Pete Dunne’s four-book series based on the seasons. Previous titles in the series are Prairie Spring [our review] and Bayshore Summer. Although you might not associate the Arctic with the [...]

Review of The Birds of New Jersey: Status and Distribution

October 11, 2011 | 1 comment

The Birds of New Jersey: Status and Distribution covers all the birds officially recorded in the state of New Jersey, including those now extinct. It is currently the most up-to-date book on the status and distribution of birds found in the state, including pelagic birds found of the Jersey shore. The species are organized by [...]

Review of Birds of Hawaii, New Zealand, and the Central and West Pacific

July 28, 2011 | No comment

The Birds of Hawaii, New Zealand, and the Central and West Pacific: (Princeton Illustrated Checklists) is a concise, light, pocketable guide that can easily be packed in a carry-on bag when visiting one of the numerous islands the guide covers. These include: Hawaii, Fiji, Tonga, Nauru, Samoa, American Samoas, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of [...]

Review of Avian Architecture: How Birds Design, Engineer & Build

July 25, 2011 | 2 comments

Avian Architecture: How Birds Design, Engineer, and Build [Princeton University Press] by Peter Goodfellow is beautifully illustrated with art and photos depicting how birds construct their homes. Many birds design, engineer, and build their nests, structures which must withstand all types of weather, protect against predation, and all this under their own “bird” power. Avian [...]

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