The Ultimate Explorer Field Guide: Birds is a compact, attention-grabbing book from National Geographic Kids. The guide includes photos and info on 175 birds common, or mostly common, to North America. Trying to bring my mindset to that of a child isn’t that difficult since I spend nearly all my free time around my two
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The Helmeted Hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) is a beautiful and bizarre-looking bird of southeast Asia. It uses its casque (helmet) in territorial battles between males. Disgustingly, its helmets are also pursued by poachers for their “red ivory”. This has been decimating the birds population. “Last November, the helmeted hornbill’s conservation status was upped from “near-threatened.” It
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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
The National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Birds of North America is a handy-sized, easy-to-use tool for backyard birding. And no matter how many hours you log “in the field”, some of the best birding can (and is) done right at home. The guide includes 150 of the most common backyard species across North America
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