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Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion

Author : Pete Dunne
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0544135687
Total Pages : 1066 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion written by Pete Dunne and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 1066 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the award-winning birder and author of Birds of Prey, an authoritative, information-packed guide to distinguishing North American birds. In this book, bursting with more information than any field guide could hold, the well-known author and birder Pete Dunne introduces readers to the “Cape May School of Birding.” It's an approach to identification that gives equal or more weight to a bird's structure and shape and the observer's overall impression (often called GISS, for General Impression of Size and Shape) than to specific field marks. After determining the most likely possibilities by considering such factors as habitat and season, the birder uses characteristics such as size, shape, color, behavior, flight pattern, and vocalizations to identify a bird. The book provides an arsenal of additional hints and helpful clues to guide a birder when, even after a review of a field guide, the identification still hangs in the balance. This supplement to field guides shares the knowledge and skills that expert birders bring to identification challenges. Birding should be an enjoyable pursuit for beginners and experts alike, and Pete Dunne combines a unique playfulness with the work of identification. Readers will delight in his nicknames for birds, from the Grinning Loon and Clearly the Bathtub Duck to Bronx Petrel and Chicken Garnished with a Slice of Mango and a Dollop of Raspberry Sherbet.

Pete Dunne on Bird Watching

Author : Pete Dunne
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395906866
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Pete Dunne on Bird Watching written by Pete Dunne and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2003 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pete Dunne has taught birding to beginners for years, but he has never found the right book to help them get started. Now the popular birding author identifies the skills and tools available to people with any amount of interest, great or small, in bird watching. Beginning with backyard birding and moving through a quick but comprehensive survey of tools of the trade, Dunne outlines ten basic, simple steps in bird identification that can make a birder out of the most casual of observers. He goes on to show beginning birders how to use their skills to explore new horizons through birding by ear, birding by telescope, and finding and identifying rare or difficult birds. Written in the lively, authoritative style that has made Dunne one of the most popular writers in this field today, Pete Dunne on Bird Watching will inspire in readers both a growing passion for birding and a lifelong respect for the natural world and its inhabitants.

Pete Dunne on Bird Watching

Author : Pete Dunne
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811762947
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book Pete Dunne on Bird Watching written by Pete Dunne and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2015-08-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Birding is one of the most popular and fastest-growing outdoor activities, but it can seem intimidating for beginners who don't know where, when, or how to search for birds. Fortunately, Pete Dunne, one of the most popular and respected writers in the field, has written a guide that will help even the most casual observers identify the skills and tools they need to develop their interest in birding.

Golden Wings and Other Stories about Birders and Birding

Author : Pete Dunne
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 9780292716230
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (162 download)

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Book Synopsis Golden Wings and Other Stories about Birders and Birding by : Pete Dunne

Download or read book Golden Wings and Other Stories about Birders and Birding written by Pete Dunne and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dubbed the "Bard of America's Bird-Watchers" by the Wall Street Journal, Pete Dunne knows birders and birding—instinctively and completely. He understands the compulsion that drives other birders to go out at first light, whatever the weather, for a chance to maybe, just maybe, glimpse that rare migrant that someone might have spotted in a patch of woods the day before yesterday. And yet, he also knows how . . . well . . . strange the birding obsession becomes when viewed through the eyes of a nonbirder. His dual perspective—totally engrossed in birding, yet still aware of the "odd birdness" of some birders—makes reading his essays a pure pleasure whether you pursue "the feather quest" or not. This book collects forty-one of Dunne's recent essays, drawn from his columns in Living Bird, Wild Bird News, the New Jersey Sunday section of the New York Times, Birder's World, and other publications. Written with his signature wit and insight, they cover everything from a moment of awed communion with a Wandering Albatross ("the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen") to Dunne's imagined "perfect bird" ("The Perfect Bird is the size of a turkey, has the wingspan of an eagle, the legs of a crane, the feet of a moorhen, and the talons of a great horned owl. It eats kudzu, surplus zucchini, feral cats, and has been known to predate upon homeowners who fire up their lawn mowers before 7:00 A.M. on the weekend."). The title essay pays whimsical, yet heartfelt tribute to Dunne's mentor, the late birding legend Roger Tory Peterson.

Tales of a Low-Rent Birder

Author : Pete Dunne
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 9780292715745
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book Tales of a Low-Rent Birder written by Pete Dunne and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 1994-06-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales of a Low-Rent Birder is a collection of nineteen essays and sketches written between 1977 and 1985. It was originally published in 1986.

Arctic Autumn

Author : Pete Dunne
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0618822216
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (188 download)

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Book Synopsis Arctic Autumn by : Pete Dunne

Download or read book Arctic Autumn written by Pete Dunne and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2011 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third in a four-book series on humans' relationship to nature.

The Art of Bird Finding

Author : Pete Dunne
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811708969
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Bird Finding written by Pete Dunne and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pete Dunne explains in his distinctive style how to find birds.

Gulls Simplified

Author : Pete Dunne
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691156948
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Gulls Simplified written by Pete Dunne and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A simpler and more user-friendly visual approach to gull identification This unique photographic field guide to North America’s gulls provides a comparative approach to identification that concentrates on the size, structure, and basic plumage features of gulls—gone are the often-confusing array of plumage details found in traditional guides. Featuring hundreds of color photos throughout, Gulls Simplified illustrates the variations of gull plumages for a variety of ages, giving readers strong visual reference points for each species. Extensive captions accompany the photos, which include comparative photo arrays, digitized photo arrays for each age group, and numerous images of each species—a wealth of visual information at your fingertips. This one-of-a-kind guide includes detailed species accounts and a distribution map for each gull. An essential field companion for North American birders, Gulls Simplified reduces the confusion commonly associated with gull identification, offering a more user-friendly way of observing these marvelous birds. Provides a simpler approach to gull identification Features a wealth of color photos for easy comparison among species Includes detailed captions that explain identification criteria and aging, with direct visual reinforcement above the captions Combines plumage details with a focus on size, body shape, and structural features for easy identification in the field Highlights important field marks and physical features for each gull

Birds of Prey

Author : Pete Dunne
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0544018478
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (44 download)

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Book Synopsis Birds of Prey by : Pete Dunne

Download or read book Birds of Prey written by Pete Dunne and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visually stunning, comprehensive resource on North America’s birds of prey, from the award-winning birder and author of Gulls Simplified. Always a popular group of birds, raptors symbolize freedom and fierceness, and in Pete Dunne’s definitive guide, these traits are portrayed in hundreds of stunning color photographs showing raptors up close, in flight, and in action—fighting, hunting, and nesting. These gorgeous photographs enhance the comprehensive, authoritative text, which goes far beyond identification to cover raptor ecology, behavior, conservation, and much more. In returning to his forte and his first love, Pete Dunne has crafted a benchmark book on raptors: the first place to turn for any question about these highly popular birds, whether it’s what they eat, where they live, or how they behave. “Birds of Prey is exhaustively researched and complemented by a stunning collection of photos, but the real highlight is…Dunne’s writing. He weaves together personal anecdotes, historical accounts, and technical information to create something greater than the sum of all its parts: a beautiful, authoritative, and engagingly written guide to the natural history of North American hawks.”—David Sibley, author of The Sibley Guide to Birds “Books about raptors used to fall into two major categories: field guides versus nature writing. No more!...Dunne’s new book skillfully conjoins those two genres. Life a good field guide, Birds of Prey is authoritative and utilitarian, and like our finest nature writing, Dunne’s prose is lyrical, sensitive, and full of feeling.”—Ted Floyd, editor, Birding

The Art of Bird Identification

Author : Pete Dunne
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811748480
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Bird Identification written by Pete Dunne and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to get good, then better, then even better at identifying birds in the field-and have fun doing it.

Prairie Spring

Author : Pete Dunne
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618822201
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (222 download)

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Download or read book Prairie Spring written by Pete Dunne and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2009 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrait of spring and the unfolding drama of man versus the environment in the heartland of North America.

A Field Guide to the Southeast Coast & Gulf of Mexico

Author : Noble S. Proctor
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300113285
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Book Synopsis A Field Guide to the Southeast Coast & Gulf of Mexico by : Noble S. Proctor

Download or read book A Field Guide to the Southeast Coast & Gulf of Mexico written by Noble S. Proctor and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVA uniquely comprehensive and beautiful guide to more than 600 species of fauna and flora along the coasts of the southeastern United States and the Gulf of Mexico/div

Hawks in Flight

Author : Pete Dunne
Publisher : Mariner Books
ISBN 13 : 9780395709597
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Hawks in Flight written by Pete Dunne and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An indispensable guide for hawk watchers, this is a completely new edition of the seminal book that introduced a holistic method for identifying distant birds in flight.

Bayshore Summer

Author : Pete Dunne
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0547487703
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Bayshore Summer written by Pete Dunne and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2010-06-09 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bypassed by time and “Joisey” Shore–bound vacationers, the marshes and forests of the Bayshore constitute one of North America’s last great undiscovered wild places. Sixty million people live within a tank of gas of this environmentally rich and diverse place, yet most miss out on the region’s amazing spectacles. Bayshore Summer is a bridge that links the rest of the world to this timeless land. Pete Dunne acts as ambassador and tour guide, following Bayshore residents as they haul crab traps, bale salt hay, stake out deer poachers, and pick tomatoes. He examines and appreciates this fertile land, how we live off it and how all of us connect with it. From the shorebirds that converge by the thousands to gorge themselves on crab eggs to the delicious fresh produce that earned the Garden State its nickname, from the line-dropping expectancy of party boat fishing to the waterman who lives on a first-name basis with the birds around his boat, Bayshore Summer is at once an expansive and intimate portrait of a special place, a secret Eden, and a glimpse into a world as rich as summer and enduring as a whispered promise.

Before the Echo

Author : Pete Dunne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Before the Echo written by Pete Dunne and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The natural world is a lot like a game of musical chairs," observes Pete Dunne. "Everywhere you turn, everywhere you go, there are places where living things sit down, niches that support their specific needs. But just as in musical chairs, there aren't enough places to go around. Our species keeps removing them--forcing other creatures to leave the game." In these twenty-nine essays, one of America's top nature writers trains his sights on the beauties and the vulnerabilities of the natural world. Writing to infuse others with a sense of the richness and diversity that nature holds, Pete Dunne ranges over topics from the wonder of the year's first snowfall to the lost art of stargazing to the mysterious forces that impel people to hunt--and not to hunt. Running like a thread through all the essays is Dunne's desire to preserve all that is "natural" in nature, to stop our unthinking destruction of wild places and wild creatures before we humans find ourselves with "the last chair, in an empty room" on an impoverished earth.

How to Know the Birds

Author : Ted Floyd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1426220030
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book How to Know the Birds written by Ted Floyd and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this elegant narrative, celebrated naturalist Ted Floyd guides you through a year of becoming a better birder. Choosing 200 top avian species to teach key lessons, Floyd introduces a new, holistic approach to bird watching and shows how to use the tools of the 21st century to appreciate the natural world we inhabit together whether city, country or suburbs." -- From book jacket.

Bird Droppings

Author : Pete Dunne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780811717250
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Bird Droppings written by Pete Dunne and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pete Dunne, one of the foremost birding writers in the country, shares funny, poignant, whimsical, and informative tales about birders and birding in his first collection of birding essays in more than ten years. Dunne is an expert birder, sought-after teacher, and popular author Includes wonderful illustrations by David Gothard