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Barcode30053003544346
StatusChecked Out
Home LocationParis-Bourbon
Call No598.07234 STRA
Title Slow birding : the art and science of enjoying the birds in your own backyard / Joan E. Strassmann ; illustrations by Anthony Bartley.
Author Strassmann, Joan, author.
CollectionNEW: Adult 500-599
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StatusHome LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc Status
Checked OutParis-Bourbon30053003544346598.07234 STRA2/17/2025 Due on 3/5/2025

Catalog Details

Personal Name Strassmann, Joan, author.
Title Statement Slow birding : the art and science of enjoying the birds in your own backyard / Joan E. Strassmann ; illustrations by Anthony Bartley.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice [New York] : A TarcherPerigee Book, [2022]
Physical Description xiii, 334 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Content Type text txt rdacontent.
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia.
Carrier Type volume rdacarrier.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-321) and index.
Formatted Contents Note Introduction -- Home -- Blue Jay : mighty oaks from little Blue Jays grow -- American Robin : earthworm whisperer -- House Wren : strategies for success -- Dark-Eyed Junco : a bird worthy of a lifetime of study -- Flynn Park : my neighborhood patch -- Northern Flicker : architects of Aspen homes -- Cooper's Hawk : predator at your bird feeder -- Cedar Waxwing : evanescent berry pickers -- Forest Park : city habitat for 220 bird species -- European Starling : how bad are 200 million? -- House Sparrow : universal human commensal -- Northern Cardinal : find me anywhere -- Tyson Research Center : wilderness nearby -- Northern Mockingbird : mimus polyglottos, our best singer -- Yellow-Rumped Warbler : the wax-eating northerners -- White-throated Sparrow : can it really have four sexes? -- Riverlands -- American Coot : whose chicks are these? -- Great Egret : will the chick from the third-laid egg survive? -- Snow Goose : artic dreams -- Conclusion.
Summary, Etc. "Many birders travel far and wide to popular birding destinations to catch sight of rare or 'exotic' birds. In Slow Birding, evolutionary biologist Joan E. Strassmann introduces readers to the joys of birding right where they are. In this inspiring guide to the art of slow birding, Strassmann tells colorful stories of the most common birds to be found in the United States--birds we often see but might not have considered deeply before"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Bird watching United States.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Birds United States Identification.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Bird feeders United States.
Index Term-Genre/Form Field guides. lcgft.
Added Entry, Personal Name Bartley, Anthony, illustrator.

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