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Book Description
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," or GISS, method of identification, which focuses on a bird holistically, giving more weight to the general impression of the bird 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, 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.
About the Author
PETE DUNNE is the author of nine books, including Pete Dunne on Bird Watching, Hawks in Flight, and The Wind Masters. He is the vice president of the New Jersey Audubon Society and the director of its Cape May Bird Observatory and has written columns and articles for virtually every birding magazine as well as the New York Times.
Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion : A Comprehensive Resource for Identifying North American Birds
Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion: A Comprehensive Resource for Identifying North American Birds,Peter Dunne,Houghton Mifflin,0618236481,Bird Watching,Birds,Birds & Birdwatching - General,Identification,Individual Species Of Birds,Nature,Nature / Field Guide Books,Nature/Ecology,North America,Nature / Birds & Birdwatching
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