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Index
Title Page
Contents
Frontispiece
Copyright
Foreword
COME ON-A MY HOUSE
Relinquish Control for Stress-free Bird Feeding
Turn Your Backyard into a Wildlife Sanctuary
Open a Restaurant: A Maître d’ for the Birds
DRESSING THE PART
Clean Your Optics: The Unbearable Brightness of Seeing
Bigger Is Not Better
Choose Your Wardrobe Wisely: Good Birders Don’t Wear White
Question Authority: Good Birders Sometimes Wear White
IDENTIFY, THEN TESTIFY
Avoid False Starts
Take Field Notes
Follow These Rules to See a Mangrove Cuckoo
Surrender! (Or at Least Wave a White Flag)
Bird by Impression
COME FLY WITH ME
Choose a Birding Tour Carefully
Hug Your Tour Leader
Think Like a Migrating Bird
Don’t Be Afraid of Two-thirds of the Planet: Pelagic Birding
THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED
Try the Canadian Great Plains in Winter
Go Birding at Night: The Final Frontier
LIST LUST
Birder or Bird Watcher? You Decide
Linger Even After You’ve Listed a Bird
Shift Your Focus from Birding to Birds
CHEER-UP, CHEERILY
Don’t Forget to Listen
Go Beyond Identifying Birds to Identifying with Them
Don’t Play with Firecrackers: Where Have All the Birdsongs Gone?
Become a Pod Person: The iBirder
Shush and Pish
MIND YOUR MANNERS
Oh, Behave!
Heed Birding’s Traditions and Taboos
Play Fair When Sharing a Scope
FEATHER FORECASTING
Go Birding in Bad Weather
Learn about Distribution and Weather
Use a Storm to Your Advantage
BUILDING A NEST EGG
Be a Proactive Conservationist
Make a Difference for Birds
Write It Down: Making a Calendar
CAPTURING THE MOMENT
Learn from Your Mistakes: How Not to Hide from Birds
Go Digital for Bird Photography
Dump the Gear
Learn by Drawing
THE JOY OF BIRDING
Practice Seeing
Don’t Forget the Peripherals
If You’re Sure of Yourself, Stand Your Ground: Between a Rock and an Owl
Share Your Passion: Born-Again Birder
Let Birds Help You Escape to Paradise
Slow Down and See More Birds: The Rule of Sandwiches
LOOK! UP IN THE SKY!
Go Birding with Kids
Introduce Children to Birds
DEVELOPING A BIRD BRAIN
Work at Becoming a Good Birder (Maybe Even a Great One)
Cultivate Good Birding Practices
Recognize True Greatness
Index
Coming Soon: GOOD BIRDERS STILL DON’T WEAR WHITE
About the Editor
Connect with HMH
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