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The Bird Watching Answer Book: Everything You Need to Know to Enjoy Birds in Your Backyard and Beyond (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) by Laura Erickson Publisher Comments There are more than 76 million birdwatchers in America - from casual backyard observers to seasoned birders. At some point, every bird-watcher has a question not answered in traditional field guides. How many feathers does a bird have? Do birds sleep... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Life of the Skies: Birding at the End of Nature by Jonathan Rosen Staff Pick The Life of the Skies is at once a history of bird-watching in America, a meditation on changes in our views about killing animals, and a deeply personal book about the transforming qualities of a life spent observing the natural world. It is a book to... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $16.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession by Mark Obmascik Publisher Comments Every January 1, a quirky crowd storms out across North America for a spectacularly competitive event called a Big Year -- a grand, expensive, and occasionally vicious 365-day marathon of birdwatching. For three men in particular, 1998 would become a... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Stokes Birdfeeder Book: An Easy Guide to Attracting, Identifying and Understanding Your Feeder Birds by Donald Stokes Publisher Comments Copiously illustrated with maps, line drawings, and full-color photographs, each of these large-format (8 1/2 x 10 7/8) paperback books contains the essential information that backyard nature enthusiasts want and need -- to attract, identify, and... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Supremely Bad Idea: Three Mad Birders and Their Quest to See It All by Luke Dempsey Publisher Comments It was an epiphany: The moment two friends showed Luke Dempsey a small bird flitting around the bushes of his country garden, he fell madly in love. But did he really want to be a birder? Didn't that mean he'd be forced to eat granola? And wear a man... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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Fifty Places to Go Birding before You Die: Birding Experts Share the World's Geatest Destinations by Chris Santella and Bill Thompson Publisher Comments It's estimated that 50 to 60 million Americans count birding among their hobbies. Some hang feeders in their backyards and accumulate yard lists; others participate in annual "Christmas Counts"; a select few travel to the ends of the earth in an effort... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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National Geographic Birding Essentials: All the Tools, Techniques, and Tips You Need to Begin and Become a Better Birder by Jonathan Alderfer Publisher Comments Birding is the fastest growing wildlife-related outdoor activity in the U.S., with at least a million new birders a year estimated to join an already robust group some 80 million strong. For these beginning and intermediate enthusiasts, National... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Hummingbird Book: The Complete Guide to Attracting, Identifying, and Enjoying Hummingbirds by Don Stokes Publisher Comments Attract amazing hummingbirds to your backyard With this comprehensive, beautifully illustrated guide, you'll find it easy to attract these tiny jewel-like birds to your own yard. The Stokes Hummingbird Book provides all the information you need to bring... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Afield: Forty Years of Birding the American West by Alan Contreras Publisher Comments For forty years, Alan Contreras has studied birds and natural history in the West. In Afield, he recounts his bird-watching experiencesa primarily in Oregon, but also in Alaska, Arizona, California, and Texas. Sprinkled with comments made by... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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Stokes Beginner's Guides to Bird Feeding (Stokes Beginner's Guide) by Donald Stokes Publisher Comments The Stokes Beginner's Guides, intended for beginning nature lovers of all ages, offer a wealth of identification and behavior information in a portable pocket-sized format. Illustrated throughout with full-color photographs and range maps, each Beginner... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Orvis Beginner's Guide to Birdwatching (Orvis Guides) by Alicia King Publisher Comments This book provides answers to the most-often asked questions ranging from what to wear to where to go and how to make the best use of your binoculars, field guide, and backyard birdfeeder. Bird watching, or ôbirdingö to enthusiasts, is... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $14.00 Sale - Flexible
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The Stokes Purple Martin Book: The Complete Guide to Attracting and Housing Purple Martins by Donald W Stokes Publisher Comments Copiously illustrated with maps, line drawings, and full-color photographs, each of these large-format (8 1/2 x 10 7/8) paperback books contains the essential information that backyard nature enthusiasts want and need -- to attract, identify, and... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $5.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Sightings: Extraordinary Encounters with Ordinary Birds by Sam Keen Publisher Comments Sam Keen, the "New York Times" best-selling author of "Fire in the Belly," has spent a lifetime reflecting on nature. In "Sightings," a collection of essays, bird watching forms the basis for observations spiritual and soulful, witty and wise. He... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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All Things Reconsidered: My Birding Adventures by Roger Peterson Publisher Comments In these highly personal narratives, which originally appeared in "Bird Watchers Digest," Peterson recounts his adventures during a lifetime of birding and traveling the world to observe and record nature.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Life of the Skies: Birding at the End of Nature by Jonathan Rosen Publisher Comments A mixture of memoir, nature writing, history, and philosophy, The Life of the Skies is an illuminating look at the complex relationship humans have with their flying counterpart--and a history of America viewed on the wing. An urban birder himself... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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Backyard Bird-Watcher by George Harrison Publisher Comments The Backyard Bird Watcher is the ultimate guide for all who enjoy watching wild birds at their back doors. Richly anecdotal, The Backyard Bird Watcher provides a wealth of practical information and step-by-step, surefire ways to convert any backyard... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $3.63 Used - Trade Paper
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Tales of a Low-Rent Birder by Pete Dunne Publisher Comments The observation of birds can be many things--science, an art, an esthetic experience, a game or sport, indeed anything you choose to make it. To Pete Dunne it is all these things.... Although he can match his extremely sharp eyes and trained ears with... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Backyard Bird Lover's Field Guide: Secrets to Attracting, Identifying, and Enjoying Birds of Your Region by Sally Roth Publisher Comments A stunning full-color guide to one of America’s most popular hobbies, with a region-by-region approach that unlocks the key to quick and easy bird identification. Some 63 million Americans report that they enjoy observing their avian friends from... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Birding Babylon: A Soldier's Journal from Iraq by Jonat Trouern Trend Publisher Comments Early in 2004, Sergeant First Class Jonathan Trouern-Trend of the Connecticut National Guard began a year’s deployment in Iraq. He had been a birder from the age of 12, so naturally he looked for birds during his free time on base and on trips... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Ortho's Guide to Enjoying Birds by Alice E Mace Publisher Comments Complete Guide for the birdwatching hobby. Explains how to attract, observe, identify, and photograph birds—North American in particular.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $3.20 Used - Trade Paper
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