How to Be an Urban Birder / David Lindo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lindo, David, author.

Contributor:

Oliver, Jamie.

Series:

WildGuides.

WILDGuides ; 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bird watching--Great Britain--Guidebooks.

Bird watching.

Urban animals--Great Britain.

Urban animals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The first guide to urban birding in the UK, from The Urban Birder himself, David LindoUrban birding is fast becoming ornithology's new rock 'n' roll. Birds and birding have never been cooler-and urban birding is at the cutting edge.How to Be an Urban Birder is the world's first guide to the art of urban birding-which is so easy and great fun! Here, urban birding pioneer David Lindo tells you everything you need to know about birds and birding in towns and cities in the UK.Includes a brief history of urban birding in the UKCovers the best places to look for birds in towns and citiesHelps you get to know your urban birdsGives useful tips on how to attract birds to your gardenExplains what gear you need and how to go about being an urban birdeFeatures hundreds of cool images and illustrations of birds in urban settings

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Foreword

What is urban birding?

How to use this book

The urban landscape

Other urban habitats

What is an urban bird?

What is that bird?

The birds in your neighbourhood

Urban garden birding

Tools of the trade

Being an urban birder

Acknowledgements and photo credits

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9780691184449

0691184445

OCLC:

1055049770