An essential book for anyone who wants to move beyond the basics of birding, this field guide tells exactly how to solve the most challenging bird identification problems of North America. With a forward by Roger Tory Peterson. 105 line drawings.

Field Guide to Advanced Birding: Birding Challenges and How to Approach Them (Peterson Field Guide Series)

Science & Math

Kaufman, Kenn

Biological Sciences

Houghton/Mifflin

Explains how to identify the most difficult species of birds

ADVANCED BIRDING - Peterson Field Guide Series

Nature & Ecology

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

Provides information on more than 900 birds, including what they eat, where they build their nests, how many eggs they lay, what habitat they choose, when they migrate, and their current conservation status

Lives of North American Birds (Peterson Natural History Companions)

At sixteen, Kenn Kaufman dropped out of the high school where he was student council president and hit the road, hitching back and forth across America, from Alaska to Florida, Maine to Mexico. Maybe not all that unusual a thing to do in the seventies, but what Kenn was searching for was a little different: not sex, drugs, God, or even self, but birds. A report of a rare bird would send him hitching nonstop from Pacific to Atlantic and back again. When he was broke he would pick fruit or do odd jobs to earn the fifty dollars or so that would last him for weeks. His goal was to set a record - most North American species seen in a year - but along the way he began to realize that at this breakneck pace he was only looking, not seeing. What had been a game became a quest for a deeper understanding of the natural world. Kingbird Highway is a unique coming-of-age story, combining a lyrical celebration of nature with wild, and sometimes dangerous, adventures, starring a colorful cast of characters.

Kingbird Highway: The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand

Covering thirty-five of the most difficult groups of birds, from winter loons to confusing fall warblers, jaegers to chickadees, accipiters to flycatchers, this clearly written and beautifully illustrated field guide tells exactly how to solve the most challenging bird identification problems of North America.

A Field Guide to Advanced Birding: Birding Challenges and How to Approach Them (Peterson Field Guides Series)

Birders can memorize hundreds of details and still not be able to identify birds if they don’t really understand what’s in front of them.Today birders have access to almost too much information, and their attempts to identify birds can be drowned out by excess detail. The all-new Kaufman Field Guide to Advanced Birding takes a different approach, clarifying the basics and providing a framework for learning about each group. Overall principles of identification are explained in clear language, and ten chapters on specific groups of birds show how these principles can be applied in practice. Anyone with a keen interest in identifying birds will find that this book makes the learning process more effective and enjoyable, and that truly understanding what we see and hear can make birding more fun.

Kaufman Field Guide To Advanced Birding (Kaufman Field Guides)

Reference

Mariner Books

The author recounts his trek across the country at age sixteen in search of birds, his efforts to set a record for the most North American species seen in a year, and how he gained a deeper understanding of the natural world. Reprint.

Collects photographs, range maps, and descriptive entries identifying the markings, habits, habitat, and voice of each species.

Birds of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides)

Organized according to similarity of appearance and habitat, a new field guide to the birds of North America presents more than two thousand full-color photographs, digitally enhanced to reveal the field marks necessary for easy identification, accompanied by detailed descriptions, range maps, and a comparison of look-alike species.

Birds of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides, Flexicover Edition)

Many insects are difficult even for the experts to identify. In the new Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America, readers will find a wealth of information on the amazing observable behaviors of insects and their fascinating life histories. Naturalists Kenn Kaufman and Eric R. Eaton use a broad ecological approach rather than overly technical terms, making the book accessible and understandable for everyone. The lively and engaging text emphasizes the insects that are most likely to catch our attention but includes information on all groups that can be recognized. The guide is lavishly illustrated, with more than 2,350 digitally enhanced photographs representing every major group of insects found in North America north of Mexico. Comprehensive yet compact, authoritative yet easy to understand, this is the perfect guide for anyone who wants to know more about the fascinating and diverse insects of North America.

Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America (Kaufman Field Guides)

Eaton, Eric R.

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Kaufman, Kenn. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Kaufman, Kenn

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Kaufman, Kenn. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Field Guide to Advanced Birding: Birding Challenges and How to Approach Them (Peterson Field Guide Series)

ADVANCED BIRDING - Peterson Field Guide Series

Lives of North American Birds (Peterson Natural History Companions)

Kingbird Highway: The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand

A Field Guide to Advanced Birding: Birding Challenges and How to Approach Them (Peterson Field Guides Series)

Kaufman Field Guide To Advanced Birding (Kaufman Field Guides)

Kingbird Highway: The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand

Birds of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides)

Birds of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides, Flexicover Edition)

Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America (Kaufman Field Guides)