In the field, among the feathered : a history of birders & their guides /
America is a nation of ardent, knowledgeable birdwatchers. But how did it become so? And what role did the field guide play in our passion for spotting, watching, and describing birds? In the Field, Among the Feathered tells the history of field guides to birds in America from the Victorian era to t...
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2011.
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Table of Contents:
- Shooting birds with opera glasses
- A book for a hobby, 1889-1920
- Knowledge & skills
- The field guide comes of age
- Birds over America
- Birding in a silent spring
- Environmental birding
- Conclusion : the gyre.