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Bill Thompson III (March 3, 1962 – March 25, 2019) was the publisher and editor of Bird Watcher's Digest and the author of numerous books on birds and nature. He is also the author of Bird Watching For Dummies (1997, John Wiley & Sons), and author of 18 different state bird watching books in the Bird Watching: A Year-Round Guide series from Cool Springs Press (2005).
His inaugural volume was the classic 1934 book A Field Guide to the Birds, published (as were all subsequent volumes) by the Houghton Mifflin Company. The PFG series utilized what became known as the Peterson Identification System , a practical method for field identification which highlights readily noticed visual features rather than focusing ...
Phoebe Snetsinger (née Burnett; June 9, 1931 – November 23, 1999) was an American birder famous for having seen and documented birds of 8,398 different species, [1] more than anyone else in history at the time, and was the first person to see more than 8,000. [2]
Bird Watcher's Digest was the first consumer bird watching magazine, and is the only family-owned and operated bird watching magazine. [1] Bird Watcher’s Digest occasionally partnered with and supported Wild Birds Unlimited and Wild Bird Centers as well as bird-oriented organizations including the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, National Wildlife ...
The Hut-man's Book: G. D. Fisher: E. V. Shaw: 1950: Living in a hut out in the fields alone with his dog, watching the wild life about him, exploring round about the woods and fields by night as well as by day, in winter as well as in summer – that is what makes this book different from many other story-books of natural history: PS 59
Bird Watching was established in 1986. [3] Key content areas include bird identification, birdwatching site guides, recent sightings from across the UK, book and equipment reviews and news. Its contributors include notable birders such as Dominic Couzens [1] and David Lindo. [1]
Hawk Watch, A Guide for Beginners; Pete Dunne on Bird Watching: The How-to, Where-to, and When-to of Birding; Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion: A Comprehensive Resource for Identifying North American Birds; The Art of Pishing: How to Attract Birds by Mimicking Their Calls; Prairie Spring: A Journey Into the Heart of a Season
To See Every Bird on Earth: A Father, a Son, and a Lifetime Obsession is a book by Dan Koeppel first published in 2005. It is about the author's relationship with his father Richard Koeppel, an obsessive "Big Lister" birdwatcher who had spotted over 7000 different species of birds at the time the book was written. The book focuses on Dan ...