How to Be an Urban Birder / / David Lindo.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2018 English
• VerfasserIn: Lindo, David,
• TeilnehmendeR: Oliver, Jamie.
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: WILDGuides ; 33
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)

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

Table of 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