For the thousands of local birdwatchers and the many hundreds of visitors, this glove compartment-sized book places all the excitement and opportunity of the Delaware Valley's 335 species of birds within convenient reach. Huge in coverage yet compact in size, "Birding the Delaware Valley Region" is the first comprehensive bird-finding guide available for the region. With detailed directions like "behind the airport," "follow the shabby road off to the left," and "lock the car and walk the railroad tracks," this exuberant handbook tells the birder exactly how to get to the best locations and what to do when he's there. In addition to providing maps showing topographical outlines, it surveys key areas (all within a two-hour drive of Philadelphia) where most of the region's birds can be found: Hawk Mountain, Cape May Point State Park, Ridley Creek State Park, Tinicum Marsh, Brigantine National Wildlife refuge, and Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge.Mini-chapters discuss additional birding "hot spots" famous for great numbers of migrants, and short references to another thirty "spots" round out the regions' bird refuges to more than seventy. Simple cross-checking can be done with the annotated list, the list of accidental or casual species, the bibliography, and the index located at the end of the guide. Every question the visitor might ask and the native might wonder about is answered concisely and fully. Author note: John J. Harding is a member of the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club, one of the oldest birding organizations in the Untied States. Justin J. Harding is a lifelong birdwatcher.
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"Splendid...extremely useful for anyone birding in your favored area...A Model for other regions of the country." --Roger Tory Peterson
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All the facts about common and uncommon birds in the Delaware Valley
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marsh hawk, pelagic trip, common grackle, pigeon hawk, experimental pool, hooded warblers, scattered coastal locations, earthen parking lot, most likely seen during spring, pelagic trips, brackish impoundments, brushy borders, birding hot spots, brushy tangles, winter finches, adjoining farmlands, wooded edges, bird list, shorebird migration, brushy thickets, spring migrants, area during spring, migrating shorebirds, brushy fields, swampy woodlands Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bombay Hook, Cape May, Ridley Creek, Ocean City, Brandywine Creek, Little Creek, Struble Lake, Bowman's Hill, Port Mahon, New Jersey, Hawk Mountain, Tyler Arboretum, Annotated Bird List, Christmas Count, Wargo Road, Delaware River, Pine Barrens, Trenton Marsh, Chester County, Nummy Island, Brigantine Island, Forge Road, Long Beach Island, Common Yellowthroat, Bake Oven Knob Browse Sample Pages:
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marsh hawk, pelagic trip, common grackle, pigeon hawk, experimental pool, hooded warblers, scattered coastal locations, earthen parking lot, most likely seen during spring, pelagic trips, brackish impoundments, brushy borders, birding hot spots, brushy tangles, winter finches, adjoining farmlands, wooded edges, bird list, shorebird migration, brushy thickets, spring migrants, area during spring, migrating shorebirds, brushy fields, swampy woodlands Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bombay Hook, Cape May, Ridley Creek, Ocean City, Brandywine Creek, Little Creek, Struble Lake, Bowman's Hill, Port Mahon, New Jersey, Hawk Mountain, Tyler Arboretum, Annotated Bird List, Christmas Count, Wargo Road, Delaware River, Pine Barrens, Trenton Marsh, Chester County, Nummy Island, Brigantine Island, Forge Road, Long Beach Island, Common Yellowthroat, Bake Oven Knob Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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