Internet Guide to Birds and Birding: The Ultimate Directory to the Best Sites Online [Paperback]

Jack Sanders (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 20, 1999

Birders who wish they had a handy, comprehensive, and trustworthy directory to the best sites and information on the Internet will strike gold with The Internet Guide to Birds and Birding.

Alphabetical by subject and heavily cross-referenced, this easy-to-use guide directs the reader to more than 1,000 quality sites on the Web devoted to birds and birding. Every site is given a brief review, which is a real time-saver for the net-surfer.

The Internet is a rich resource for birders: it instantly communicates news of sightings of rare birds in "realtime." hosts discussion groups, even transmits live camera shots on osprey nests. And birders can find art. equipment, bird identification, news and magazines, organizations, tours and special events, life lists, and everything else they need in this useful guide.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Jack Sanders has taken the guesswork out of finding bird-watching information on the Web, so keep this book within arm's reach of your mouse." -Bill Thompson III, editor, Bird Watcher's Digest

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Go Birding on the World Wide Web!

This one-of-a-kind guide quickly puts the very best birdwatching resources of the Internet at your disposal.

For both backyard birders and globe-trotting birding enthusiasts, this treasury describes more than 1,000 great websites, forums, and newsgroup - all related to birds and birdwatching, and packed with information you can use to identify birds, hear bird songs, see birds in action, learn more about bird behavior and biology, plan a birding expedition - or simply surf for birding information on the World Wide Web.

Descriptions and reviews of every site direct you to the wealth of resources on the Internet. You'll find everything from plans for bird-houses to guidelines on choosing binoculars, sites devoted to specific birds such as raptors, waterfowl, backyard birds, and American bald eagles, interactive tours of online aviaries and lists of the hottest birding spots around the world - plus plentiful help with feeders, migrations, attracting birds - every imaginable avian activity.

Alphabetical listings by subject and a detailed index make any topic easy to find. Many sections, such as Audubon Societies & Sanctuaries, Checklists, and Destinations, are arranged geographically to help you zero in on your area of interest. Bird illustrations, including John J. Audubon's famous drawings, contribute to the wealth of information found here.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: International Marine Publishing (October 20, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071353240
• ISBN-13: 978-0071353243
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,343,400 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

A lifelong Connecticut resident, Jack Sanders graduated from Holy Cross College and has been a community newspaper editor for more than 35 years.
His interest in wildflowers began in the 1970s when he undertook a project to catalogue and photograph local wildlife. Over the years he has specialized in the study of the natural history, nomenclature, and uses to which wildflowers have been put, and in the process, has amassed a library of more than 150 books on wildflowers and related subjects.
He was northeastern region editor of Wildflower magazine, for which he wrote many articles. He has also written about wildflowers for The New York Times and other periodicals, and has given many lectures and courses on wildflowers. He is the author of Hedgemaids and Fairy Candles: The Lives and Lore of North American Wildflowers, The Internet Guide to Birds and Birding, and Internet Outdoor Family Fun Yellow Pages, all published by McGraw-Hill, The Secrets of Wildflowers, published in 2003 by Lyons, and three books of local history.
He also writes a weekly column on birds for nine newspapers.
He and his wife, Sally, also a newspaper editor, have two grown sons and live in Ridgefield.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Thousand Bird Sites, June 23, 2000

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Mike McDonald (Chestnut Ridge, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Internet Guide to Birds and Birding: The Ultimate Directory to the Best Sites Online (Paperback)

I am a casual birder, and found this book to be very valuable in increasing my knowledge of birds and birding, not so much for the books content itself, but what it directs you to. It is full of web sites devoted to birds, and gives a review of each site so you don't waste your time going to a site you may not be interested in. It is a valuable resource, not only for beginners, but for the advanced birder as well. I highly recommend it.