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Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion: A Comprehensive Resource for Identifying North American Birds
by Pete Dunne
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good -
- ISBN 10
- 0618236481
- ISBN 13
- 9780618236480
- Seller
-
Madison, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006. 710 pages. Red paper boards with red cloth on the spine, gold lettering. Slight wear to extremities. Red and yellow pictorial dust jacket has minor wear on the edges, particularly along those of the spine. Slight scuffing to edges of textblock. Blue textured endpapers. Tight binding and square textblock. Clean, bright pages are unmarked. This book presents "an approach to identification that gives equal or more weight to a bird's structure and shape and the observer's overall impression than to specific field marks." This approach is often called GISS, or General Impression of Size and Shape.. Signed By Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good -. Octavo.
Synopsis
In this book, bursting with more information than any field guide could hold, the well-known author and birder Pete Dunne introduces readers to the "Cape May School of Birding." It's an approach to identification that gives equal or more weight to a bird's structure and shape and the observer's overall impression (often called GISS, for General Impression of Size and Shape) than to specific field marks. After determining the most likely possibilities by considering such factors as habitat and season, the birder uses characteristics such as size, shape, color, behavior, flight pattern, and vocalizations to identify a bird. The book provides an arsenal of additional hints and helpful clues to guide a birder when, even after a review of a field guide, the identification still hangs in the balance. This supplement to field guides shares the knowledge and skills that expert birders bring to identification challenges. Birding should be an enjoyable pursuit for beginners and experts alike, and Pete Dunne combines a unique playfulness with the work of identification. Readers will delight in his nicknames for birds, from the Grinning Loon and Clearly the Bathtub Duck to Bronx Petrel and Chicken Garnished with a Slice of Mango and a Dollop of Raspberry Sherbet.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 030688
- Title
- Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion: A Comprehensive Resource for Identifying North American Birds
- Author
- Pete Dunne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good -
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0618236481
- ISBN 13
- 9780618236480
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- Birds, Ornithology, Birder, Bird-Watching, Bird Watching, Bird
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
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