neilpa Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 A not strictly birding book that I read recently and would recommend is The Beak of the Finch. Pretty sure it’s been recommended elsewhere on the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 7 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said: Ya know, that's the kind of question you might ask BEFORE you place your orders. Did you order these as physical books or e-books? I'd like to hear from others who have ordered material in e-book format and what they thought. I read Kingbird Highway as an ebook on my family's ancient nook, because NONE of my local library systems have it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: I read Kingbird Highway as an ebook on my family's ancient nook, because NONE of my local library systems have it. I have it in eBook also. That type of book works great on an eReader. Saves space on the bookshelf. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 5 hours ago, chipperatl said: My rule for books now is reference books are hard copy; non-fiction that tells a story or fiction books are eBook. That's the conclusion I've come to. I made the mistake of ordering the Warbler Guide in e format originally, and regretted it almost as soon as I opened it. Ditto one of Pete Dunne's references. I eventually reordered both as 'dead trees'. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 20 minutes ago, Charlie Spencer said: That's the conclusion I've come to. I made the mistake of ordering the Warbler Guide in e format originally, and regretted it almost as soon as I opened it. Ditto one of Pete Dunne's references. I eventually reordered both as 'dead trees'. Warbler Guide app is amazing. Warbler Guide on eBook....yeah that doesn't sound so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share Posted November 1, 2022 Has anybody read this book? https://www.amazon.com/Thing-Feathers-Surprising-Lives-Reveal/dp/159463341X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3NR89R8LLQNM6&keywords=the+thing+with+feathers+noah+strycker&qid=1667303147&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIxLjE1IiwicXNhIjoiMC44MyIsInFzcCI6IjEuMDEifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=noah+stry%2Caps%2C179&sr=8-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 2 hours ago, Birds are cool said: Has anybody read this book? https://www.amazon.com/Thing-Feathers-Surprising-Lives-Reveal/dp/159463341X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3NR89R8LLQNM6&keywords=the+thing+with+feathers+noah+strycker&qid=1667303147&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIxLjE1IiwicXNhIjoiMC44MyIsInFzcCI6IjEuMDEifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=noah+stry%2Caps%2C179&sr=8-1 According to Kindle app I have. Honestly don’t remember much about it off hand. Looking at ToC I do remember a little bit. I think I just absorbed the knowledge without acknowledging the source. I think most of it I’ve heard/read elsewhere also. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 2 hours ago, Birds are cool said: Has anybody read this book? https://www.amazon.com/Thing-Feathers-Surprising-Lives-Reveal/dp/159463341X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3NR89R8LLQNM6&keywords=the+thing+with+feathers+noah+strycker&qid=1667303147&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIxLjE1IiwicXNhIjoiMC44MyIsInFzcCI6IjEuMDEifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=noah+stry%2Caps%2C179&sr=8-1 Yes, and it was great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share Posted November 1, 2022 Thanks @chipperatl and @Quiscalus quiscula, i have read some of his books, but not this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 (edited) 22 hours ago, Birds are cool said: Thanks @chipperatl and @Quiscalus quiscula, i have read some of his books, but not this one. Easy answer for a bird book, "Is there such a thing as a bad bird book?", but then I remember this one. Horrible, narcissistic, and arrogant would be putting it mildly. I stopped after less than one or two chapters I believe. Thankfully my experience with birders in general did not match the way these people acted, or I would have been out. https://smile.amazon.com/Supremely-Bad-Idea-Three-Birders-ebook/dp/B004OR1612/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 Edited November 2, 2022 by chipperatl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 I am only 3 chapters into it, but this is now my favorite birding book. I have learned a bunch, and the author is a great writer. https://smile.amazon.com/Secret-Perfume-Birds-Uncovering-Science/dp/1421443473/ref=sr_1_4?crid=APEGYD008UAY&keywords=avian+smell&qid=1676489875&s=digital-text&sprefix=avian+smell%2Cdigital-text%2C188&sr=1-4-catcorr I finished reading this book about a week ago. Also a great read. The author gives a lot of history on the places and hummingbirds that he sees throughout the book, which I found very interesting. The book is about hummingbirds. https://smile.amazon.com/Glitter-Green-Search-Hummingbirds/dp/154161819X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1676490102&sr=1-1 BTW both books are on sale right now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 @Birds are cool, I would so read those books…. But money tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 @Snake Fingers You can always check your local library. I really enjoyed this book that I got from the library. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59867830-conversations-with-birds?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_22 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 (edited) @Quiscalus quiscula, cool, thanks! Will do. Edited February 15 by Snake Fingers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Looking forward to this one coming out, even if things are a little easier in this area. https://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-North-American-Flycatchers/dp/0691240620/ref=rvi_sccl_14/147-2530086-9143756?pd_rd_w=QdNWd&content-id=amzn1.sym.f5690a4d-f2bb-45d9-9d1b-736fee412437&pf_rd_p=f5690a4d-f2bb-45d9-9d1b-736fee412437&pf_rd_r=75T301M2ZDCY87CJB7P7&pd_rd_wg=hbkQ4&pd_rd_r=cb4fd6e4-263f-4331-9798-fb56e4a8c43f&pd_rd_i=0691240620&psc=1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 19 hours ago, chipperatl said: Looking forward to this one coming out, even if things are a little easier in this area. https://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-North-American-Flycatchers/dp/0691240620/ref=rvi_sccl_14/147-2530086-9143756?pd_rd_w=QdNWd&content-id=amzn1.sym.f5690a4d-f2bb-45d9-9d1b-736fee412437&pf_rd_p=f5690a4d-f2bb-45d9-9d1b-736fee412437&pf_rd_r=75T301M2ZDCY87CJB7P7&pd_rd_wg=hbkQ4&pd_rd_r=cb4fd6e4-263f-4331-9798-fb56e4a8c43f&pd_rd_i=0691240620&psc=1 Neat! So that means that the diagram at the bottom of this page: https://thecottonwoodpost.net/2019/05/14/whit-sorting-out-the-call-notes-of-western-empidonax-flycatchers/ will finally be replaced? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 1 hour ago, Peromyscus said: Neat! So that means that the diagram at the bottom of this page: https://thecottonwoodpost.net/2019/05/14/whit-sorting-out-the-call-notes-of-western-empidonax-flycatchers/ will finally be replaced? It will just get some rulers added to it now for primary projection. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 This might be the best done Bird ID guide since the Warbler Guide. Maybe even better since it has so many illustrations for each bird. It is soooooo pricey though. Covers everything that could possibly be seen on the sea. https://www.amazon.com/Seabirds-Identification-Guide-Peter-Harrison/dp/8416728410/ref=sr_1_1?crid=103DHLO3DFO89&keywords=seabirds+the+new+identification+guide&qid=1678489078&sprefix=Seabirds%2Caps%2C188&sr=8-1&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.18ed3cb5-28d5-4975-8bc7-93deae8f9840 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colton V Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 (edited) Just curious, how much time do y'all spend reading? Like how many hours per week? I would love to read more but I'm so bad at time management and there's so many other things I need/want to do that I never get around to reading. Whenever I hear people talk about all the books they've read, I am shocked that they have time for that many books. Edited March 11 by Colton V 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 3 hours ago, Colton V said: Just curious, how much time do y'all spend reading? Like how many hours per week? I would love to read more but I'm so bad at time management and there's so many other things I need/want to do that I never get around to reading. Whenever I hear people talk about all the books they've read, I am shocked that they have time for that many books. I used to read a lot.(like at least 2 hours a day) then I got somewhat of a life and yeah. I don’t have many books to read anymore either. I probably spend about an hour to 2 hours a week reading. Which is kinda sad but… 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted March 11 Author Share Posted March 11 12 minutes ago, Snake Fingers said: I used to read a lot.(like at least 2 hours a day) then I got somewhat of a life and yeah. I don’t have many books to read anymore either. I probably spend about an hour to 2 hours a week reading. Which is kinda sad but… That's me. I use to read like 2-3 hours a day, and now I only am able to read around 3 hours a week. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 4 hours ago, Colton V said: Just curious, how much time do y'all spend reading? Like how many hours per week? I would love to read more but I'm so bad at time management and there's so many other things I need/want to do that I never get around to reading. Whenever I hear people talk about all the books they've read, I am shocked that they have time for that many books. 5-10 hours a week. Depends on the books I’m reading at the time. It has been a little less the past couple of weeks. I’ve tried to read non-fiction in the morning before I start work, and then fiction at night. The last couple of non-fiction books were not good, so my mornings haven’t involved much reading. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 On 3/1/2023 at 9:12 PM, chipperatl said: Looking forward to this one coming out, even if things are a little easier in this area. https://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-North-American-Flycatchers/dp/0691240620/ref=rvi_sccl_14/147-2530086-9143756?pd_rd_w=QdNWd&content-id=amzn1.sym.f5690a4d-f2bb-45d9-9d1b-736fee412437&pf_rd_p=f5690a4d-f2bb-45d9-9d1b-736fee412437&pf_rd_r=75T301M2ZDCY87CJB7P7&pd_rd_wg=hbkQ4&pd_rd_r=cb4fd6e4-263f-4331-9798-fb56e4a8c43f&pd_rd_i=0691240620&psc=1 Book arrived today. My initial impression is….Wow. 1/3 of the book is just the Introduction and how to use it. The have a Field Mark Matrix with 13 field marks and essentially using it like keys for insects. Range maps also include migration timing, and separate bar charts for different N-S regions. It is definitely a Field Guide size-wise. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 16 hours ago, chipperatl said: Book arrived today. My initial impression is….Wow. 1/3 of the book is just the Introduction and how to use it. The have a Field Mark Matrix with 13 field marks and essentially using it like keys for insects. Range maps also include migration timing, and separate bar charts for different N-S regions. It is definitely a Field Guide size-wise. Myiarchus and Kingbirds are coming up next for them. On the ABA Podcast they said they just turned this volume in. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 On 4/5/2023 at 2:09 PM, chipperatl said: Book arrived today. My initial impression is….Wow. 1/3 of the book is just the Introduction and how to use it. The have a Field Mark Matrix with 13 field marks and essentially using it like keys for insects. Range maps also include migration timing, and separate bar charts for different N-S regions. It is definitely a Field Guide size-wise. Our copy just arrived earlier this week. It is a lot thinner/smaller than I thought it would be based on this write-up. We'll be looking at it this weekend for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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