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Title: Bird Tracks & Sign : A Guide to North American Species by Mark Elbroch, Eleanor Marks, C. Diane Boretos ISBN: 0-8117-2696-7 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: December, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great gift for that serious birder
Comment: This is a guide to identifying bird families or individual species by clues they leave behind of their presence. The title may appear, at first glance, to be a typo. It is not. As the authors explain on the first page: "Sign refers to all the possible signs of their passing: sign of feeding, gathering material for nesting, the nests or cavity holes themselves, pellets, droppings, feathers lost during molt, or kill sites."
This book appears to be packed with too much information for a beginner to digest. But its actually quite good for anyone who is interested in birds and would use such a book more than once or twice. The information is organized by types of sign - tracks, feathers, feeding signs, droppings, nests and roosts, etc., rather than by species. This allows you to read about whichever subject you're interested in and to take in the basics behind, say, interpreting signs of feeding, rather than getting bogged down by details specific to a certain species.
Due to the nature of the topic, the squeamish may not enjoy all the pictures. However, the pictures are certainly not as gruesome as they could have been.
In the introduction, one of the authors writes: "real tracking is bigger than one lifetime. Tracking, as our ancestors knew it, was a body of knowledge handed down from generation to generation. Each person added to this knowledge..." The authors clearly see themselves as a continuation if this process, referring to and giving credit to other excellent books, such a Rezendes' "Tracking and the Art of Seeing".
To my knowledge, this is the only book like this specific to birds. I feel this would be an excellent gift idea for that hard-to-buy-for bird watcher.
Rating: 5
Summary: At Last! Something that actually contributes to the Field!
Comment: Call me cynical but in the last twenty years I have seen field guide publishers recylce the same old info over and over again, just adding a new tabulature or color photos. The text is minimal and always leaves me wanting more.
Not so with this book! Mark and Eleanor have created something that goes well beyond any field guide currently on the market concerning birds! This stuff is new and never before seen except for experienced birders in the field. It is easy to use, fun to use and it will help anyone learn more about birds, their habits and sign. The photography is stunning as well.
I cannot over-recommend this book. Go get it, now!
Ricardo Sierra
Rating: 5
Summary: A gorgeous birder's guide for all ages and skill levels.
Comment: Collaborative written by Mark Elbroch and Elanor Marks, Bird Tracks & Sign: A Guide To North American Species is a gorgeous birder's guide filled cover to cover with full-color photography on thick, glossy, sturdy paper. From bird trails and feathers to pellets and nest, bird signs of every shap, size and format are presented, described, and lavishly illustrated. Portable, authoritative, and "user friendly", Bird Tracks & Sings is very highly recommended for North American birdwatchers and aspiring ornithologists of all ages and skill levels.
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Title: Mammal Tracks & Sign: A Guide to North American Species by Mark Elbroch ISBN: 0811726266 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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Title: Tracking and the Art of Seeing 2e : How to Read Animal Tracks and Sign by Paul Rezendes ISBN: 0062735241 Publisher: HarperResource Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Skulls and Bones: A Guide to the Skeletal Structures and Behavior of North American Mammals by Glenn Searfoss ISBN: 0811725715 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: February, 1995 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Field Guide to Tracking Animals in Snow by Louise Richardson Forrest, Denise Casey ISBN: 0811722406 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: August, 1988 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Field Guide to Mammal Tracking in North America by James Halfpenny, Elizabeth Biesiot ISBN: 0933472986 Publisher: Johnson Publishing Company Pub. Date: April, 1988 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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