A Manual for Bird Watching in the Americas

"A thorough treatment of this time-honored activity. A must for the active birder." Contents: what is bird watching? birding equipment; field guides, references, checklists, rare bird alerts; birding and ornithological organizations; life lists; Christmas bird counts; big day counts; breeding bird projects; backyard birding; watching sea birds on land and at sea; watching waterfowl; hawk watching; owl watching; watching shorebirds; warbler watching; Arctic and Sub-Arctic birding; U.S. birding; West Indian birding; Central American birding; South American birding; Antarctic birding. Checklist of families of birds of the Americas.