Green Birding: How to See More Birds and Protect the Environment at the Same Time

by Richard Gregson

Overview

• Where to look for birds close to home—often-overlooked spots in cities and suburban neighborhoods that can be bird magnets
• How to get deeper by studying the birds around your home and participating in citizen science and conservation projects
• Green birding listing challenges and groups the green birder can get involved in
• Includes advice on how to adapt your equipment to a new style of birding and how to attract more birds to your home garden

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811726153
Publisher:	Stackpole Books
Publication date:	02/01/2013
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

Richard Gregson has been birding in England and Canada for over 50 years. He is the president of Bird Protection Quebec and one of the early promoters of green birding. He runs the website www.greenbirding.ca and blogs at http://sparroworks.ca/journal. He lives in the Montreal area.

Table of Contents

What is Green Birding? vi

1 Why Green Birding? 1

2 Getting Started 13

3 Patchworking 27

4 Equipment and Record-Keeping 35

5 The "Sport" of Green Birding 55

6 Creating a Green Bird Garden 79

7 Citizen Science 95

8 Personal Research in your Patch 107

9 Conservation 123

Index 131