The Art of Pishing: How to Attract Birds by Mimicking Their Calls

The Art of Pishing: How to Attract Birds by Mimicking Their Calls

by Pete Dunne
The Art of Pishing: How to Attract Birds by Mimicking Their Calls

The Art of Pishing: How to Attract Birds by Mimicking Their Calls

by Pete Dunne

(BOOK & CD)

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Overview

• First-ever how-to book on this time-proven technique • Features 13 pish explanations and audio demonstrations by Pete Dunne • Effective throughout North America Learn the arcane yet effective art of pishing from a master. In this unique book and CD package, renowned birder Pete Dunne presents an illustrated workshop on how to attract birds by making precise and well-practiced hisses, whistles, chips, and squeals (along with some kisses and thumps) that almost guarantee spectacular success in the field. The text explains the hows, whys, and whens of 13 different pishes, including the basic pish, stutter pish, whisper pish, knockdown pish, screech-owl warble, sequential chip, and squeal. The soundtrack features audio demonstrations so you can compare your efforts to an expert's. Together, this book and CD will send you well on your way to becoming a pisher extraordinaire.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780811732956
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Publication date: 06/05/2006
Edition description: BOOK & CD
Pages: 96
Sales rank: 534,920
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

Pete Dunne is the author of a dozen birding books, including Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion, The Art of Bird Identification, The Feather Quest, and Tales of a Low-Rent Birder. Birding ambassador with the New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory, he has written articles for virtually every birding magazine and for the New York Times. He lives in Cumberland County, New Jersey.
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