Birding for Boomers: And Everyone Else Brave Enough to Embrace the World's Most Rewarding and Frustrating Activity

by Sneed B. Collard III

Overview

"With its ranging approach and easy-to-follow advice, Birding for Boomers is a handy guide for all those—boomer or otherwise―who are looking to pick up an ornithological hobby." — Foreword Reviews

Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Winner in Nature • Montana Book Award Honor Book • Independent Publisher Book Award Winner • High Plains Book Awards Nonfiction and Big Sky Finalist

Birding for Boomers is a friendly, accessible, and humorous guide to discovering the joys of bird watching. Beginning birders of all ages will get answers to every question they may have, like which birds like feeders, the difference between a finch and a flicker, or which birding app to use. The guide also helps birders plan everything from local explorations to exciting "bird-cations."

Late-bloomer birders will appreciate Collard’s personal insights and tips for overcoming aging-related challenges such as physical handicaps, poor hearing, or failing eyesight. Additional sections cover sharing birding with others and contributing to community science, habitat stewardship, and bird conservation.

Appealing and light-hearted, Birding for Boomers will help a wide range of readers overcome any doubts and get started with watching, understanding, and conserving our feathered friends.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781680516708
Publisher:	Mountaineers Books, The
Publication date:	08/25/2024
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 7.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sneed B. Collard III is the author of more than 75 award-winning books for young people, along with countless magazine articles for both children and adults. A marine biologist and scientist by training, most of Collard’s books focus on natural history, science, and the environment.



When he is not writing or publishing, Collard can often be found speaking to students, conducting teacher workshops, volunteering for his son’s Boy Scout Troop, and walking his Frisbee-catching border collie, Mattie.

Editorial Reviews

The author simplifies the mystique of this hobby and cheerfully invites the novice, no matter the age, to join in the activity.

Tulsa Book Review

With its ranging approach and easy-to-follow advice, Birding for Boomers is a handy guide for all those—boomer or otherwise—who are looking to pick up an ornithological hobby.

Jeff Fleischer

An ideal and thoroughly 'user friendly' instructional guide and manual for aspiring bird watchers from ages 15 to 105, 'Birding for Boomers: And Everyone Else Brave Enough to Embrace the World's Most Rewarding and Frustrating Activity' by bird watching expert Sneed B. Collard III and featuring illustrations by Tanner Barkin is a highly portable and thoroughly recommended pick.

Midwest Book Review

Birding for Boomers is an engaging and accessible guide that invites beginners—and late-bloomers—to discover the joys of birdwatching.... Collard’s approachable style makes birding enjoyable and achievable for everyone.

Montana Arts Council's State of the Arts

Sneed B. Collard’s humorous and helpful guide will inspire the young, old, and young at heart to get outside and meet their feathered neighbors. Collard helps readers get started with the basics and covers tips for birding even with physical limitations, such as hearing or eyesight loss. Collard pokes fun at himself in this beginner-friendly guide while emphasizing how rewarding and communal birding can be.

425 Magazine - Jenna Zarzycki

An accessible introduction to birding, regardless your age. Sneed Collard breaks down just about everything you need to know to get started at this sport.

The Nature Conservancy's Cool Green Science - Matthew Miller