A beginner-friendly and charmingly illustrated pocket guide to backyard birding. For amateur birdwatchers and aspiring ornithologists, this introductory book offers an easy way to delve into the awe-inspiring world of bird-watching, whether in a park, a forest, on a beach, or a front porch. In these pages, you’ll learn how to:
Go where the birds are (or might be), identify over twenty species of common and non-native North American birds through birdsong, nests, and appearance, create a bird-friendly habitat in your yard, and engage in community programming to spread avian awareness.
 
Combining bird-watching basics with mindfulness exercises, Pocket Nature: Bird-Watching is a wonderful reminder that friendly faces are always around us—we just need to open our eyes and ears to find them. Hardcover.