Audubon Magazine is giving away five copies of the Kaufman Field Guide to Advanced Birding.
This book is an update and reboot of the first edition, published in 1990. Kaufman on this new edition: "[...] So in this edition I have taken a different approach altogether, and the focus here is on how to identify birds, or how to learn to identify birds. In other words, it’s not about memorizing field marks, it’s about truly understanding what you see and hear."
Get your entry in by midnight on Friday, March 29th. Visit the contest page to learn more.
Yesterday I posted a 5/5 review of Stacey O'Brien's wonderful memoir Wesley the Owl. Today I'm excited to announce that my review copy of this book is my March (just under the wire!) blog giveaway! The contest is open to everyone (global) and entry is very simple....
Here’s a list of current (as of February 1st) blog & online contests by birders, for birders, and/or offering bird- or birder-themed prizes. Click on the links to learn more, check eligibility, and enter to win! If you are running a contest or know of something that should...
Win a Bird Photo Booth with your clever caption. The caption for this photo with the most "likes" will win. Enter by January 4, 2013; the sooner you post your caption the more time you have for "likes". See the Bird Photo Booth page for details on this interesting product.
Author and prolific blogger Melissa Mayntz recently published her new book, Migration: Exploring the Remarkable Journeys of Birds. The illustrated book is available in hardcover (linked here) or for Kindle. The book covers a huge variety of topics related to migration, including different reasons that birds migrate, how they...
