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The Slow Birding Journal
Paperback
$20.00
Published on Oct 22, 2024 | 224 Pages
The perfect journal for keen daily observation of the spectacular birds all around you
Many birding journals are geared around a life list, which requires traveling far and wide to see rare birds. Evolutionary biologist Joan Strassmann advocates for a different kind of birding: slow birding, focused on the joys of birding right where you are and at your own pace.
This one-of-a-kind journal, filled with detailed sections for daily use, is the ideal companion for local and backyard birders. The Slow Birding Journal features:
The best birding is where you are right now: in your backyard, your local parks, or on your favorite day hikes. This journal will lead you to a deeper understanding of the birds you see each day.
Many birding journals are geared around a life list, which requires traveling far and wide to see rare birds. Evolutionary biologist Joan Strassmann advocates for a different kind of birding: slow birding, focused on the joys of birding right where you are and at your own pace.
This one-of-a-kind journal, filled with detailed sections for daily use, is the ideal companion for local and backyard birders. The Slow Birding Journal features:
- Space for recording your observations of the birds you see
- Targeted prompts and questions to incorporate into your birding
- Advice and guidance on watching birds: what to look for and pay attention to
- Detailed illustrations of several well-known birds, and blank pages to make your own illustrations
The best birding is where you are right now: in your backyard, your local parks, or on your favorite day hikes. This journal will lead you to a deeper understanding of the birds you see each day.
Author
Joan E. Strassmann
Joan Strassmann grew up in the forests and fields of central Michigan. She brings a deep love and understanding of this world to her books on birds, Slow Birding, Slow Birding Journal, and Social Lives of Birds. To her work she also brings insights from a career spent studying the tension between cooperation and conflict in organisms as diverse as social wasps and social amoebas. She is Charles Rebstock Professor of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis and is an elected member of the US National Academy of Sciences. She lives with her husband in St. Louis Missouri and Leland Michigan.
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