Birding expert James Currie presents components of birding: - essentials of bird anatomy and taxonomy, and how this knowledge helps the student critically in the field; - how to identify birds, plus related topics such as birding by ear, birding at night, bird behavior, avian migration; - optical equipment for birding, highlighting binoculars and spotting scopes, and how to use them; - the exciting activity of locating, approaching, and observing birds in the field: stealth techniques for tracking and approaching birds; ways to attract birds by mimicking bird calls and predators; and how to bring birds into your own yard or surroundings.
Birding Basics: Bird Origins and Taxonomy
Basic Bird Anatomy
Size, Shape, and Color as Birding Tools
Bird Distribution, Status, and Endemism
Habitat and Season as Birding Tools
Introduction to Birding Optics
Tactics for Better Birding
Using Bird Behavior to Identify Birds
Understanding Variations in Plumage
Birding by Ear
Essentials of Bird Migrations
Birding at Night
Pelagic Birds
Waterbirds, Shorebirds, and Game Birds
Diurnal Raptors
From Doves to Kingfishers
Passerines: From Flycatchers to Thrushes
Passerines: From Thrashers to Warblers
Passerines: From Tanagers to Birders
Photography for Birders
Birding Sites in Eastern North America
Birding Sites in Western North America
Birds and People
Birding Ethics and Conservation
Seven Worlds, One Planet
Antiques Roadshow
Serengeti - La grande cavalcade des animaux
How to Look at and Understand Great Art
Darwin's Dangerous Idea
A Believer's Guide to...
Histoire des mesures de la vitesse de la lumière
Time Team
Headspace Guide to Sleep
Kingdom of Plants
The Crocodile Hunter
Eyewitness
Final Chance to Save
History of the Earth
You've Been Scammed By Nigel Latta
SWR Wissen
Cities: Nature's New Wild
Prehistoric Park
Lost Land of the Volcano
Veritasium