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Posted: Feb 07 2006 at 1:42pm | IP Logged Quote Genevieve
I know MacBeth reccomends Peterson guide books but they are a little too advanced for us. The specimen moves too fast for us unless of course it is a plant. And it doesn't hold my children's attention. The eldest is only three. I hate having to say... oh I don't know the name of that brown bird. Let alone the blue one or the red one that visits us.... Any suggestions for a city girl trying to be a naturalist?

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Posted: Feb 07 2006 at 5:12pm | IP Logged Quote Angie Mc
I like the Pocket Naturalist series by Waterford Press. I have one for Arizona Birds. They aren't books really, but rather more like a legal size paper (longer and narrower) folded into itself forming 12 "pages." I like that it is laminated, kids can handle it easily, and mom can see all the common birds in one place. They are even divided into catagories such as waterbirds & nearshore birds, hummingbirds, etc., all in full color. The pictures are small, a bit bigger than a thumbprint, and nicely detailed. The price is right, too .

Hang in there, city girl! The birds, CCM/4Real, and MacBeth's encouragment, are what turned THIS city girl into a budding naturalist .

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Posted: Feb 08 2006 at 6:38am | IP Logged Quote mary
If you are looking at birds, why not a laminated bird poster of the birds in your region? It contains 20 or so birds. We used this first - kept it velcroed on the wall next to the bird feeder. This year, my 7 yr old is so into the birds, he is taking pictures with my old digital camera and reading the peterson guide.   
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Posted: Feb 08 2006 at 6:39am | IP Logged Quote Genevieve
Thanks for the words of encouragement and suggestion! It looks like this might help ease us into things.

Ohh,... I never thought of that Mary. What a good idea!

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Posted: Feb 08 2006 at 8:13am | IP Logged Quote MacBeth
mary wrote:
If you are looking at birds, why not a laminated bird poster of the birds in your region?
That's what my mom uses.

A few more ideas...

If you can't id exactly, can you tell what type of bird? Can you tell if a bird is a "gull" or "sparrow" or "dove"? Also, when I took ornithology, we were encouraged to read the field guide before entering the field. and the prof emphasized looking at the pictures.

Keep a feeder right outside a window in by the dinner table (or the computer, like I do ) so you see the most common birds frequently.

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