Birding for Boomers

And Everyone Else Brave Enough to Embrace the World's Most Rewarding and Frustrating Activity

• Author: Sneed B. Collard III
• Paperback Book
• Publication Date: September 1, 2024
• 232 pages

With its ranging approach and easy-to-follow advice, Birding for Boomers is a handy guide for all those - boomer or otherwise―who are looking to pick up an ornithological hobby." - Foreword Reviews

Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Winner in Nature

Montana Book Award Honor Book

Birding for Boomers is a friendly, accessible, and humorous guide to discovering the joys of bird watching. Beginning birders of all ages will get answers to every question they may have, like which birds like feeders, the difference between a finch and a flicker, or which birding app to use. The guide also helps birders plan everything from local explorations to exciting "bird-cations."

Late-bloomer birders will appreciate Collard's personal insights and tips for overcoming aging-related challenges such as physical handicaps, poor hearing, or failing eyesight. Additional sections cover sharing birding with others and contributing to community science, habitat stewardship, and bird conservation.

Appealing and light-hearted, Birding for Boomers will help a wide range of readers overcome any doubts and get started with watching, understanding, and conserving our feathered friends."

Contributor Bio

Sneed B. Collard III is the author of more than 75 award-winning books for young people, along with countless magazine articles for both children and adults. A marine biologist and scientist by training, most of Collard's books focus on natural history, science, and the environment.

When he is not writing or publishing, Collard can often be found speaking to students, conducting teacher workshops, volunteering for his son's Boy Scout Troop, and walking his Frisbee-catching border collie, Mattie.