Wild Captives: Gateway to City Birds.

Not your normal bird guide. Wild Captives Gateway to City Birds is an ideal introduction to the pleasures of urban birdwatching. The field guide features the most common birds in all North American cities and helps you get to know your feathered neighbors.

The bright playful drawings highlight all of the best identification points of each species of common backyard birds. The helpful text explains useful information such as interesting behavior and bizarre facts. Everything is presented in a friendly, easy to consume way.

All essentials for the beginning to enjoy birdwatching are covered:

- tips for birdings

- full color drawings

- identification techniques

- birding by ear

- equipment recs

- city bird checklist

- and much more

***Once purchased, click download and save file your device! You can save the pdf directly to the books app on your iphone! 

About Wild Captives: Scouting without the boy scouts. As a mostly urban generation, we’ve lost the ability to name the things around us. By opening up our senses and paying more attention to the often overlooked urban wilderness - the birds, the plants, the bugs, the clouds, our own breath - we can cultivate a sense of present moment awareness that brings great joy wherever you are. Wild Captives helps you simply notice and appreciate your surroundings, which adds a tremendous amount of value to our lives. This way of seeing is easily accessible to anyone who will try it. Just pay attention to the here and now, starting with the birds…