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Birdscapes: A Pop-Up Celebration of Bird Songs in Stereo Sound | 
| Authors: Miyoko Chu, Cornell Lab Of Ornithology
Creator: Julia Hargreaves
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Category: Book
List Price: $60.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 2183
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Pop
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 18
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.6
Dimensions (in): 12.8 x 10.9 x 2.8
ISBN: 0811864286
Dewey Decimal Number: 598
EAN: 9780811864282
ASIN: 0811864286
Publication Date: August 20, 2008
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strongProduct Description/strongbr / Get ready for the most groundbreaking entry to date in the bestselling emBirdsongs/em series (more than 400,000 copies sold!). emBirdscapes/em delivers an immersive birding experience never before seen--or heard--in any book. For the eyes: seven elaborately engineered full-color pop-ups portraying dozens of bird species in diverse North American habitats from the Alaskan Tundra to a Southeast swamp. For the ears: extended recordings of the birds' calls and songs in stereo from the collection of the world-renowned Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. For the serious birder: scientifically accurate illustrations of the birds and moving text about their fragile ecosystems. This beautifully crafted volume is a visual and audio delight! p/p p"Pop-up books aren't just for kids anymore! This multimedia experience transports you to seven natural habitats in North America and immerses you in the birds and their songs. --Greg Butcher, director of bird conservation, National Audubon Societybr /br / "emBirdscapes/em is a delight for the eyes and the ears--a tour of North America's bird-rich ecosystems, rendered as seven lavishly detailed, three-dimensional landscapes, and brimming with choruses of authentic bird songs and calls." --Scott Weidensaul, author of emLiving on the Wind and Of a Feather/em/p p/p hr class="bucketDivider" size="1" / pstrong class="h1"An Interview with Miyoko Chu, Director of Communications at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology/strong br /br / img align="left" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/authors/Miyoko-Chu-150.jpg" vspace="4" / strongQ:/strong When did you first become interested in birds?br /br / strongA:/strong When I was 11, my father and I rescued some pigeons from a poultry truck in San Francisco's Chinatown. I spent a lot of time in the backyard coop, watching the pigeons as they courted and raised their young. It was amazing to realize all this drama was playing out with wild birds everywhere, too, and to have the opportunity to study it.br /br / strongQ:/strong What's your favorite bird song and why?br /br / strongA:/strong My favorite song is that of the Scottrsquo;s Oriole, featured in the desert scene of emBirdscapes/em. Hearing that clear, bubbling melody in the desert is an unforgettable experience.br /br / strongQ:/strong What was the best thing about working on emBirdscapes?/embr /br / strongA:/strong It was exciting to go from the ideas and bird lists for each soundscape to seeing and hearing this three-dimensional product as it emerged from the minds of the artists, editors, and sound engineers. It was incredible to see the artists' sketches transform into complex and ingenious pop-up scenes, and to experience how precise recordings for each bird were blended to evoke the soundscape. br /br / strongQ:/strong Have you visited all of the seven different bird habitats featured in emBirdscapes/em?br /br / strongA:/strong Of the seven habitats, I'm most familiar with the desert, where I studied birds during 1995-2000, and the eastern deciduous forest, which is right outside my office window. I have visited the Great Plains and Pacific evergreen forests. I have not been to the Arctic, a southern swamp, or a seabird colony. In writing those scenes, I benefited from the insights of my colleague Gerrit Vyn, the Cornell Lab of Ornithologyrsquo;s audio production engineer, who selected the recordings, including some that he had recorded on recent expeditions to these habitats. br /br / strongQ:/strong Which habitat in emBirdscapes/em did you enjoy writing about the most and why? br /br / strongA:/strong Actually, there were two that I enjoyed the most--for completely opposite reasons! I loved writing about the desert because I had spent so much time there, and remembered the sights and sounds so vividly. And it was great fun to write about the seabird colony because that was something I had never experienced before?and I was completely surprised by what I learned. Whether an individual seabird's voice or thousands, the sounds are awe-inspiring, and the birds have such an interesting lifestyle as they all cram on to a bit of rock for the breeding season. br /br / strongQ:/strong Are you a daily birder or a weekend birder?br /br / strongA:/strong I'm an opportunistic birder! I'm always watching and listening for birds around my house and neighborhood. But in between work and spending time with my family, my focused birding these days happens irregularly, on the spur of the moment. My office at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology overlooks Sapsucker Woods, so I sometimes slip outside to look for birds after getting an email alert about a good migration day, or when I notice people outside my window pointing up at the trees. br /br / strongQ:/strong Do you have any suggestions for beginning birders?br /br / strongA:/strong Invest in a pair of binoculars and practice becoming comfortable with them. It will open up a whole new world, enabling you to see many more birds than you may have even realized were around you before. Spend time getting to know the different kinds of birds you see, the reasons for their behaviors, and the many kinds of sounds they use throughout the year./p p/p hr class="bucketDivider" size="1" / pspan class="h1"strongExcerpts from emBirdscapes/em/strong/spanbr //p pClick on each image below to see a larger view of the page./p table cellpadding="4" width="100%" tbody tr align="center" td align="center" width="200"img border="0" src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/aplus/EasternDeciduousForest-320.jpg" //td td align="center" width="200"img border="0" src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/aplus/Sonoran_Desert-360.jpg" //td /tr /tbody /table p/p p/p hr class="bucketDivider" size="1" / p/p pstrong class="h1"More to Explore/strong table cellpadding="4" width="100%" tbody tr align="center" td width="25%" pimg border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1932855416.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg" /br /emBird Songs: 250 North American Birds in Song/em /p /td td width="25%"img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1932855610.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg" /br /emBird Songs From Around the World/em /td td width="25%"img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0811863425.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg" /br /emThe Backyard Birdsong Guide: Eastern and Central North America/em /td td width="25%"img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0811863972.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg" /br /emThe Backyard Birdsong Guide: Western North America/em /td /tr /tbody /table /p
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 NICE BUT MISSING SOMETHING January 5, 2009
I bought this book for my husband, we are interested in birding. It turns out it probably will be better for our grandchild, as a good introduction to bird habitats. It's got everything the other reviewers said. But there are things missing: like, any idea of which birds are which and make which sounds. There are no instructions or identification of any of the birds or sounds, that we could find. If I am missing something here, please let me know! I bought this book at BJ's club for $35 plus tax. I will have to look elsewhere for bird identification, probably will get a DVD.
 Birdscape December 31, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This product is not worth the $40. It is intended for children but toobr /easily damaged. The "pop-up" does not work well.
 Wonderful bird pop up book great bird sounds! December 27, 2008
Purchased this for My Granddaughter (5) who is crazy about all wild life.She gets so excited when we sit down and the bird sounds start.We enjoy trying to match the sound to the bird. We all enjoy listening to the sounds, it is as if you are right next to the bird,the pop up's are wonderful, we discover something new everytime we open it!
Great book! December 20, 2008
This book is awesome! I read about it in Oprah Magazine and ordered it right away. It is great for bird-lovers, plus it is entertaining. I highly recommend it.
My love of Grandchildren Birds December 16, 2008
Birdscapes: A Pop-Up Celebration of Bird Songs in Stereo Soundbr /My grandchildren and I find this to be a wonderful book to learn about and hear birds. I babysit two of my ten grandchildren and we can spend time with this book almost every week. I recommend it for adults too, who have an interest in birds.
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