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Keep Birds Nature Study Simple with these resources:

Nature Study Hacking | Birds

Based on Handbook of Nature Study, this guide simplifies the introduction to birds.

ESSENTIALS:

If you were only going to buy TWO books in addition to Handbook of Nature Study to go with Nature Study Hacking | Birds, these are the ones I recommend:

• The Folklore of Birds by Laura C. Martin
• Reader's Digest: North American Birds

Based on Handbook of Nature Study, this guide simplifies the introduction birds. 

Additional Books:

Migration by Gail Gibbons

An Egg is Quiet by Dianna Hutts Aston

How Do Birds Find Their Way by Roma Gans

Peterson Field Guide Coloring Book Birds

Birds Supply List:

• Minimalism Art sketchbook or Dot grid notebook (This my favorite brand)
• Ticonderoga pencils and an eraser
• Prisma colored pencils (preferred for younger children)
• Because birds are difficult to observe up close we will stick with birds in your neighborhood or chickens for closer observations. 

Further Study:

If you want more great resources, these are the ones we LOVED:

Nature Anatomy by Julia RothmanHandbook of Nature Study by Anna Comstock

Chapter Books

John James Audubon The Making of an American by Richard Rhodes

This Strange Wilderness: The Life and Art of John James Audubon by Nancy Plain

The Last Eagle by Dan Mannix 

YouTube Playlist for Birds:

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