14.Mar.2011 | Jules Shapiro
Birdzilla Invades Vook
“Poor peabody, peabody, peabody.”
“Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you-all?”
“Tea-kettle, tea-kettle, tea-kettle.”
Sam Crow hard at work
Sound like nonsense? Not to Sam Crow – author of Vooks “Birdwatching Essentials: Birdzilla” and “New York Birds: Birdzilla.” These are the mnemonic sentences he devised to describe the sound of bird songs, in this case the White-Throated Sparrow, the Barred Owl and the Carolina Wren.
His Birdwatching Essentials Vook is filled with eight chapters of information about wild bird preferences, birdbaths, binoculars, field guide selection and settings for bird photography.
“The Vook is a great introduction to the diversity of bird life in New York while helping those that feed birds identify the birds they hear and see in their own yard,” he said. “Vook has developed the technology to provide the information in fun and effective ways on a variety of platforms.”
Sam, who has more than 30 years of birdwatching experience with a list of more than 2,000 birds species throughout the world, said his passion began in college during a class he needed to graduate.
“My college botany professor was a birder and offered to give me the two hours of credit if I would do some research for him and help him develop a checklist of the birds of small state park near Austin, Texas,” he said. “I had to be able to identify 100 species by site and 25 by sound, plus the research and hauling all of his equipment around.”
Sam, also the owner of the Birdzilla.com network, said south Texas is one of the best areas in the country to do birdwatching.
“Many colorful, tropical species reach their northernmost range in the southern tip of Texas, and rare birds are always showing up,” he said.
His guide to New York bird species includes images and songs of 50 of the most frequently spotted birds in New York, including 25 kinds that will regularly visit bird feeders.
“The Vook is a great introduction to the diversity of bird life in New York while helping those that feed birds identify the birds they hear and see in their own yard,” he said.
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