The world of telescopes, spotting scopes, and binoculars can be quite daunting to the uninitiated. Part buyer’s guide, part instruction manual, this one-of-a-kind reference sorts out all the essential details. Not only will readers receive a foundation in such basics as telescope types, accessories, adjustments, and maintenance, they’ll also discover tested techniques for successful viewing at sporting events, viewing landscapes and terrain, as well as basic star gazing. Finally, star charts and other astronomy references show readers how to navigate around the heavens and photograph specific objects in the night sky.

About the Author
Bill Corbett, author of the Amphoto best-seller A Simple Guide to Digital Photography, is a professional photographer and writer. He lives in Australia.

Review
“Seasons & Days reads like a dream of the natural world, and that is not surprising because Thomas McIntyre is closer to his game than any writer ever. This is the classic collection for hunters.” [Emphasis added.]
–Terry McDonell, Editor, Sports Illustrated

“Tom McIntyre’s The Way of the Hunter reflects the honest spirit of the sportsman in a way few writers have ever accomplished. His understanding and portrayal of the compassionate human predator express the true sentiments of the legitimate outdoorsman, be he a hunter or fisherman. After all, we have come to expect no less from Tom McIntyre.” [Emphasis added.] –Peter Hathaway Capstick

From the Back Cover
Good optics can make or break a hunt just as shooting skills and rifle selection can. And while most hunters often spend more money on optical equipment than they do rifles, they usually know little about “glass.”

Having a proper handle on hunting optics is essential for any hunter and having a good binocular and a riflescope vastly improve a hunter’s focus and range. The Field & Stream Hunting Optics Handbook takes all of the guesswork out of
choosing binoculars, riflescopes, and rangefinders by explaining what kind of performance to look for in optics and how to choose an optic that will fulfill
specific hunting needs.

After thousands of hours spent afield using many good (and some bad) optics, author Thomas McIntyre has gained an understanding of both the level of optical performance hunters require and a historical perspective on the development of the optical devices suited for hunting. He distills all that knowledge in this
easy-to-follow handbook.

“Books like these could open the world of butterflies to much more of the general public…Overall, I like this guide’s arrangement…Binoculars supplies descriptions and, most important, scientific names and range maps on pages that face the photographs, which saves a lot of page turning…Lastly, Butterflies Through Binoculars has a wonderful section on conservation.” — Paul R. Ehrlich, Science
“Bird watching has been popular for many years, but now it’s time for butterfly watching to take the spotlight! With the help of this ‘Butterflies Through Binoculars’ this latest trend in nature study is made understandable through text and photographs.”–Y.E.S. Quarterly
“Prayer answered! Six hundred twenty-five color photographs of butterflies in the wild! Color range maps that show where each species occurs, and when! Descriptions, punctuated with the diagnostic field marks in boldface! Timelines of peak flight abundance! And a quirky author’s voice throughout that communicates Glassberg’s infectious love of his subject, something that makes this more than a field guide: it’s a field companion.”–Bird Watcher’s Digest
“The best way to find out if a nature guide is any good is to test it in the field….Our test of Butterflies through Binoculars: The West out in the laboratory of Big Bend National Park proved that it’s an exceptionally useful field guide. Those who seek to know the kind of butterflies flitting over hill and dale will want to own a copy.”–Gary Clark, Houston Chronicle

Review

“Books like these could open the world of butterflies to much more of the general public…Overall, I like this guide’s arrangement…Binoculars supplies descriptions and, most important, scientific names and range maps on pages that face the photographs, which saves a lot of page turning…Lastly, Butterflies Through Binoculars has a wonderful section on conservation.” — Paul R. Ehrlich, Science
“Bird watching has been popular for many years, but now it’s time for butterfly watching to take the spotlight! With the help of this ‘Butterflies Through Binoculars’ this latest trend in nature study is made understandable through text and photographs.”–Y.E.S. Quarterly
“Prayer answered! Six hundred twenty-five color photographs of butterflies in the wild! Color range maps that show where each species occurs, and when! Descriptions, punctuated with the diagnostic field marks in boldface! Timelines of peak flight abundance! And a quirky author’s voice throughout that communicates Glassberg’s infectious love of his subject, something that makes this more than a field guide: it’s a field companion.”–Bird Watcher’s Digest
“The best way to find out if a nature guide is any good is to test it in the field….Our test of Butterflies through Binoculars: The West out in the laboratory of Big Bend National Park proved that it’s an exceptionally useful field guide. Those who seek to know the kind of butterflies flitting over hill and dale will want to own a copy.”–Gary Clark, Houston Chronicle

“The life blood of Dr. Jeffrey Glassberg’s new field guide are the superb photographs of living butterflies. Over 300 species of butterflies occurring in the eastern half of the United States and southeastern Canada are covered. The uniformly high quality of the photographs is instantly obvious….Glassberg and all those who helped him are to be commended on having produced a truly state of the art field guide.”–News of the Lepidopterists’ Society

Product Description
This magnificent field guide greatly expands on Butterflies Through Binoculars: The Boston-New York-Washington Region–identified by Defenders of Wildlife Magazine as “the first to focus on netless butterflying” and called ” a clear winner” by the Audubon Naturalist. Glassberg here shows us how to find, identify, and enjoy all of the butterflies native to the eastern half of the United States and southeastern Canada. This guide:
*Combines the immediacy and vividness of actual photographs of living butterflies with the traditional field guide format
*Emphasizes conservation over collection
*Includes 630 color photographs, arranged on 72 color plates, of butterflies in the wild
*Provides adjacent color maps that show where each species occurs in a given locality and for how much of the year
*Supplies entirely new field marks for butterfly identification
*Demonstrates how to identify subjects by way of the key characteristics butterflies are likely to display in their natural settings
*Shows how species can be recognized both from above and below
*Explains how to differentiate between males and females.
For butterfly enthusiasts, for bird watchers who want to add a new dimension to their hobby, for anyone who is simply interested in exploring the wilds of their own back yard, this new field guide offers hours of delightful help and instruction.

“[O'Meara] lends depth and richness to the observing experience. His skilled observations and side jaunts to obscure targets give both novice and seasoned skygazers fresh vistas to seek and explore.” – Sky & Telescope on Deep-Sky Companions: The Caldwell Objects

Product Description

• Informal, story-telling approach
• Star charts, photos, and illustrations
• Interesting anecdotes, mythologies, and histories about the stars and constellations
• Brightest and best stars, star clusters and asterisms, nebulae, galaxies, variable stars and more! Month by month, star by star, object by object, Stephen James O’Meara takes readers on a celestial journey to many of the most prominent stars and constellations visible from mid-northern latitudes. Filled with interesting anecdotes about the stars and constellations and their intriguing histories, this book is both a useful guide for amateur astronomers, and a great first-time reference for those just starting out. After describing a constellation’s mythology, readers are guided in locating and identifying its brightest stars in the sky, as well as any other bright targets of interest – colorful stars, double or multiple stars, star clusters and asterisms, nebulae, galaxies, variable stars, and more. This book will help beginning stargazers become familiar with the stars and constellations visible from their backyards, and explore the brightest and best stars, nebulae, and clusters visible through inexpensive, handheld binoculars.

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About the Author
Stephen James O’Meara, award-winning visual observer, is columnist and contributing editor for Astronomy magazine and former Eye on the Sky columnist for Sky & Telescope. He is the recipient of the prestigious Caroline Herschel Award, the Lone Stargazer Award, as well as the Omega Centauri Award for “his efforts in advancing astronomy through observation, writing, and promotion, and for sharing his love of the sky.” The International Astronomical Union named asteroid 3637 O’Meara in his honor. As the first to sight Halley’s Comet on its return in 1985, his remarkable skills continually reset the standard of quality for other visual observers.