Birding: The best selling guide to the birds of North America. Beautifully illustrated guide to the appreciation, enjoyment, and understanding of some of nature’s most beautiful and inspirational creatures. Pages: 288. Birding Essentials: National Geographic Birding Essentials offers tips and advice for how to improve bird watching skills, from choosing equipment and guides to where to watch and what features to look for when trying to identify a bird. Backyard Birds: Looking Through the Glass. SIGNED COPY FIRST EDITION The backyard birds in this book are all visitors to the same suburban home in the American heartland, and all were photographed through closed windows of the house. Join nature photographer Glen Apseloff as he shares his insights, photography tips, and interesting facts about these birds, looking through the glass.