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Author : David Allen Sibley
Edition : 1
Number of Pages : 432
Release Date : 2003-04-29
Publisher : Knopf
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Product Description The Sibley Guide to Birds has quickly become the new standard of excellence in bird identification guides, covering more than 810 North American birds in amazing detail. Now comes a new portable guide from David Sibley that every birder will want to carry into the field. Compact and comprehensive, this new guide features 650 bird species plus regional populations found east of the Rocky Mountains. Accounts include stunningly accurate illustrations—more than 4,200 in total—with descriptive caption text pointing out the most important field marks. Each entry contains new text concerning frequency, nesting, behavior, food and feeding, voice description, and key identification features. Accounts also include brand-new maps created from information contributed by 110 regional experts across the continent.
The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America is an indispensable resource for all birders seeking an authoritative and portable guide to the birds of the East. Customer reviews Handy Book by .. P. Mccormack (Maine)
This is my go to book of field guides. I have several different field guides but this is the one that actually goes out in the field with me. It's also the first book I give to anyone interested in bird identification. The Sibley is my favorite guide.
sibley eastern guide  by .. Marilynn Wigand (Upper Midwest)
Probably the best for intermediate to veteran birders who know their stuff. Finally portable and thorough enough for everyday in-the-field identification use.While the print size is smaller than one might like,the book is a fine compromise overall for size and content. If you need more species data, keep a larger desk reference at hand.Contains calendar plumage variation sketches with specific months of expected coloration-the only guide that has this I believe.Multiple drawings/views of a single species in flight AND perched are shown, including in flight sketches to show upper AND lower wing patterns-few guides show this much variation.Maps,while small, are of the entire North America land mass, not just of an arbitrary abbreviated eastern section, and show where the bird is rare nationwide as well.Rarity is noted in a gray green with isolated dots AND/OR entire areas of the country in the same gray green.Most guides(except Kaufman) don't do the rarity well either, including the new NG Eastern/Western versions.Migration is shown in a yellow color and is much cleaner/clearer than the NG editions, which attempt this with dotted lines.Field marks are not only arrowed, like Peterson/Kaufman/NG 5th edition, but contain descriptive notes at the point of the arrow so you don't need to refer back to the text(New NG Regionals do have this now as well).Plumages sometimes appear as too pastel, and this has been noted in past reviews.Yet some of the competitive guides drawings often are too bright/over done and unnatural, and those guides featuring photos have limited views and plumage.Suggestions for improvement would include: a quick reference guide(ie.drawings of the bird families & page #) at the front or back cover to get you to the bird section of interest(Kaufman and new NG Regional guides have it), referenced color tabs for the families and/or thumb tabs(like newer NG's) in the book margins.Lastly, I'd wish for an even smaller abbreviated guide(a mini version)thats truly portable and fits in any of my pockets-no guide has yet done it.There is no hardcover version,only the flex/turtle bound is published.
easy for quick identification by .. rural girl (USA)
I think this is a terrific book because it is easy to quickly identify birds with their well laid-out information, quick identification tips and specific tips as to what to look for when identifying a bird. Some of the tips are paying attention to bird stance, beak shape, crown feathers etc ... They also show birds that look similar to other birds so you can compare the possibilities of who just flew away. And they have easy color guides of what birds are seasonally-where on the map; the one draw-back is that they have birds that would never come to the North East, not many, but they are in the guide. I keep this book on the window sill by my feeder and enjoy it all winter long! I will also but one for my mom.
great field guide on birds all over north america not just the east by .. Richard E. Gibson ()
This is an outstanding field guide, easy to use and understand.I live in the mountains of western North Carolina and many species of birds migrate through here and also there are many year round species that I have identified with this bird guide. I highly recommend this guide if your looking for a bird field guide that is easy to tote in the field for a quick reference for any unusual birds you may want info on readily.
Better than.... by .. Gregory M. O'Brien (Assonet, MA USA)
Love my new Sibley Field Guide. It's better than the old standard guide I've used for years. It's easy to navigate, and I love the varied views of individual birds, flying, perched etc.. It stays on my kitchen table for constant reference!!
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Number of Pages : 432
Release Date : 2008-10-21
Publisher : National Geographic
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Product Description New enthusiasts are flocking in record numbers to the fascinating pastime of birding. National Geographic has been meeting their need for clear and accurate information for 25 years with our million-selling Field Guide to the Birds of North America. Now, to better serve the expanding market, we’ve customized our field-guide format to offer unique coverage for birders east or west of the Rocky Mountains. These new volumes deliver in-depth information on every bird officially recorded in the specified area, with illustrated accounts of the different plumages and life stages, along with hundreds of color-coded range maps. Unique features set these guides apart from the competition and promise to win a new generation of readers: A full-color visual index, printed on the inside covers, makes the content accessible visually a real boon to beginning and intermediate birders. Annotated artwork highlights birds’ key physical features, making identification easier. Thumb-tabs help readers find information fast. Durable covers stand up to outdoor use, with integrated quick-reference flaps that double as place-markers. Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern North America details 619 species and contains 560 new range maps, plus illustrated accounts for 85 casual and accidental birds and an appendix listing 70 rarities. Customer reviews a great guide to birds of the east by .. Kyle Leader (Washington U.S.A)
i have been a birdwatcher for a few years and for the most part stuck to using sibley. what drew me to the national geographic was that it was revised and edited every few years, this guide is no exception with new maps and drawings it makes it a great guide.it also has sections on sorting out tricky identification problems in similar looking birds so this guide works well for any level of birdwatcher. what is new from the other guides is in the front flaps it has all the bird families. this guide is also packed with rarities from other continents mexico and the west. this is the guide every birdwatcher should own.
A great regional version - neck & neck with Sibley's regionals by .. Marilynn Wigand (Upper Midwest)
The NG has reached another level of quality with its latest October 2008 Eastern Regional edition for intermediate and veteran birders. Many of the changes have been carried over from the recent & excellent NG all North American 5th edition. Eastern's notable features & my comments are:
1.Quick find(bird names) and visual(pictorial) index inside each placeholder cover.Gets you into the correct book section quickly, and helps ID the correct bird and/or group instead of fumbling blindly through the pages as before(Kaufman does this ok as well).The 6 thumb tabs are of limited usefulness now compared to the new color indexes. I found recently field-observed Kinglets in the book with no trouble-in the Passerines back flap drawing which directs you to page 300. How would you ever find them before? In this case I didn't even know it was a Kinglet, and I expect this a challenge in general for many birders.This feature alone will help even newcomers to locate many birds with ease, even tho this guide might be considered advanced.How did we ever find the Woodpeckers(or anything) without thumbing before this improvement? The new front cover index gets you to the Woodies on page 244 immediately.Without this feature one had to remember that Woodpeckers were right after Kingfishers somewhere in the middle of the book.How much of this Taxonomy do you need to recall? If Sibley had these Bird Finding Features,he would clearly be the front runner in the Bird Field Guide race.
2.Field marks with text are at the point of the arrow(like Sibley). No more referring back to the specie description to interpret the field mark arrows.This speeds up the identification process and improves on the classical Peterson concept, which is also in use by Kaufman.Arrow+nearby text=big improvement,and the new Eastern NG has it!
3.Maps are enhanced but don't often show a full North American view,a problem for us birders in the Midwest.Eastern bird ranges do often extend all over the nation and it would help to see this too. Rarity,using various dotted lines, which often needs intrepretation back in the Map Key,is not noted on the maps as nicely as in the Sibley guides.Sibley's gray green motiff cleanly indicates where you might see the bird beyond its general ranges(Kaufman does this well with color too).For a Red Bellied Woodpecker in MN,the NG map shows they are irrupting/settling into North Western MN, yet supposedly aren't here in North Central MN. But Sibley DOES have the bird here in my gray green rarity region-and yes they are here & do appear at my suet feeders. NG Migration is also indicated with dotted lines, while the much clearer Sibley displays a yellow color across the appropriate map section.Kaufman also uses full color mapping for the migrations.
4.Bird drawings are stunning but often seem too bright compared to the real thing.Yet Sibley's drawings are often too pastel for my liking. Kaufman has great photos, digitally enhanced, and they are adequate. But the NG and Kaufman don't have enough of the different seasonal plumages noted. Sibley shows several views and even lists probable dates(monthly ranges)of the feathering evolution with each drawing.Sibley also paints every bird perched AND in flight with upper and lower feather views.
5.Portability of all the guides could be improved.NG is larger than either Kaufman or Sibley, and heavier too.Size and weight need to be reduced where possible. Why not an abridged mini version for quick field identification purposes(forget much of the voice,range and nesting comments) that fits in any sized pocket? 4"x7" or 3"x6" sounds about right. Guess I'll take both the NG Eastern AND the Sibley Eastern guides to the field, if only they would fit in my jacket somewhere with the binoculars,water and lunch.
Better quality, new features, and new drawings make this the best guide yet by .. David D. Gersten (Purcellville, VA)
The National Geographic fieldguide to the Birds of North America was the standard-bearer for fieldguides from the mid-eighties, when it replaced the Eastern and Western Peterson guides as the favorite among critical birders, until the release of David Sibley's guide in 2000. The Sibley guide brought many new innovations but was too large for field use and, absent any habitat setting, the drawings were not lively. Seeing little need for wholesale changes to keep pace with Sibley, recent editions of the National Geographic continental guide have offered just a few innovations. Likewise, the printing quality of the National Geographic continental guides was compromised in the 4th and 5th editions, with some drawings appearing duller than in earlier editions and a blue bleed on the wingbars for several species. In 2003 the Sibley guide was published in portable editions for Eastern and Western North America. Somehow Sibley was able to keep most of the flight drawings that continue to be absent from recent National Geographic and Peterson editions. Though it has been a hard choice, for the past few years, the Sibley portable editions have been the guides I pack for trips.
Now, National Geographic has decided to publish its guide in Eastern and Western editions. At first I thought National Geographic would simply separate the same content from the North America guide with no other changes and likely the same quality problems found in the recent editions. Happily I have found the opposite to be true. There are several significant changes in the regional guides and numerous new drawings. The drawings are less crowded and better organized on the page, there are pointers with text highlighting key field marks, and narratives and extra drawings for difficult identification problems have been added. Best of all, the printing quality is better than the 4th and 5th editions of the continental guide. Here are the highlights:
* Key drawings of each species are now annotated with pointers and text to highlight essential markers, much like the Peterson and Sibley guides. A quick comparison suggests the ones in this guide are better than the Sibley highlights.
* New drawings for Cackling Goose, Great Cormorants, Hook-billed Kite, Jaeger heads, winter adult Black Guillemot, Ferruginous Pigmy-owls, American Three-toed Woodpeckers, Ravens in flight, pelodorna subspecies of Cave Swallow, amnicola subspecies of Yellow Warbler, Wilson's Warblers, Rufous-crowned Sparrow, Savannah Sparrows, "Oregon" Dark-eyed Juncos, cucullatus subspecies of Hooded Oriole, and Gray-crowned Rosy-finches.
* Identification tip sections for difficult identifications including: loons in flight, white egrets, buteos in flight, western hummingbirds, flycatchers, catharus thrushes, blackpoll/bay-breasted/pin warblers, oporonis warblers, meadowlarks and others. Some of these tip sections have new drawings for particular tricky species and groups. For example, there are headshots separating subspecies of Common Eider, topography that is unique to a gull, non-flight Jaegers, and flight silhouettes for parrots and parakeets.
* Expanded text for some species. A few words here and there but also some new sentences where appropriate.
* Increased size on some older drawings allows greater detail for several species, notably Red-shouldered Hawk
* Better range maps. Range maps for some Psittacidae. Range maps that include Mexico and the Caribbean, showing winter range for some species.
* Placeholder flaps - an innovation kept from the 5th continental edition
* Section tabs - an innovation kept from the 5th continental edition
* Better organization on individual pages. The goatsucker page is a good example of the better organization of the regional guide compared to the continental one. The tail and flight drawings are now symmetrical and easy to compare to each other on the page.
There are still a few problems. The new drawing for Hook-billed Kite is awful. The head is not proportioned correctly, though it does correct the error of too many tail bands from the continental editions. The American Kestrel and Merlin drawings have been shrunk. Still no flight drawings and silhouettes for many birds.
On the whole, I am very pleased with this guide and plan on using it in the field and as a reference. It will likely replace my Sibley regional guidebook if I only pack one book. Great job National Geographic!
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Edition : 5th
Number of Pages : 450
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
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Product Description Roger Tory Peterson had already made his mark with his innovative field guide when he conducted DDT research during World War II. His friend and fellow naturalist Rachel Carson built on these efforts and eventually wrote Silent Spring, a landmark text that, along with Peterson"s field guide, jump-started the modern environmental movement. By combining the tireless observation of a scientist with the imaginative skills of an artist and writer, Peterson created a field guide that Robert Bateman, in his foreword to the fifth edition, says was the doorway for millions of people into the wonderland of natural history. The Peterson Identification System has been used in the more than fifty books that make up the Peterson Field Guide series. Peterson"s magnum opus, now in its fifth edition, created the trail for countless field guides to follow. They are still following year by year, but his is the standard by which all other field guides are judged. On the morning of July 28, 1996, Roger Peterson was painting his final bird plate. He died peacefully in his sleep later that day. It is fitting that his final work—a culmination of more than sixty years of observing, painting, and writing—should be this one, a revision of the guide that started his legacy. Customer reviews Wonderful companion by .. Brenda B. Kane ()
I bought this for my son and daughter-in-law who had just bought a new home and were interested in the bird life in their yard.
I have always bees RTP fan and this is a nice guide and perfect size for carrying arounsd
A Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America by .. Blanche Lennington (Becket, MA United States)
Just like the bird book my Granny had -- only better! Packed with beautiful color plates for easy identification and has a nice tough cover for a long life of frequent use.
The Best by .. Jean Dailey (Ohio)
Roger Tory Peterson has been synonymous with bird watching for decades. This book continues to provide an easy to use, understandable source for the casual observer as well as the birding fan with pictures, silhouettes and migration information that we have come to expect from a source with the Peterson name on it.
extremely helpful for the new birder by .. Heather Gemmen Wilson ()
I have been watching the birds play around in my back yard all my life, but I am brand new at identifying them. It is much more challenging than I expected; I had no idea how many species there are or how complex their markings and other identifiers are. I've always considered myself to be a fairly quick learner, but bird watching nearly stumped me ... until I found this field guide. Those little arrows pointing to pertinent details on the illustrations seem so simple, and yet they make all the difference--especially when I'm in a hurry (which I always am because those bratty birds always flit away before I can take note of the coloring, the beak size and shape, the shape of the tail, etc. etc.). I have a couple field guides that use photos rather than illustrations, and though the books are beautiful, they are not very helpful. I can't wait for Peterson's new North America field guide which will release soon!
Birds, birds, birds by .. L. Evans (Jacksonville, FL)
For someone getting more into birdwatching (like me - not a birder yet!), this is an absolute must have. It distills an overwhelming amount of information into an extremely simple-to-use guide. Find "that bird" quickly through pictures or text. Arrows point out sometimes small, distinguishing characteristics that could be overlooked. All text is clear and concise. Flight style descriptions and silhouettes are extremely helpful. Range maps help clarify where you'd see each bird. Small enough to fit in the car's glovebox, a backpack or purse.
Guidebook info aside, the paintings of the birds themselves are breathtaking. To complete one or two bird paintings like those here would be an accomplishment; to complete all of the paintings for this guide, in addition to the other works he created, is stunning. To Roger Tory Peterson was an amazing artist and true genius.
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Author : Donald Stokes
Edition : Com/Bklt
Publisher : Hachette Audio
Company : Stokes
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Product Description Features: Consists of three CDs and a guide booklet. Covers the sounds of 372 species living in Eastern North America. Narrator Lang Elliott introduces each species with the name and a variety of its songs and calls. The audioguide codes the CD track number for each species, gives a page number corresponding to the companion book, and an explanation of each type of call and its function. Customer reviews Stokes always a great purchase by .. Viola Biltz (Bonney Lake, WA USA)
I had already purchased the set for the Western US. What is so great about Stokes is the fact they do not rush through the birds, but give plenty of time on each bird, so you are usually able to hear a nice repertoire of their song and call. Very useful tool for learning as well as in the field
wonderful by .. Amy (Mitchell, IN)
Hands down the best field guide to songs available. I've tried all the others - this one is the best! The recordings are more complete, including call notes and other noises that can make the difference for a positive identification.
Stokes bird song field guide by .. C. Kelly ()
Very handy and easy to use as a reference and with BirdJam for iPod, but not as good for a beginner just starting.
Stokes Bird Song Eastern Region by .. J. Kern ()
Great product. Only criticism is that the cd case doesn't open and close properly/easily.
Fast shipment. Would recommend.
This product hits the mark by .. J. Van Dusen ()
Stokes Field Guide to Bird Songs can be downloaded on an i-pod and used in conjuction with "Bird Jam" software to allow easy field identification of birds. If you are a birder, and like to know what birds are around, this product will confirm your identifications. You will even be able to ID the little guys by ear. It is thorough, accurate and fun.
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Author : Donald Stokes
Edition : 1
Number of Pages : 496
Publisher : Little, Brown and Company
Company : Stokes
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Product Description Each with more than 900 brilliant full-color photographs-the easiest-to-use and most comprehensive field guides to North American birds. Visually, factually, and organizationally superior to any other field guide, the bestselling Stokes Field Guide to Birds draws on more than twenty years of Donald and Lillian Stokes's experience as experts on American birds and wildlife. Each regional edition features: More than 900 high-resolution full-color identification photographs. All the identification information on a single page- color photographs, range map, and detailed description. No more fumbling to match photos with text! An illustrated Quick Guide to the most common backyard and feeder birds. Convenient colored tabs keyed to each bird group. For fast reference-a compact alphabetical index inside the front and back covers. Concise and comprehensive text, with information on habitat; plumage variation; feeding, nesting, and mating behavior; bird feeder proclivity; and-for the first time in any guide-population trends and conservation status. Customer reviews Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Eastern Region by .. K. Miller ()
The book was fine - just what I ordered. I was disappointed it took approx. 9 days to arrive because I had wanted to give it for a birthday gift. However, the book was in good condition just like the website said it was.
Good guide. Organization is a bit odd. by .. New England Yankee (Northern New England)
Great guide, with good information, but the species ordering within each color-coded section is by development timeframe! Not exactly useful, and I can't imagine what the authors were thinking. The best aspect of this guide is pictures and text that appear on the same page. There is interesting commentary on some species groupings, but unfortunately not on all. There is a useful quick guide inside the back cover for common species.
My wife and I find that we need both this guide and the Audubon guide for complete coverage and a reasonable variation in pictures, which is helpful when trying to identify species that closely resemble one another. The Audubon guide, by the way, has its organization issues, particularly the separation of the text from the pictures section.
simple bird book by .. nwpeter33 ()
We were looking for a concise, easy to use bird book, and this one works fine. I would have preferred drawings of the birds, but the pictures in here are good. the quick identification guide at the front covers most of the birds that come to our feeder, the remainder of the pages cover pretty much everything we see while hiking/driving/etc
Stokes Field Guide to Birds by .. N. Carpenter (Oregon, USA)
After going to the beach and not knowing what a lot of the bird were called, then getting a reference from someone there to get this book. I'm glad that I did. My son earned a silver star by learning about quite a few birds that are listed in this book. I highly recommend this book.
A pretty good bird book. by .. Roy E. Vanderlinden (Frederick, Maryland)
This book has good images and descriptions but lacks something that Roger Tory Peterson has. It also has something Peterson lacks so I enjoy using both. My wife and I live on seven acres of Maryland farm-land and enjoy many birds that are described well in one book or the other, so we use both. The best part of the Stokes book is the CD of bird calls that goes with it. We have identified a couple birds that we wouldn't have been able to do without it.
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Author : Roger Tory Peterson
Edition : 4
Number of Pages : 380
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
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Product Description The best-selling bird-song collection ever recorded. Includes 267 species -- all the most common and vocal birds found east of the Rockies. Customer reviews Excellent resource by .. brian0918 (Ohio)
My grandma originally owned a copy of this book and regularly noted sightings of interesting/rare species. I bought my own copy several years ago and it has proved quite useful. The most interesting example was a Java Sparrow sighted in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I couldn't find out what it was from searching around online, but looking in the back of this field guide, under foreign/introduced species, there it was.
Quality Through and Through by .. Lee C. Carpenter (Landisville, PA USA)
I received this book as a gift and have used it constantly. I keep it on my window sill during the feeding season to identify the visiters to my feeder. The book's size and physical construction are excellent. As someone who is a novice it seems to be very comprehensive on the subject matter.
The birder's bible by .. E. A. Lovitt (Gladwin, MI USA)
Even when I lived in the city, I liked to feed and watch the birds (mainly sparrows and pigeons). Now that we live up in the woods, we're in bird paradise. Using this Peterson Field Guide for "Eastern Birds" plus a good pair of binoculars for visual identifications, and the "Birding by Ear Eastern/Central" CDs (Richard K. Walton and Robert W. Lawson) I've identified 42 species of birds in just over a month, as a casual observer for the Michigan Breeding Bird Atlas II project.
I have other bird books, but it is Peterson's Field Guide that I use most frequently. Roger Tory Peterson's 'system' "is based on patternistic drawings with arrows that pinpoint the key field marks." You don't have to have the bird in hand in order to make an identification. In addition to 136 full-color plates of Eastern birds (male, female, and immature, or summer and winter plumage if they differ markedly), there are also 390 three-color maps (first introduced in the 1980 edition).
The maps are absolutely essential for an amateur like me. If I've narrowed down a blurry little gray bird to X and Y, and Y never makes it north of the Mason-Dixon Line, I can be pretty certain that the bird is X. Here's an actual example on the utility of the maps: I was trying to distinguish a trilling song that could either belong to the Swamp Sparrow, the Pine Warbler, or the Northern Junco. We do see Juncos at our feeders in the winter, but this is July and according to Peterson's map, the Juncos spend the summer north of here, mostly in Canada. So I've narrowed the trill down to the Swamp Sparrow or the Pine Warbler (actually I'm positive we've got both as I've made tentative visual identifications. It makes sense since we live in the Pine Barrens which is dotted with numerous swamps).
This book begins with a generalized introduction to identifying birds by shape, distinctive features and behavior. Physically, it is tightly bound and just the right size to slip into a backpack. The pages are glossy and 'relatively' waterproof if you wipe them quickly dry. There is even a 'life list' up front where you can check off the birds you have seen.
Don't go birding without it.
Excellent beginner book for myself and my sister. by .. ()
The Peterson field Guide to Eastern American Birds turned out to be the best birding book I've ever read. The book was well thought out and had the format that we needed in our suburban environment. The illustrations were concise and made identifying the birds extremely easy. We have a large population of Red-Winged Blackbirds and Mourning Doves, and its great to actually know what in the world we were looking at. It was great!
Excellent guide to identification of birds. by .. ()
This is the best of the field guides for the amature birder in my opinion. I purchased a guide that had actual photos of birds in their habitats, thinking it would be the best, but it definately was not as good or as easy to use as the Peterson field guide. If you are looking for a good all around field guide to keep near your binoculars, this one is my pick.
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Author : Bill Thompson III
Edition : 1
Number of Pages : 256
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
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Product Description A new Peterson Field Guide to 200 of the most common and interesting birds in eastern North America, written especially for kids ages eight to twelve. Increasingly popular among all ages, birding is an especially popular family friendly activity. This fun and lively guide provides just the right amount of information for kids who have an interest in birds and want to learn more. Each of the 200 species is described on a full page packed with information and written in an engaging style."Wow!" bursts contain particularly interesting facts about each bird. Range maps are easy to read and each one includes a key, so that small hands won't have to flip again and again to the front or back of the book. There is even a space for young birders to check off birds they have spotted and the date the species was seen. Color photographs are used for identification purposes, and black-and-white line drawings by Julie Zickefoose illustrate interesting behaviors or characteristics. A birder since childhood, Thompson says he would have loved a book like this one when he was just getting interested in birds. Now a father of two, he spent many hours over a two-year period with his now eleven-year-old daughter's class getting their advice on what to include in the book. Customer reviews Perfect for a youngster by .. W. Arnold (Minneapolis, MN)
My five year old is fascinated with birds, and this book is perfect. He like to be read from it every night, marks the birds he sees, and spend time looking through the pictures and maps.
Fantastic!!! by .. B. Hiller ()
This is a great bird book for youngsters. It has excellent pictures, wonderful illustrations, and perfect age appropriate descriptions. Give this to your children and extend the life of your own bird books! My twin 4+ year olds love it and read it constantly on car rides. They have become especially fond of using the space provide for recording what species they have seen and where. They did realize there were species missing (the book covers the 200 most common) but understand why and have yet to see much that is not found in "their" bird book.
I highly recommend this book!
Great for Kids and Adults by .. S. Arsenis (Linwood, NJ United States)
My son is 6 and we read this book together. The "gross" facts make it interesting for kids, especially boys. Even adults can learn from this book. It gives incentive for kids to get OUTSIDE!!!!
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Author : NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Edition : 2 Rev Sub
Number of Pages : 800
Release Date : 1994-09-27
Publisher : Knopf
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Product Description Introduced in 1977 and completely revised in 1994, these bestselling photographic field guides have become the birding bibles of more than four million enthusiasts. Virtually every bird found in North America is brought to life in a full-color photograph and with textual information on the bird's voice, nesting habits, habitat, range, and interesting behaviors. Accompanying range maps; overhead flight silhouettes; sections on bird-watching, accidental species, and endangered birds make these the most comprehensive field guides to birds available. Note: the Eastern Edition generally covers states east of the Rocky Mountains, while the Western Edition covers the Rocky Mountain range and all the states to the west of it. Customer reviews Natiopnal Audubon Society Birds by .. James J. Sims (Andover, Maine United States)
I have reviewed this book and I want to say it is more than I imagined, the illistrations are wonderful print very readable and the infomration is remarkable. I have many books regarding spiecies of birds this is the best I have yet to see on the whole of North America. The book is thorough, speific and covers many of the spieces I see here in Maine, Owls, Hawks, Falcons, and many birds of prey. The song birds like Finchs, Oriels, many others. I would recommend this book for the avide bird watcher and the beginners just a great book for us novices, facts on migration and nesting habitant and much more
Best bird book out there by .. D. CARDWELL (CT)
I have owned this book (earlier ver) for YEARS, and recently purchased a copies for my sons for Christmas. This is the one you want!
GOOD SECONDARY SOURCE  by .. bushcat (small town, usa)
I got frustrated with an older edition of the Audubon and purchased the Nat Geo birding guides. I am a notice bird watcher and wanted something with more information about the birds. Nat Geo is good in that you have good sketches of the birds in all of their different stages; however, recently, I have gone back to using the Audubon as a secondary source. I still go to the old version of Audubon after I have made I.D. to see an actual picture of the bird. Sometimes that helps to make an accurate I.D., sometimes not. There is still nothing like a good photo of a bird to help in its I.D. I recently picked up the newer version of Audubon and was pleased to see more and better photos. I am purchasing the newer version for those photos. It is still a good investment for well-rounded bird watching.
Arguably the best photographic guide by .. New England Yankee (Northern New England)
I'm not going to argue the worth of photographs vs. illustrations. Everyone picks which works better for them, and that's that. I've tried both and prefer photos.
My wife and I use both the Audubon and Stokes guides. Were we forced to pick a favorite, I would go with the Audubon guide, she with the Stokes. Both have different advantages and issues.
The Audubon guide has a very flexible and convenient binding. The book is tall for its width and it lends itself nicely to thumbing through the pages. The organization of the photo section is by size within color within species type. Finding a male purple finch is as simple as flipping quickly to the handful of red, perching birds of the same approximate size, and zeroing in on the right entry.
That, however, leads to the first disadvantage - unless the male and female share overall coloration, they will be shown on separate pages and/or in separate sections. While that makes some sense, given the intent of the book's organization, it makes subsequently reading about the species less convenient.
That leads to the second disadvantage - photos and text are in separate halves of the book. Once you've identified a species from a photo, you have to look up the text page separately. It slows things down.
By using both the Stokes guide (which has photos and text on the same page) and the Audubon guide, we get the best of both worlds. The coverage of the two guides is slightly different, so we actually have more species at our fingertips than with either guide alone. When we get frustrated by one or the other, depending on what the search issue happens to be, there's the other, organized differently, which often solves the problem. Both guides are photographic, and we find the different photos often make or break a particular species identification.
The Stokes guide may be found here: Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Eastern Region (Stokes Field Guides).
Birds by .. Barbara G. Kelsey (Westbrook, CT)
Purchased two good "bird" books at the same time. This is the easiest of the two for finding birds, and I thoroughly recommend it.
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Format : Audiobook, Compilation
Author : Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
Edition : 1
Number of Pages : 64
Release Date : 1990-01-01
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
Company : Peterson Books
List Price : $20.00
Amazon Price : $11.04
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Product Description A Field Guide to Bird Songs is the best-selling collection of bird songs ever recorded. It includes the songs and calls of 267 species - all the most common and vocal birds found east of the Rockies. Organized as a companion to Roger Tory Peterson's Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America, fifth edition, this is the "birder's bible" of bird song. Customer reviews Best Bird Guide by .. Howie O ()
What a great guide for information, descriptions, color,and feel. I liked how the pages felt like they had a protective coating over them. This book will last a long time it the field.
A Field Guide to Bird Songs of Eastern and Central North America by .. Mary P. Randall (Stafford, Virginia)
Very good collection of bird songs. Great companion to 'Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America'. Includes list of songs and calls. Very interesting!
A Field Guide to Bird Songs: Eastern & Central North America by .. M. Swinney ()
The CD is marvelous! Bird songs that I have heard for years now can be identified. Birds that I did not realize are in our area can be given a name. The CD coordinates with Peterson's 5th Edition Field Guide to Birds of Eastern & Central North America.
Not for a beginner by .. Atalanta (Chicopee, MA United States)
On the positive side, there are a LOT of different bird songs recorded in this cd. It would be much more user-friendly, however, if each track contained only one bird. The sheer number of different bird songs, combined with the not-so-convenient access to individual bird songs, makes this cd more appropriate as a comprehensive reference for use with the written field guide, or perhaps a field guide for someone already an expert, rather than a usable field guide for a more casual birder. Not something I would recommend if you simply want a cd that will help you recognize common bird songs as you are walking through the woods.
Bird Songs on a CD by .. Eric ()
A good CD and helpful index booklet. A booklet with color pictures of the male and female birds would be a helpful option even if it was at an additional cost.
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Author : Noble Proctor
Number of Pages : 112
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
List Price : $9.95
Amazon Price : $3.19
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Product Description Slim and affordable, FEEDER BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA features Roger Tory Peterson's classic art in a larger format designed especially for the eighty million North Americans who watch and feed birds. This easy-to-use, at-a-glance guide simplifies identification by including only the birds that frequent feeders. And to make it even more convenient, the most commonly seen birds come first, followed by those that are harder to identify or that rarely visit feeders. Range maps, descriptions of birds and foods that attract them, and illustrations are on facing pages, so identification is fast and easy. The brand-new introduction covers important bird-feeding topics, including types of feeders and where to place them, birdbaths, kinds of food and when to feed, plantings that attract birds, and solutions to problems with squirrels and cats. A handy quick-reference list tells what kind of food each species prefers, and a feeder checklist provides a record of birds as they are seen. Customer reviews Large identification pages by .. TDogg (Da UP, Michigan)
I purchased this book for my grandmother, who constantly watches the birds at her feeders. She would constantly mis-identify them with the typical bird ID book, there were just too many birds to choose from. This book lists only those birds that are found at feeders, which makes it easier for her to narrow them down. It also tells what type of food each species prefers, which helps to answer her questions on how to attract certain birds to her feeders.
Overall, a good book to keep near the window. It's also a good reference on how to properly maintain a healthy birdfeeder.
AS EXPECTED by .. ON-THE-LAKE (KY)
BIRD BOOK IS AS I EXPECTED. HAVE NOT HAD OPPORTUNITY TO USE IT MUCH AS YET.
Useful and not intimidating by .. Elizabeth A Triano (In Transition, NY (watch this space))
I like this book. It is inexpensive and easy to read. It is not an extensive resource for every single bird one might see, but that's not why I got it. There are lots of big heavy field guides. This one has birds by family or type on each page, with notes about what they like to eat. In the front it has short sections about types of feeders, food, plants, predators, etc., and they are nice and short with lots of white space, so they are easy to read and there is room for notes in the margins.
Then there is a short section about how to look at birds for identification... with black and white drawings to illustrate what is meant by how they fly and what are wing bars, crowns, etc. Then there is a handy quick reference list of common species and their preferred foods, and finally it gets into the color photo section of birds by family, with short descriptions and range maps.
There are apparently other books of this type, but this was the only one they had at Barnes & Noble the day I was shopping, and I am very pleased with it. After I read a bit of this book, and "All the Backyard Birds: East," a pocket type guide by the American Bird Conservancy, I quickly rigged a rudimentary platform feeder and plan to build or buy a better one. We have a few different kinds of feeders but it was educational to see how many additional species might be attracted to the platform type.
Handy convenient book by .. J. Hince ()
I bought this book as a gift for my elderly parents who like to use a guide for identifying birds at their backyard feeder. It has large, colorful pictures that are nice for that purpose. This book was recommended by a local newspaper writer who writes a "bird" column weekly. I am happy with my purchase and so are my parents.
Feeder birds without page turning by .. ()
This is more or less a rehash of the peterson field guide. It has the same (enlarged) pictures that are in the original guide. In addition, it has the type of food that each bird is likely to eat as well as the range map next to the description. I suppose it's a little convenient to have all the feeder birds grouped together, but , other than that, I felt disappointed with the book. There was some (but not enough) information on actually attracting birds and setting up feeding stations. Personally, I found the Stoke's guide to attracting, identifying and understanding feeder birds to be more helpful.
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