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Sibley's Birding Basics
Extraordinary artist and naturalist David Allen Sibley explores general aspects of birding such as getting started misidentification voice understanding feathers age variation ethics and conservation taxonomy and finding birds. If being a field naturalist is a craft then this book is essential in helping to develop and understand the required skills. This little gem is worth the purchase for the paintings or the text alone. A great skill sharpener for birders at every level. Build up your birding foundation! "I wrote and illustrated this book to help every inquisitive birder from novice to expert. Whether you can identify six birds or six hundred you'll be a better birder if you have a grounding in the real nuts and bolts of what birds look like and your skills will be even sharper if you know exactly what to look for and how to record what you see." - David Allen Sibley
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Audubon Familiar Birds
Getting into watching birds not sure what your seeing? These books will clear up any questions you may have. Designed for the bird watching beginners these books will enhance and educate your latest interest! Book 1: Audubon Familiar Birds-Eastern This pocket guide is packed with information; detailed photographs and diagrams specific descriptions of each species' important field marks regional maps depicting nesting and winter ranges a glossary of bird terms and a guide to various bird family trauits. Book 2: Audubon Familiar Birds-Western This easy-to-use pocket guide includes 80 full-color photos each showing one of the 80 species you are most likely to come across in North America. This reference guide is divided into 3 parts: introductory essays illustrated accounts and appendices.
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Field Guide to Birds of North America - David Sibley
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 bird watcher will want to carry into the field.
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Hummingbirds of N.A.
Hummingbirds of North America from Peterson Books is a must-have for hummingbird watchers. This comprehensive field guide has been called the most expansive ever. Author Sheri L. Williamson is one of the foremost experts on hummingbirds and is the co-founder of the Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory.Fact-filled text will enlighten even the most expert hummingbird aficionados. Migratory patterns species range maps and spring arrival dates of many popular species are included. You will find uncommon images of females and immature specimens too. Arrows highlight important characteristics for identification in the field. Containing over 250 color photographs and over 30 maps this book has it all.
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Birds of Eastern & Central N.A.
Simply put this is the field guide by which all other bird field guides (and even others outside of ornithology) are judged. Author Roger Tory Peterson has won numerous awards both inside and outside the area of natural history and this guide is his legacy. This volume focuses on species found east of the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean in North America.This book contains over 1000 color illustrations that are startlingly accurate and detailed. Each illustration is enhanced with descriptions of habitat range appearance and voice. Helpful arrows to highlight important areas for identification are employed. This Flexi-back version has a semi-waterproof cover and is small enough to easily carry into the field. In short you will not be disappointed.
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Warblers
Warbler expert Jon Dunn catalogues perhaps the most challenging and diverse groups of birds in North America. Various illustration styles augment comprehensive information -- very little is left out. Each of the 60 warbler species to be found are painstakingly detailed. Types of illustration are photography drawings and color plates. As usual this volume from Peterson Books features arrows to highlight important details for field identification. Before you start looking up to the tree tops make sure you have this book handy! Warblers also features 60 range maps illustrated in color.
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Young Naturalist-Backyard Bird
A great beginning field guide for children from Grades 4 to 7. Featuring the life-like and detailed illustrations of celebrated and award-winning naturalist Roger Tory Peterson Backyard Birds is a great way to introduce youngsters to birding. Easily accessible and non-threatening this volume can inspire a lifelong love of birds.Birds are categorized by their color and the young reader will be introduced to the Peterson Identification System which is the standard of species identification in the field. Readers will be able to identify up to 20 common backyard species found throughout the U.S. and Canada. Notes on descriptions habitats diet and calls are included.
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Songbirds
Enter the world of sighting and listening for songbirds. This field guide is a great beginning volume for the young birder. Featuring the amazingly realistic and detailed illustration of award-winning naturalist Roger Tory Peterson Songbirds will be an entertaining and informative entry to the hobby. Perk up your ears and listen closely - this book will tell you which birds you can hear every day. Lifelike illustrations and areas of detail highlighted with helpful arrows will make visual identification easy too. Handy size makes it easy to take along in the backyard around the neighborhood or anywhere.
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Eastern Trailside
Going to hike east of the Mississippi? Then this field guide is for you. More than 100 species--all the most commonly seen birds along hiking trails of the eastern United States and Canada--are included here. Slim and thin yet packed with information and helpful illustrations this guide is perfect for the light-traveling hiker biker canoeist or backpacker. Flexi-back cover is semi-waterproof.
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Backyard Birds
An easily referenced 24 panel volume that illustrates more than 100 species of birds. From the common to the obscure these birds can be found in backyards throughout North America. Laminated FlashGuide makes it easy for travel in the field as well easy to reference. Habitat range diet and voice descriptions included.
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