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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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Butterflies
Begin your love of lepidoptery here! An easily referenced volume that has more than 100 illustrated species of butterflies to be found throughout North America. As usual the highest standards of illustration and classification you have come to expect from Peterson books is present in this guide. Laminated pages makes it easy for travel in the field as well easy to reference. 24 plates unfold like a map.
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Birds of the Midwest
An easily referenced volume that has 24 panels with more than 100 illustrated species that can be found throughout the Midwest of the United States and Canada. As usual the highest standards of illustration and classification you have come to expect from Peterson books are present in this guide. Laminated FlashGuide makes it easy for travel in the field as well easy to reference. Habitat range diet and voice descriptions included. 24 plates unfold like a map.
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Common Birds & Their Songs
The small sized book packs a lot of information! 50 common songbirds are categorized here through five major classifications. Birds are grouped according to where you are most likely to find them: Backyard City Countryside Wetlands and Forests. Accompanying CD lets you match up birdsongs with their photographs. The set features straightforward song samples and beautiful photography. Quite educational and a great way to learn on your own or to share with a child.
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Birding By Ear Eastern/Central
The beginning birder as well as the expert can benefit from this set of three cassettes or CDs. Presented in 17 learning groups you'll learn birds with similar calls as well as habitats. Putting the educational focus on subtle differences helps create an even more sophisticated ear as you will learn to distinguish similar calls within any given habitat. Geographically focused east of the Rocky Mountains this expansive set contains calls of over 80 species. Drawn illustrations also aid in visual identification. There is also a self-quiz feature to help you learn. You'll become a better birder when you employ this set methodology as well as actually getting into the field."
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Birding by Ear Western
The beginning birder as well as the expert can benefit from this set of three cassettes or CDs. Presented in 19 learning groups you'll learn birds with similar calls as well as habitats. Putting the educational focus on subtle differences helps create an even more sophisticated ear as you will learn to distinguish similar calls within any given habitat. Geographically focused west of the Mississippi this expansive set contains calls of over 90 species. Drawn illustrations also aid in visual identification. There is also a self-quiz feature to help you learn. You'll become a better birder when you employ this set's methodology as well as actually getting into the field.
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