Birder's Guide to Northern California [Paperback]

LoLo Westrich (Author)

Book Description

Series: Birder's Guide | Publication Date: November 1, 1990

Whatever your level of birding expertise, this book will show you the best places to seek birds close to home, and then keep you rolling through northern California's exceptional and varied habitats in search of more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 322 pages
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing (November 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0872010635
• ISBN-13: 978-0872010635
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #999,568 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Birder's Guide to Northern California, January 15, 2000

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Elizabeth P Brown (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Birder's Guide to Northern California (Paperback)

Don't waste your time or money on this book. The information was to generalized and did not include specifics. I have never experienced a book with such vague and poor directions to birding sites. Too bad that there is not an ABA guide to birding Northern California.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Northern California birding trip frustration, August 27, 2001

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M. Williams (UT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Birder's Guide to Northern California (Paperback)

I'm afraid I'll have to agree with what's been said about this book. I took a trip earlier this month to Northern California and my friend and I found this book only mildly useful. It does provide general information, however for anything more than that, another book is needed. Seasonal variation is ignored in some site descriptions and detailed directions to sites that require them are absent. There are no bar-charts to tell when a species is common, rare or even present, only a very general checklist in the back. Northern California is a large area to cover with a birding guide, so I can see why this book may be thin on detail. I think a much better bet would be to try John Kemper's "Birding Northern California". We saw this at the Pt. Reyes visitor's center near the end of our trip and certainly regretted not having it the whole time. Until an ABA/Lane guide comes out for this region, I think Kemper's is the best there is. Good birding!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A disappointment, June 4, 2000

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P. Reese "muncie-birder" (MUNCIE, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Birder's Guide to Northern California (Paperback)

This book needs work. It is not going to be a lot of help in planning a birding trip. It is too generalized.