Birds of the Carolinas Field Guide, Second Edition: Companion to Birds of the Carolinas Audio CDs [Paperback]

Stan Tekiela (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 15, 2004

Learn about and identify birds using Stan Tekiela's state-by-state field guides. The full-page, color photos are incomparable and include insets of winter plumage, color morphs and more. Plus, with the easy-to-use format, you don't need to know a bird's name or classification in order to easily find it in the book. Using this field guide is a real pleasure. It's a great way for anyone to learn about the birds in your state.

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Adventure Publications; 2nd edition (September 15, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591930669
• ISBN-13: 978-1591930662
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 4.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,317 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #37 in Books > Professional & Technical > Professional Science > Biological Sciences > Animals > Birds & Birdwatching

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beginner Bird Identification Made Easy, July 25, 2006

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Steve in Oregon Reader "Steve" (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Birds of the Carolinas Field Guide, Second Edition: Companion to Birds of the Carolinas Audio CDs (Paperback)

Having just started bird watching as a hobby, I found the 'Birds of the Carolinas Field Guide' to be my most used birding book. While birding in North/South Carolina why thumb through a book of all North American birds? This book has the birds of the Carolinas sectioned by color making identification easier. The photos are clear with helpful text to help with identification.

I also bought the companion CDs with the sounds of the birds as well. Though the CDs are great reference (and I will undoubtably use them more as I learn more about birds), this book is where I spend much of my time.

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best!, May 8, 2007

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Debra Buggie (Charlotte, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Birds of the Carolinas Field Guide, Second Edition: Companion to Birds of the Carolinas Audio CDs (Paperback)

I have always been frustrated by bird books -- either I can't locate anything that resembles the feathered creature in front of me, or I identify the perfect match ... only to discover that the bird I claim to have seen has never been spotted within a thousand miles of my locale.

Stan Tekiela's book takes care of everything:
The title says it all! There's no way you can foolishly identify the rare Didgerywhatsit, which nests only in the Rocky Mountains -- if the bird isn't found here in the Carolinas, it's not within these pages;
The photographs actually look just like the real, live birds (why haven't others managed this??); and
It is organized by colour, so it is as easy to identify the relatively drab females as it is the showier males.

We have had enormous fun with this little volume, and can't recommend it too highly.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you could only get one birding book ... get this one... it's what you need - and quick, June 14, 2008

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Ken Randall "Ken" (North Carolina, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Birds of the Carolinas Field Guide, Second Edition: Companion to Birds of the Carolinas Audio CDs (Paperback)

We have two dozen field guides and identifiers for birds - this one book is faster than all the rest to identify what is at our feeder, on the trail or along the road. It almost seems too simple - why don't all the other guides we have go by ... color ... seems too simple right? D'oh. I almost feel like I'm cheating when I use this book - other books seem too snobberish - read: if you are a *real* birder, use our complete guide. Find a bird, lookup the color or color combination, look through 10 pages and presto - identified. How hard can that be?

If you could only get one birding book ... get this one. Or, in my case, if I only have room to pack one book, I always pack this one.

Side-note: The companion CDs are great too, and they match the pages up nicely to the book, but frankly I can't identify by ear - maybe I' tone deaf ... but they are nicely arranged discs. My wife likes them more.