Birds of Florida Field Guide (Field Guides) [Paperback]

Stan Tekiela (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 359 pages
• Publisher: Adventure Pubns (March 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885061951
• ISBN-13: 978-1885061959
• Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 4.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,491,053 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Easy Identification for Beginners, April 16, 2003

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Melissa A Clarady (Orlando, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Birds of Florida Field Guide (Field Guides) (Paperback)

I have this wonderful little book, and it has stimulated my bird watching immensly. The birds are seperated by color, so if you see a black bird, go to the black section. I recommend this book highly for children, beginners, the just curious. It is small, but the pictures will help alot. Love this book!!! Buy it I think it is worth every penny

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Where are the birds?, June 26, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Birds of Florida Field Guide (Field Guides) (Paperback)

Many of Florida's most interesting or unusual birds are missing from this book. Whooping cranes, Limpkin, Red cockaded woodpeckers, all of special interest and missing.
Aracaras and Snail Kites are also missing. This is a potboiler.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Photos - Best Bang for your Buck!!!, March 11, 2010

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Rose Hill (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Birds of Florida Field Guide (Field Guides) (Paperback)

I picked up this little marvel of a field guide at the Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary gift shop in Florida. In fact they informed me that this is the definitive guide their bird rescuers use when out on call to help them identify a bird.
If you are looking for a clear, concise guide with great photos and solid information at an amazing price - get this field guide, you will love it!

There are two ways to use this guide - find your bird by color, the pages are all color coded. The other way is to go to the alphabetical listing in the back of the book and find your bird that way.

If it is a Florida bird you will find it in this book!
I was impressed with the clear, sharp images, every photo is a perfect Kodak moment and makes it easy to recognize Florida birds. Male, female - breeding colors and juveniles are all included. What more can you ask for?

Every page has a mini Florida map outline indicating where you may find a particular bird, telling you if the birds are here for the winter, all year or migratory.

In the three weeks I've had this guide I've used it at least twenty times already and learned a great deal more about birds in the process. I'm so glad I didn't spend my money on a huge coffee table book.

Each bird is identified by it's English and Latin name. I liked that the author included which foods they eat and whether the bird will even come to a backyard bird feeder or if they are ground feeders etc. Every page has a "Stan's Notes" section with interesting facts and observations as well as a reference to former names of the same bird.

P.S. Whomever wrote the comment titled "Where are the Birds?" and gave this book a rating of one is all wrong. Of course this book includes the whooping crane - hello, it's called a Sandhill Crane - just look under C for crane in the back and it will give you the page number - 263 if you happen to be looking for it.

As far as a hair in the soup or critique I would say that I would have liked a plastic sleeve cover for the paperback. It's sturdy, but if you tend to drag the book around with you an extra cover would be a good idea.

Overall this is an amazing value for the price - the photography is outstanding! I highly recommend this book and would give it ten stars if I could.