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5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect Field Guide, February 13, 2006
This review is from: Birds of Georgia Field Guide (Paperback)
This book fits in your pocket, is well organized and has great pictures to help identify that bird in your back yard. I have an old Audubon Eastern Birds book and this book has better pictures and is much more compact. Birds are arranged by primary colors. Grab a copy and head outside.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent beginners' guide to bird identification, February 10, 2007
This review is from: Birds of Georgia Field Guide (Paperback)
I'm not a twitcher, I'm a photographer. I love the birds, but have no clue about their taxonomy. For years I have battled against books that just don't work the way my mind does.
This book is a fantastic and simple way to identify bird by color and size, and using it has not only brought the pleasure of identifying the bird, but has also improved my own observation of the birds I'm looking at.
For example, initially I might have just noted, say, a 'brown bird with a black bit on it' - and might find that the a couple of options might potentially match (I'd have to look again at the bird to confirm which one it was). After a while using the book, I now find myself looking for the kinds of information that I know will come up in the descriptions - perhaps the chest color, eye color, size and color of the bill, and so on.
This book has given me and my family a huge amount of pleasure. Top job, Mr Tekiela.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Haven't found a bird not listed in this book., March 27, 2006
This review is from: Birds of Georgia Field Guide (Paperback)
I've owned this book over a year and have yet to find a bird in Georgia that isn't listed. I should probably move up to larger book, if I had one complaint (small one or I would deduct a star) is I wish that every bird mentioned in this book had multiple views, sometimes when I'm watching I'm unable to get the same view as the book is showing and I'm left reading the descriptions of the suspected bird for both male and female. With that said some birds do have multiple views (including male, female, and juvenile if they're different) but not all birds.
Overall I love the book and would highly recommend it for any individual in Georgia that's looking to get into bird watching.
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