Birds of Michigan (Field Guides) [Paperback]

Stan Tekiela (Author)

Book Description

Series: Field Guides | Publication Date: April 1999

Birds of Michigan (Field Guides) [Paperback] Stan Tekiela (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Adventure Publications (April 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885061609
• ISBN-13: 978-1885061607
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 4.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,360,710 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best field guide for Michigan birds!, February 13, 2000

By A Customer

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

This is the easiest to use field guide I have ever seen. This small (4 1/2" X 6") pocket guide has divided the birds by color. Two full pages are devoted to each bird which include a full page color photograph, maps, and plenty of information. My favorite attribute of this book is that the author has included different pictures for males and females when necessary. For instance, you can find the male cardinal in the red section and the female in the brown section. If you live in Michigan and want an easy to use field guide -- this is it!

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's an easy, and well illustrated pocket guide., March 21, 2000

By A Customer

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

Being from Michigan, I was interested in having a easy-to-use pocket guide for birds, especially for those easily confused warblers. This book has quality photos that accompany each species. The book only covers 112 species of birds in Michigan. A quick skim through the book reveals that the book is lacking such species as the gadwell (as well as many other ducks), black tern, spruce grouse, some plovers and waterbirds, caspian tern, the Kirtland's warbler, goshawk and other raptors, etc. etc. Many of these species can be locally abundent. A well-illustrated book, but not complete. I'm afraid that I'll still have to carry my other bird book out in the field. This book would be good for those common species, but as I said before, it is not a complete guide for all birds that can be found in Michigan. I also don't like the way they sort things out by color. I prefer to separate birds by family or genus. The photographs in this book gets a 5 star, the content a 2 star. Put them together and I feel this book deserves a 3 star review.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good for Beginners, June 30, 2003

By A Customer

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

This is a very good book for Michigan birdwatchers who are just beginning to learn their birds. The birds are organized by color. This is very helpful to beginners, but bad for birders with a little experience. In the "brown" category the Mourning Dove is right next to the Pied-Billed Grebe. So the water fowl are spread all throughout the book, which is not helpful if you know enough about birds to at least know that what you are looking for is a water fowl. The same goes for all the other types of birds. Organization by color has its problems.

Still, the pictures are a rather good quality and the range maps are helpful, as are the author's comments about each bird.
In short, a very good book for beginners (and older children); not a book for birders with even a little experience.