Birds of Minnesota (Field Guides) [Paperback]

Stan Tekiela (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Adventure Publications (June 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885061501
• ISBN-13: 978-1885061508
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 4.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,112,021 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not sure why..., December 3, 1999

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M. Schwarz "evilpenguin" (Rogers, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Birds of Minnesota (Field Guides) (Paperback)

I'm not sure why one one reviewer wants to say zero stars. This guide book states its goal in the introduction. It aims to help you identify birds you see in the field. It outright says that it does not cover all birds seen in Minnesota, just the most common ones. I have worn my copy out. I think its a fantastic book. It provides solid basic information and good pictures. The negative reviewer complains the photos are too good? Well, in a way I can see that, but the text has hints on identification and how to differentiate between the bird in question and birds that are easily misidentified with it.

A good solid introduction to local birds. I like this book a lot.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent beginner's book!, August 24, 1999

By A Customer

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

Just getting into bird-watching? Know a youngster who is getting interested? Stan Tekiela (pronouced like the Mexican tequila) makes it easy, and he does it so practically by color-coding the identifications! "What is that yellow bird?" Look in the section devoted to yellow birds. Red? Look in the Red section.

Pictures are sharp and clear, and his brief discussions enlightening.

Strongly recommended; a great gift.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good introductory book., June 12, 2000

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Amoebus (Champlin, MN) - See all my reviews

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

I think that both Molly and the author are both at fault for the bad review. The title is misleading if you were expecting this to be a thorough field guide of all birds in Minnesota. A quick page through (hard to do on-line) in the bookstore would have avoided this problem.

I strongly disagree that this is a bad book for the beginner. In case Molly has forgotten, the biggest problem when starting out is finding the bird you see in the book. This book presents the birds in a way that you can actually find them - I realize this is a novel idea but it really works when starting out. Just my opinion.