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Birds of Missouri Field Guide

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This book is organized by the color of the bird. That is the first characteristic that you notice when trying to identify a bird. Once you have found the color, then you can examine the traits of the birds that can help you identify the one you have seen. The book is very informative and eliminates birds that are not in Missouri for easier identification.

Birds in the backyard is something that I seldom paid attention to, until my 4 year old daughter started observing them and asking me questions about. I had to get a book ! This book was my choice based on the reviews on Amazon. I have soon discovered that bird watching in your backyard is fun - not just for kids, but for adults too. There are at least 6 or 7 species of birds that frequent our backyard. Within a week, this book has helped us identify the American Robin, the mourning dove and the cardinals (male and female - which look different from each other). Once you get to know the type of bird, it is interesting how your whole perception about your backyard changes. It is no longer a dull backyard with all those noisy birds.

The birds in this book (one bird per spread with picture on the left and ample description on the right) are ordered by color. In some species, females look different from the males, so they are listed in different places, but have reference to each other. Also, for each bird, there is a list of other birds that they are comparable to. That really helps you in distinguishing birds that look similar.

The book itself is very compact and easy to read. I highly recommend this even to people who usually don't care about birds. Just keep it in your family room and next time a bird comes pecking on your window, try to identify it. I promise, you will enjoy it.

This book is organized by the color of the bird. That is the first characteristic that you notice when trying to identify a bird. Once you have found the color, then you can examine the traits of the birds that can help you identify the one you have seen. The book is very informative and eliminates birds that are not in Missouri for easier identification.

This book is great & simple to reference by color of bird. Info on each bird is great. What is really nice is it covers only Missouri. Highly reccommend for beginner Bird watchers.

Bought one for myself & my retired Mom. She loves the simplicity of it.

I just started birdwatching, and this is the first book that I bought to help me along. It is arranged by bird color, which is great for beginners like me who have no idea what to look for. I would say that this is a great book for beginners, but maybe a bit too simple for people who have been birdwatching for awhile. I am about ready for a new book myself...

We really enjoy this little book, The color pictures are very good.And the list of birds in the back of the book, It is fun to check off all the birds we see on our feeders.

I came across this little gem by accident, found it in the local Missouri section while walking down the wrong aisle at B&N, rather than in the animal section. I picked it up and gave it a glance and didn't think twice about purchasing it or not.

It's practically a dictionary of local birds, each entry has a beautiful picture of the bird, both female and male. Includes important information for identification, what area of the state they prefer, what their eggs and nests look like, and much more.

I really like the color tabs. See a brown bird? Turn to the brown section for quick look up. Living in Missouri, I only recently took up an interest in feeding birds in my back yard and have purchased several books on the subject. This one is the best by far! It's easy to use, informative, and the pictures are of excellent quality!

The best part of this book is it has color codes on the side to easily tab through when searching for a bird (go to the brown section to find a brown bird, etc.) I love this little book. My first copy was ruined in a rain storm and I was so happy to find it again on Amazon. Great little size to take with you any where.

I love how comprehensive this book is. It is also organized by color making it easy to quickly find the bird you are observing.

Birds are divided by color. Is that bird black or brown? Too subjective.
Although this is a nice sized, easily carried book I'll stick with an Audubon field guide.