Birds of Wisconsin Field Guide, Second Edition [Paperback]

Stan Tekiela (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 15, 2004

Learn about and identify birds using Stan Tekiela's state-by-state field guides. The full-page, color photos are incomparable and include insets of winter plumage, color morphs and more. Plus, with the easy-to-use format, you don't need to know a bird's name or classification in order to easily find it in the book. Using this field guide is a real pleasure. It's a great way for anyone to learn about the birds in your state.

Product Details

• Paperback: 296 pages
• Publisher: Adventure Publications; 2 edition (April 15, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591930405
• ISBN-13: 978-1591930402
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 4.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #104,896 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 stars for beginning birders, August 10, 2005

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D. Bakken "dobak" (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Birds of Wisconsin Field Guide, Second Edition (Paperback)

This book and all the other "Birds of (state)" guides by Stan Tekiela seem to bring out the worst in experienced birders. While I am a beginner at birding, this dislike of Tekiela's guides is somewhat understandable. To experienced birders, a bird guide in which the birds are listed by color, not taxonomy, is bordering on criminal. Many of those birders seem to have forgotten that they were once novices and likely confused sparrows with wrens or finches.

A beginning birder is likely to be overwhelmed by all the birds listed in a Sibley Guide, Kaufmann Focus Guide, or even a Peterson Guide. What better for a beginner than a book that lists the 100+ most common birds in their state in order of color. You see a brown bird with a small beak and a light yellow chest, you flip to the brown birds and only have to browse through 40 or so birds to try and find what you saw. Easy.

After a few months, you'll begin to recognize sparrows, finches, warblers for what they are (maybe not the exact species) and will want a more advanced book.

This book is the best at what it is. A guide for beginning birders or people who only look at birds out in their backyard feeders. Don't compare it to the Sibley, Kaufmann, etc....

Highly Recommended!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Featuring the recorded sounds of 110 of Wisconsin's birds, October 9, 2004

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Birds of Wisconsin Field Guide, Second Edition (Paperback)

Now in an expanded second edition, Birds Of Wisconsin: Field Guide by naturalist and wildlife photographer Stan Tekiela is significantly enhanced with updated photos, information, and range maps. This easy-to-use guide is specialized and restricted to 111 common species focused upon Wisconsin birds and Wisconsin range maps. Superbly organized by a color coding approach (see a yellow bird, then go to the yellow section to find out what it is), especially helpful in trying to distinguish between similar appearing birds, hallmarked with gorgeous bird photography, and laced with Wisconsin aviary tidbits and facts, Birds Of Wisconsin: Field Guide is a compact, shirt pocket size for easy portability and designed for use in conjunction with the also highly recommended Birds of Wisconsin Audio CDs (1591930391, $14.95) featuring the recorded sounds of 110 of Wisconsin's most commonly encountered birds.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great for kids too, March 18, 2008

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M. Paulow (wisconsin usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Birds of Wisconsin Field Guide, Second Edition (Paperback)

This is a nice, concise book for beginners like me. The size and pics are well done and the book is packed with info & easy to use. If you have small children who are interested in birds this book is a good choice. It only takes a few seconds to flip through the color coded pages to answer-"What kinda bird is THAT?" It will fit easily in the diaperbag or your pocket while walking.