Contains over 700 color photographs alongside complementary text coverage of all North American species of birds and classifications that enable the reader to become a master at the art of field identification. Habitat maps. Handy small format, perfect for tucking in a backpack.
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This review is from: How to Identify Birds (An Audubon Handbook) (Paperback)
The key to using this book and its companion field guides is to regard it as a learning tool, not as your primary field guide. The book teaches a methodology for identifying birds aimed at people with an analytical thinking style. No book can replace an experienced birder at your side for learning the basics, but no other book teaches you how to systematically observe several bird characteristics as this one does. Yes, Sibley is much better on feather patterns, and the new National Geographic guide is more comprehensive and up-to-date, but these don't teach you how to classify characterisics of bird appearance, behavior, and habitat. Sibley's new Birding Basics covers some of this ground, but not in systematic fashion. Use Farrand's companion field guides to see how his system is applied, then use the more popular guides in the field.
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This is a great book for people interested in amateur/recreational birdwatching and need a basic foundation of knowledge. It is organized in a way to help one identify clues when birdwatching, starting with habitat and bird size, thus avoiding rote memorization of hundreds of bird species. This book is a perfect companion to a regional bird guide or similar publication to aid the amateur birdwatcher.
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There has never been a time when birds didn't fascinate me. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
posture charts, companion field guides, other field marks, olive birds, chickenlike birds, bounding flight, flight style, conical bills, rapid wingbeats, downcurved bills, bushy crest, slow wingbeats, wing bars, probing mud, white outer tail feathers, crown patch, slender bills, bird groups, ear patch, identifying birds, horizontal posture, wing patch, wooded swamps, land birds, vertical posture Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Giveaway Field Mark, American Robin, Freshwater Habitats Forest Habitats, Northern Mockingbird, New York, Black Skimmer, House Sparrow, North America, Northern Cardinal, Boreal Forest, Inshore Waters, Northern Shoveler, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Gulf of Mexico, Indigo Bunting, Wild Turkey, Wood Duck, Blue Grosbeak, Clark's Nutcracker, European Starling, Greater Roadrunner, Magnolia Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pinyon Jay New!
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There has never been a time when birds didn't fascinate me. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
posture charts, companion field guides, other field marks, olive birds, chickenlike birds, bounding flight, flight style, conical bills, rapid wingbeats, downcurved bills, bushy crest, slow wingbeats, wing bars, probing mud, white outer tail feathers, crown patch, slender bills, bird groups, ear patch, identifying birds, horizontal posture, wing patch, wooded swamps, land birds, vertical posture Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Giveaway Field Mark, American Robin, Freshwater Habitats Forest Habitats, Northern Mockingbird, New York, Black Skimmer, House Sparrow, North America, Northern Cardinal, Boreal Forest, Inshore Waters, Northern Shoveler, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Gulf of Mexico, Indigo Bunting, Wild Turkey, Wood Duck, Blue Grosbeak, Clark's Nutcracker, European Starling, Greater Roadrunner, Magnolia Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pinyon Jay New!
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- Indiana Birds and Their Haunts, Second Edition, second edition: A Checklist and Finding Guide (Midland Bks: No. 382) by Charles E. Keller in Back Matter
- North America (Visual Geography) by G.H.C. Waters on page 9
- South Carolina (Gousha Fastmap) by Don Wood on page 32
- Birding in Ohio (Second Edition) by Tom Thomson in Back Matter
- Lone Star (Stellar Ranger) by Steve Perry in Back Matter
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