National Geographic Field Guides to Birds: Florida (National Geographic Field Guide to Birds) [Paperback]

Mel Baughman (Author)

Book Description

Series: National Geographic Field Guide to Birds | Publication Date: March 1, 2005

These handy, informative pocket-sized guides are an essential resource for the novice or experienced birder. The guides in this regional series focus on America's most popular birding hotspots.

Featuring 200 specimens each, the guides group birds by family rather than alphabetically, as approved by the American Ornithological Association. A quick-reference alphabetical guide on the inside cover provides an easy way to find a name quickly.

Each entry has a vivid photograph showing the bird in its native habitat. On the facing page, a list of bulleted points confirms at a glance the bird's identity. These field ID clues note the bird's size, color, beak and wing shape, markings, song, flight pattern, habitat, and hotspots in which to find them. Special field facts highlighted at the bottom of each entry give additional information about what to look for in the bird's behavior, and detailed maps show the range of each bird's habitat. With a comprehensive index including life list, these user-friendly guides will quickly become favorite companions on the track to lifelong birding.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

A new field guide introduces a new series of regional handbooks on local birds. With more than 900 species of birds occurring in North America, the novice or casual birder can be overwhelmed by a standard field guide when trying to identify a new bird. Regional, and particularly state-specific, guides are often the best introduction to the fun of watching and identifying birds for newcomers to the avocation of birding. Florida is one of the continent's bird-rich hotspots, with the added attraction of being a premier vacation destination, and National Geographic has made a wise choice to spotlight this state in launching their series. It covers the 150 most easily spotted of the state's birds. All are presented on a two-page spread, with a clear photograph of the bird facing a page of bulleted facts. These identification aids include the common and scientific names of the bird, its field marks, a statewide range map, behavioral notes, locations where the bird is most easily found, and field notes that provide extra information. This affordable introduction will be very useful for beginners and tourists. Nancy Bent
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About the Author

Mel Baughman an accomplished birder, conservationist, author, and publisher, is editor of he best selling National Geographic Reference Atlas to the Birds of North America.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: National Geographic (March 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0792293495
• ISBN-13: 978-0792293491
• Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #436,172 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointment, February 8, 2007

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Rawhide "JW" (Central Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: National Geographic Field Guides to Birds: Florida (National Geographic Field Guide to Birds) (Paperback)

Having seen the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds I was interested in the Florida version. However after receiving the book and looking through it I was greatly disappointed. The illustrations (photographs?) are very poor as far as identifying many of the birds. The drawings of the full version are much superior. It is also very incomplete in its coverage of the birds present. Upon receiving it I tried looking up birds I had recently identified and found a surprising number missing from the book although I could see some of them in my yard trees. Florida's Birds from Pineapple Press is much better although the first edition of it is also incomplete. I kept the NG book in my library but for now I will continue to use Sibley (Eastern Birds) and Stokes (Eastern Birds) as my field guides. One thing in favor of the NG Florida book is that it is small enough to actually be carried into the field easily.

9 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars birds gone wild, May 30, 2006

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Akiko Jones "volcanoglacier" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: National Geographic Field Guides to Birds: Florida (National Geographic Field Guide to Birds) (Paperback)

This is the perfect book to put in your pocket or backback. Its small and compact with excellent pictures and diagrams. Its a good book for beginners and for anyway in Florida who sees an amazing bird and asks, "I wonder what that is?"

5.0 out of 5 stars National Geographic Field Guide to Birds - Florida, August 7, 2011

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This review is from: National Geographic Field Guides to Birds: Florida (National Geographic Field Guide to Birds) (Paperback)

Amazon.com delivered this book very quickly.The book is very handy to have with you when birding. The photos are very clear, the descriptions are very clear and concise. Book fits right in you back pocket. I would recommend this to any bird enthusiast.