A valuable at-home reference and an extraordinarily usable guide to more than 2000 of the most common and conspicuous wild plants and animals. Specially designed for quick and easy identification. Vibrant, specially drawn full-color illustrations of each of the 2000-plus species.
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54 of 57 people found the following review helpful:
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Great resource, but "Updated Edition" is untrue,
By Andrea "Librarian, mama, book lover" (IL, United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: North American Wildlife (revised and updated) (Hardcover)
I am a librarian, and my library has the 1982 edition of this book. When I saw there was an "updated edition," I bought it for the library so we could have a current version of the book. Well, the book just arrived, and lo and behold, the "updated edition" is the 2002 *printing* of the *same book*! Don't be fooled; this is the same information they sold you 22 years ago. The only thing new about it is the banner across the front that says "Updated Edition."
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A Great All-around Nature Reference,
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This review is from: North American Wildlife (revised and updated) (Hardcover)
OK, this book isn't necessarily something a Phd would use in the field, but for general, all around reference to many species, I can't think of a better guide. In fact, there are many species I could NOT locate in some of my Peterson's Field guides that were included in this book. If you are out and about in nature, this allows you to carry ONE book instead of a stack of them. No cabin or campsite should be without it. The only negatives I could give it are the fact that the insect section and mammal sections are somewhat small, but the wildflower, tree and bird sections are more than enough for the nature hobbyist that isn't working on a degree.
Sad that the updated version is only a re-print... I was hoping for new, expanded info or perhaps some added species, but this still gets 4 stars from me and is a great gift for any nature enthusiast.
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Reader's Digest North American Wildlife,
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Reader's Digest North American Wildlife is an "Illustrated Guide" to plants and animals found from Florida to Alaska. From birds to ferns, frogs to manta rays, seashells to mushrooms it is found in this colorful guide.This is a book that is intended to be used as you explore nature. I found this book to be very useful and makes the enjoyment of the outdoors a more fulfulled experience. If you see a bird or a plant and want to know the name of it... check this book first and you will most likely find it. This is a treasure trove of information the entire family can use. Fascinating and enjoyable to use over and over again in the years to come, I have found this book to be indispensible. Fully illustrated, easy to use with identification charts this should be with you on all serious nature walks.
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Grass traps energy from the sun and makes it into food; grasshopper eats grass; wren eats grasshopper; hawk eats wren; and so on through the cycle. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
spore case clusters, upswept tepals, wandlike cluster, wildflower section, tale flower, leaf solitary, fruits berrylike, spore cases, dry mountain slopes, leafless stalk, sterile fronds, nonflowering plants, clasping stem, toothed leaflets, dry prairies, stout stalk, notched petals, waxy bloom, moist woods, rich woods, bark gray, moist meadows, brushy areas, side petals, dense spike Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, United States, New World, Old World, South America, Great Plains, Mule Deer, New York, Black Bear, Gray Squirrel, Horned Lark, Pileated Woodpecker, Great Blue Heron, New England, New Mexico, Pacific Northwest, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Red-tailed Hawk, Scarlet Tanager, Scrub Jay, West Coast, White-tailed Deer, Wood Stork, Belted Kingfisher, Great Egret New!
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Grass traps energy from the sun and makes it into food; grasshopper eats grass; wren eats grasshopper; hawk eats wren; and so on through the cycle. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
spore case clusters, upswept tepals, wandlike cluster, wildflower section, tale flower, leaf solitary, fruits berrylike, spore cases, dry mountain slopes, leafless stalk, sterile fronds, nonflowering plants, clasping stem, toothed leaflets, dry prairies, stout stalk, notched petals, waxy bloom, moist woods, rich woods, bark gray, moist meadows, brushy areas, side petals, dense spike Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, United States, New World, Old World, South America, Great Plains, Mule Deer, New York, Black Bear, Gray Squirrel, Horned Lark, Pileated Woodpecker, Great Blue Heron, New England, New Mexico, Pacific Northwest, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Red-tailed Hawk, Scarlet Tanager, Scrub Jay, West Coast, White-tailed Deer, Wood Stork, Belted Kingfisher, Great Egret New!
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- The Snow Goose (NMSR) on page 31, and page 78
- The Snow Goose and Other Stories (Penguin Readers, Level 3) by SWAN on page 31, and page 78
- Tree Ferns by Mark F. Large on page 514
- History and Present State of Virginia (Institute of Early American History) by Robert Beverley on page 416
- North Carolina Disasters & Catastrophes! (Carole Marsh North Carolina Books) by Carole Marsh on page 36
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- Reader's Digest North American Wildlife: Birds by Editors of Reader's Digest in Back Matter
- North american wildlife: wildflowers field guide (North American Wildlife Field Guides) by Editors of Reader's Digest in Back Matter
- Trees and Nonflowering Plants (Reader's Digest North American Wildlife) by Editors of Reader's Digest in Back Matter
- Green Talk in the White House: The Rhetorical Presidency Encounters Ecology (Presidential Rhetoric and Political Communication) by Tarla Rai Peterson on page 153
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