Where the Birds Are: A Travel Guide to Over 1,000 Parks, Preserves, and Sanctuaries (Hardcover)

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Profiling a series of birdwatching excursions within reach of 35 major cities and population centers, Dolezal presents a practical rundown of road trips for bird-loving city-dwellers and those who may be visiting. Following a cleverly-designed table of contents that presents each jumping-off point (San Francisco, the Winnepeg Area, Boston to Cape Cod, etc.) on a regional map, Dolezal focuses in on urban centers across the U.S. and southern Canada with a similarly user-friendly approach. Scenic photographs and well-prepared maps accompany each stop-though anyone unfamiliar with a given area will want a supplementary road atlas-and descriptions of each excursion are both informative and mercifully brief. Certain cities in particular (e.g., Seattle) can be extremely confusing for travelers, but Dolezal includes the websites and street addresses of visitors' bureaus, park offices and information sources. The traveling birder will find this book very helpful when seeking sites in unfamiliar areas, though the volume's large size may make it too unwieldy to bring with.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Readers Digest (May 10, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762108606
• ISBN-13: 978-0762108602
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 9.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #752,202 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars They should do some fact checking, July 9, 2007

By	Thomas Seiler - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was excited when I found this book but my excitement has been curbed once I tried to use it. I went looking for the Edson Fichter Nature Trail this morning and the directions were not very accurate. You are suppose to go southeast on Arthur until it turns into the Bancock Highway. What they didn't mention was that Arthur turns into Main Street before it turns into Bancock. But the real bummer was it tells you to turn off of Cherokee unto Arapahoe Street and the trail starts with a gate with metal geese on it. Well actually you don't turn on Arapahoe Street, you turn on an alley before Arapahoe. If you turn on Arapahoe there is a gate with wooden geese on it that leads into someones back yard. After wandering around the back yard I realized I was in the wrong place (lucky I didn't get shot at) and I finally found the right gate. However there were no metal geese on this gate, they are Sandhill Cranes. If they can't tell the difference between geese and Sandhill Cranes they have no credentials for writing a book like this. The trail was not actually a trail but really a maze. Not well marked. This should have been mentioned. Obviously they didn't do a lot of research in the field for the book. Buyer beware. Use Google maps before going on a wild goose chase (pun intended). I gave it two stars because the photography is excellent.