1. 14 of 14 people found the following review helpful

   
   great little book!, March 10, 2009

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   This review is from: Birds of Maryland & Delaware Field Guide (Bird Identification Guides) (Paperback)

   I am new to bird watching, and basically purchased this book to help me identify the birds that are visiting my bird feeder. It is a great size, smaller than the average book you buy, and I love how it is organized. All you have to do is flip to the section of the appropriate color that is most dominant in the bird! I also like how the femals that are different, are listed seperately so that you can look them up easily as well. Birds that have different plumage during different seasons are also listed seperately so that it is always easy to look up a bird by its color. I have yet to know if it includes most birds, but so far…I haven’t yet come across one I couldn’t find in the book. I would recommend this book, at least for beginners! (more advanced birdwatchers might think differently)…

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2. 10 of 10 people found the following review helpful

   
   Great beginners’ book!, May 20, 2008

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   This review is from: Birds of Maryland & Delaware Field Guide (Bird Identification Guides) (Paperback)

   As a mostly clueless beginning birder, I found this book the perfect place to start. To ID a bird, the book says to first note the color. (And it’s conveniently organized by color). Then it says to note the size: is it bigger than a robin or smaller? Within the color sections, the book is organized by bird size. Next the book has one note characteristics of the bird’s bill, as well as other characteristics such as habitat, what the bird is eating, the way it perches, and how it looks in flight.

   I find the book quite logical and helpful in identifying mystery birds. One somewhat annoying feature is that water birds are grouped in with non-water birds, but still the book is easy to use. Each bird has a decent color photo of a typical bird of that type. If the male and female are different, there’s a picture of both. Juveniles are also described and sometimes pictured, such as a juvenile cardinal.

   Basic information is provided: size in inches and centimeters, appearance of the female, male and juvenile, type of nest, number of broods per year, number of eggs, incubation, information on fledging, migration type, food, and information similar birds. For example, in the turkey vulture section, Stan tells you how to tell it apart from a black vulture. He also provides a helpful little map of Maryland and Delaware showing where you’ll find a particular summer, winter or year-round.

   I especially enjoy the “Stan’s Note” section providing some interesting tidbits about the bird. For example, Stan notes that “The vulture’s naked head is an adaptation to reduce risk of feather fouling (picking up diseases) from carcasses.”

   Overall, this is an excellent beginner’s book covering 140 common species in Maryland and Delaware. The audio CD of bird calls is sold separately. In my local bookstore, it comes packaged with the book in a small leather binder, which I as a vegan am not happy about. I would love to have bought the both together without purchasing leather.

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3. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

   
   Birds, February 13, 2015

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   E. Ervin (TN) –

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   This review is from: Birds of Maryland & Delaware Field Guide (Bird Identification Guides) (Paperback)

   Great book for birdwatchers. It was a must have for our trip. We are all interested in bird watching and discovering some that we have not seen before is a wonderful feeling. This book was informative and very helpful. It is an excellent field guide for bird watching in Maryland and Delaware. I would make this purchase again if I needed another one.

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