National Geographic Bird-watcher’s Bible: A Complete Treasury
National Geographic Bird-watcher’s Bible: A Complete Treasury
“This book is a treasure trove of colorful paintings and photographs, interesting sidebars, top-ten lists… worth its considerable price for the artwork alone. A browser’s delight… This book should have wide appeal for all birders and bird enthusiasts. Highly recommended.” –Library Journal
A lighthearted and broadly cultural and visual approach to learning everything there is to know about birds, bird-watching, birds in history and the arts, and life on the wing. Short narrative
List Price: $ 40.00
Price: $ 3.97
The New Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Eastern Region
The culmination of many years of research, observation, and study, the THE NEW STOKES FIELD GUIDE TO BIRDS: Eastern Region is factually, visually, and organizationally superior to any other photographic field guide available.
This easy-to-use guide features 545 North American bird species and more than 2,000 stunning color photographs. And yet it’s portable enough to fit in your pocket! The photographs cover all significant plumages, including male, female, summer, winter, immature, mor
List Price: $ 19.99
Price: $ 5.99
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Love this book!,
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|My eight-year-old son loves it,
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|Not that great for bird watchers.,
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|Another Winner from the Stokes,
1. Outstanding photos showing birds in many different plumages and poses
2. A thorough description of shape, which is often a key to identification
3. Identification tips for groups of birds
4. Dates of plumage changes
5. Inclusion of sub-species
6. A thorough compilation of the birds, even the rarities
Unfortunately, by making this book so complete, it is too large to conveniently carry in the field. Thus, the genesis of the two new books – an eastern version and a western version.
The Stokes have drawn the geographic line through popular birding states such as North Dakota, Kansas, and Texas, and have often included the birds found in those states in both books which makes both the eastern and western versions more complete.
Happily, these two volumes have kept the great parts of the first book. To make it more portable, the Stokes have simply removed the very rare birds, and also the birds that don’t appear in either half of the country. The result is a great pair of field guides that people of all skill and knowledge levels can enjoy. While still a little large for some pants pockets, they will fit into most vest pockets.
Bottom line – buy them!
Karl Werner
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|Excellent field guide,
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|A must-have for serious birders,
And here is my original review:
The new Stokes regional guides are a must. I have been using Sibley ever since his guides came out, and I will continue to do so – alongside these new books. Sibley uses paintings to highlight each bird’s key features, which is a very useful technique pioneered decades ago by Roger Tory Peterson. But paintings do not show what a bird actually looks like, and that is where the Stokes guides excel. They use very clear and representative photos–several for each species–so that you can compare what you’re seeing in the field with what the species looks like. Subtle differences in shape or color become clear. If you can carry two field guides, make this one of them. If you’re only going to carry one, then you’ll probably continue to use Sibley, but the Stokes guides (either the new regional ones or the larger book that covers all of North America) will still be very useful to have at home for post-trip verifications.
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