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National Geographic Complete Birds of North America
National Geographic Complete Book of Birds of North America covers every bird species on the continent, as well as all the migrants that fly through. For convenience, this 680-page guide is organized by 82 bird family groups. Within each family, each bird entry features dozens of tips and illustrations on habitats, behavior, nesting and feeding habits, and migration routes. This reference contains hundreds of range and migration maps; bird illustrations by expert artists; original photographs by well-known bird photographers; and a handy quick-find index.
Hardcover: 640 pages
Product Dimensions: 10.0 x 7.3 x 1.9 inches
Item# FR083
$35.00
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Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion
In this book, bursting with more information than any field guide could hold, the well-known author and birder Pete Dunne introduces readers to the "Cape May School," or GISS, method of identification, which focuses on a bird holistically, giving more weight to the general impression of the bird than to specific field marks. After determining the most likely possibilities by considering such factors as habitat and season, the birder uses characteristics such as size, shape, behavior, flight pattern, and vocalizations to identify a bird. The book provides an arsenal of additional hints and helpful clues to guide a birder when, even after a review of a field guide, the identification still hangs in the balance. This supplement to field guides shares the knowledge and skills that expert birders bring to identification challenges.
Hardcover: 736 pages
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.7 x 1.7 inches
Item# FR084
$35.95
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The Shorebird Guide (O'Brien, Crossley & Karlson)
When many birders go out looking at shorebirds, they see a distant mud flat full of grayish brown birds in various shapes and sizes and have no idea where to begin the identification process.
When advanced birders look at that same flock of shorebirds, they can identify the vast majority of birds with a quick binocular scan. Experts use the simplest, most easily observed characteristics- size, structure, behavior, and general color patterns- almost subconsciously, and can identify most birds even before looking carefully at plumage details.
Now birders of all levels can learn how to identify these wildly popular birds quickly and with much less effort. This guide provides more than 870 stunning color photographs, sequenced to give a general impression of a species first and progressing to a more detailed image of the bird throughout its life cycle. Captions list characteristics in order of importance, reflecting the thought process that experts use to identify birds.
Turtleback: 496 pages
Product Dimensions: 9.0 x 6.5 x 1.4 inches
Item# FR085
$24.95
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A Photographic Guide to North American Raptors (Wheeler & Clark)
Whether soaring or perched, diurnal birds of prey often present challenging identification problems for the bird enthusiast. Variable plumage, colour morphs, and unique individual characteristics are just some of the factors bird watchers must consider when identifying the different species. In this authoritative reference, two of the world's top experts on raptors provide an essential guide to the variations in the species, allowing for easier recognition of key identification points. All the distinguishing marks described have been exhaustively tested in a wide range of field conditions by the authors as well as the colleagues and students who have learned from them.
Paperback: 198 pages
Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.5 inches
Item# FR088
$24.95
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Hawks From Every Angle
Hawks from Every Angle takes hawk identification to new heights. It offers a fresh approach that literally looks at the birds from every angle, compares and contrasts deceptively similar species, and provides the pictures (and words) needed for identification in the field. Jerry Liguori pinpoints innovative, field-tested identification traits for each species from the various angles that they are seen.
Featuring 339 striking color photos on 68 color plates and 32 black & white photos, Hawks from Every Angle is unique in presenting a host of meticulously crafted pictures for each of the nineteen species it covers in detail--the species most common to migration sites throughout the United States and Canada. All aspects of raptor identification are discussed, including plumage, shape, and flight style traits.
Paperback: 144 pages
Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.5 x 0.4 inches
Item# FR089
$19.95
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Peterson's Feeder Birds of Eastern North America
Slim and affordable, Feeder Birds of Eastern North America features Roger Tory Peterson's classic art in a larger format designed especially for the eighty million North Americans who watch and feed birds. This easy-to-use, at-a-glance guide simplifies identification by including only the birds that frequent feeders. And to make it even more convenient, the most commonly seen birds come first, followed by those that are harder to identify or that rarely visit feeders. Range maps, descriptions of birds and foods that attract them, and illustrations are on facing pages, so identification is fast and easy. The brand-new introduction covers important bird-feeding topics, including types of feeders and where to place them, birdbaths, kinds of food and when to feed, plantings that attract birds, and solutions to problems with squirrels and cats. A handy quick-reference list tells what kind of food each species prefers, and a feeder checklist provides a record of birds as they are seen.
Paperback: 112 pages
Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 6.6 x 0.5 inches
Item# FR090
$9.95
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Stokes Bird Feeder Book
This unique guide helps readers learn how to attract more birds, become experts at identifying birds, and better understand bird behavior. The authors write a regular column that appears in Bird Watcher's Digest and Living Bird.
Now you can start to enjoy the birds at your feeder more than you ever have before! We have written this book to help you in three more ways.
First, you can attract more birds by following our easy method of providing the Four Basic Feeders. And if you are just starting out, we offer helpful tips for choosing the best feeders and the birds' favorite foods.
Paperback: 96 pages
Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
Item# FR091
$12.95
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