National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 7th Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (935 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1426218354 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 592 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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This is the guide for birders and field ornithologiests." —Dr. The illustrations are better than in any other field guide; the fully revised text is detailed, accurate, and well organized; and the maps are unmatched. Lockwood, author of The TOS Handbook of Texas Birds. Remsen, Jr., Museum of Natural Sciences, Louisiana State University "A stellar update of this standard-setting field guide. V. Terry Chesser, Chair, AOS Committee on Classification and Nomenclature (North and Middle America) "New birds, new knowledge and new art work just made the most essential guide for North American birders even more essential.You only need to buy one field guide for North America, and the National Geographic is it." —Neil Hayward, author of Lost Among the Birds"This
This fully revised and updated edition of the best-selling North American bird field guide is the most up-to-date guide on the market. The 7th edition includes 37 new species for a total of 1,023 species; 16 new pages allow for 250 fresh illustrations, 80 new maps, and 350 map revisions. With taxonomy updated to recent significant scientific rearrangement, the addition of standardized banding codes, and text completely vetted by birding experts, this new edition will stand at the top of the list of birding field guides for years to come.. Perfect for beginning to advanced birders, it is the only book organized to match
He is a consultant for Birding magazine, and former chair of the American Birding Association's Checklist Committee. JON L. JONATHAN ALDERFER is chief consultant for National Geographic's Birding Program and a widely published author and field guide illustrator. DUNN is a leading expert on the identification and distribution of Nor
T. Tozawa said Great first field guide for beginners. First off, I am a novice birder so take that into account when reading my opinion of this book. I have recently gotten into birding and decided to purchase this book as one of my choices (the other was the Sibley Western/Eastern North America which I will compare to in this review.) The layout of the book is very easy to navigate; photos on one side, text on the other. The thumbtabs also make it easy to reach a particular section of the book within seconds as does the quick-find index on the back flap of the book. The illustrations are very detai. "National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 5th Ed." according to Dr. DH Bennett. A single field guide is not sufficient. A birder needs to compare the information and illustrations of two or more field guides. The trick is to pick field guides that provide comprehensive, easily accessible, clear information that make identifications quick and indisputable. I believe that the Fifth Edition of the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America has a number of qualities and features that make it an admirable and worthy choice as one of the field guides one should use.First, it has the very sage advice, "The time y. A VERY VALUABLE AND VALID GUIDE. I recently replaced my old edition of this work with this, the fifth edition and must say I am quite pleased. I am one of those individuals (like many birders) who rely on a number of field guides and reference books. The previous edition of this work has for a number of years been one of the pillars I rely on.Now everyone has their own favorite field guide and of course I am no exception. How a guide becomes the favorite of any individual depends upon numerous factors, but I have found one of the leading reason is simply that each birder uses wh