Since their first publication 16 years ago, the Field Guides to Birds East and West have sold over 3 million copies. Now, these two perennial favor...
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Oct 07, 2008
Jim
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It's not the best, but I don't know of a better one for the price. We keep 2 copies at home & use it fairly often. The pictures are pretty good & sometimes contain second pictures where season or sex changes the look of a bird - not always, though.
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May 22, 2009
Corey
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A surprisingly poor field guide from the Audubon Society. The main issue is the organization. I don't like having the pictures in one place and the information and geographical distribution in another part of the book. Too much flipping. Also, there is usually only a single photo of a species, typically standing or perching, so it is difficult to tell how the bird looks in flight. There are several other field guides out there that are much better, so I would avoid this one.
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Jan 02, 2011
Jadwega
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I love this guide! I was introduced to an older format of the guide when I started bird watching at the age of 9. It's easy to use, the pictures are accurate, and it includes not only the more colorful male birds, but also the females as well. Gives a lot of information about each species, including habitat, field markers, bird calls, nesting behavior, and a general roundabout description about the general behavior and lifestyle.
Jun 21, 2010
julia
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Its hard to say I "read" this book (past tense) as I read it all the time. What reminded me this time was seeing a beautiful Green Heron teaching a baby Green Heron to fish this weekend while I was canoeing; however, Green Herons are actually blue.
Feb 15, 2011
John
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The text is good but the organization and illustrations leave a lot to be desired. Most people will do better with other field guides, such as the Sibley guide or the Peterson guide.
Apr 27, 2011
Mel
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Great for use at the back window. I can't even count the number of times I have referred to it over the years.
May 06, 2009
Lisa
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I have been birdwatching and checking birds off in this guide since the 1980's. Can't imagine not owning a copy!
Oct 29, 2008
Mark
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Fantastic photographs and I like the extra details under the descriptions but most photos only cover the male plummage of the species, which is fine when a bird is not sexually dimorphic, which only few birds are. In the case of a bird like the sanderling the breeding plummage is shown on plate 193 but it's wintering plummage is on 229 and there is no photo for the immature sanderling. Just not practical in the field. Peterson or Sibley drawings give all looks of the individual species.
Jul 30, 2007
Brian
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I really like this book. It isn't a great one to use in the field, but I like to reference to it. It uses actual photographs of the birds instead of drawings which are a pleasure to look at and study, but not great for field identification.
Jun 06, 2008
Ezra
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im so into birds now that im living on long island and ive seen an amazing variety just sitting at the table eating breakfast in the morning. i want to know about them all.
Oct 06, 2011
Theresa
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great informational resource a good field resource for children, and parents driven to distraction with questions.
Nov 16, 2007
Ann M
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Best bird book -- organized by type and color for beginners trying to id birds in the field.
Jun 23, 2010
I picked up this book to identify a pair of birds that were living in our backyard. I loved that this book had tons of pictures, as well as, descriptions of all the birds. They were also broken down into categories, such as perching birds, duck-like birds, etc. My family and I really enjoyed looking up all the birds that we saw in our neighborhood and on outings.
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