A Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America

A Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America | Great for field identification

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	A Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America Houghton Mifflin, 2002 - 450 pages average customer review:based on 49 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Completely revised, with range maps throughout. Includes 153 color plates with multiple illustrations - Flexi-bound.

My favorite birding guide

Some folks like the Sibley guide and a couple of the others but I have stayed with this one since my first birding days in the '60s. Since that time, I've been many places in the Eastern U.S. where this field guide has been invaluable.

Of course you need the softcover edition to use in the field (which this one is). It will fit in a pocket IF you have a big pocket! As the years go by and this book gets revised, it gets BIGGER, so I'm glad to have an older edition. I also still have my dad's First Edition which he used a great deal as a science teacher and locally renowned naturalist.

Like my father, I'm more of a botanist (a "generalist," really) and my wife is the Macro-birder. She switches between any one of three guides for this region but has nothing but good things to say about her well-worn Peterson guide.

I have written up a "So you'd like to buy a birding field guide?" site on Amazon. So if you're new to birding and you are confused about which guide you need, you might find this site helpful.

Happy birding!

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Great for field identification

This bird guide is in the typical Peterson style: good sketches of the birds with arrows pointing to key features which will help the field researcher/student distinguish one bird from other similar birds. It also gives information such as range for each bird plus a couple interesting facts. I'm using this book for a field biology class in college and have found it very useful.

AS EXPECTED

THIS BIRD BOOK IS AS I EXPECTED. HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE IT MUCH AS YET.

excellent field guide

This was a spare copy for me since it is so indispensable. One in car or golf bag or when going fishing and one at home near where we look at birds at the feeder. Has excellent pictures, concise descriptions and migration maps at the back. And it is small and light enough to carry when you go birding! If you are a beginner birdwatcher, look no further! this is a great book. There is also (obviously)a similar book for western birds!

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5th edition larger than 4th - not good!

RTP's bird guides are the best by far, but why oh why would they make the book bigger than the old one? It is 1/2 inch wider and taller too - which puts it just a little too large for my jacket pocket. I sure miss my 4th edition, which, sadly, I seem to have lost.

(Which brings me to another point birders -- don't put important field notes or dates, or heaven forbid your life list, in your bird book - it is too easy to lose it!)

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