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Field guides to birds

The classics

These are the tried and true classic North American birding field guides. They all have their good and bad points, and every avid birder will strongly defend their favorite.
coverNational Geographic Field Guide To The Birds Of North America, 4th Edition A nicely detailed book, if not somewhat large for a field guide. The size advantage is that it is not broken into regions.cover
coverFor those who prefer photographic guides, the National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Eastern Region and Western Region are definitely the way to go.cover
covercoverArguably THE classic fieldguides for birds are Peterson's A Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America and A Field Guide to Western Birds. Wonderful illustrations, rangemaps and call descriptions. Birders who use this guide are very loyal to it. Petersons also produces several more specific guides, including the excellent A Field Guide to the Birds' Nests : United States east of the Mississippi River and A Field Guide to Hawks: North America.

The new guard

cover The Sibley Guide to Birds is the new classic of bird identification. It is a beautiful and detailed book, detiled enough to assist an avid bird watcher in distinguishing between similar species. Abit large to tote around in the field, though, so also available...cover
covercoverThe Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America and Eastern North America, both to the same standards of the Guide to Birds.
coverBirds of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides, Flexicover Edition) This is another "new classic" of bird guides. Uses enhanced photography for identification, and groups birds by basic size and shape rather than by strict taxonomy. Reccomneded for beginners and used by many veteran birders. cover



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