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The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birdsby Miklos D. F. UdvardyISBN 0394414101 (0-394-41410-1)
Hardcover
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The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds, Eastern Regionby National Audubon Society, John L. Bull, John FarrandISBN 0394414055 (0-394-41405-5)
Hardcover
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The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Weatherby National Audubon Society, David McWilliams LudlumISBN 0679733531 (0-679-73353-1)
Hardcover, A.A. Knopf
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The Audubon Society Field Guide to the Night Skyby Mark R. ChartrandISBN 067973354X (0-679-73354-X)
Hardcover, A.A. Knopf
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Bird Field Guide 3rd SPEC HCby National Geographic Society StaffISBN 0792265696 (0-7922-6569-6)
Hardcover, Skira Editore
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bird Field Guide 3rd SPEC HC'Book summary:Completely revised and updated, this most up-to-date bird guide features over 800 North American birds, including 80 new species. Lavish, full-color illustrations, plus range maps and detailed descriptions [via]
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The Birder's Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds Including All Species That Regularly Breed North of Mexicoby Darryl Wheye, Paul Ehrlich, David DobkinISBN 0671659898 (0-671-65989-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Birder's Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds Including All Species That Regularly Breed North of Mexicoby David S. Dobkin, Darryl Wheye, Paul EhrlichISBN 0671621335 (0-671-62133-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Birdsby Herbert S. Zim, Ira Noel Gabrielson, James Gordon IrvingISBN 1582381283 (1-58238-128-3)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Birds'Book summary:After describing the parts of a bird, the book has a table of contents which is also a quick reference list for bird classification. Maps give the location of the area in which the bird is found. [via]
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Birds of North Americaby Chandler S. RobbinsISBN 0307336565 (0-307-33656-5)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Birds of North America'Book summary:Brief descriptions and illustrations help to identify 650 species of birds in North America, with information on characteristics, range maps, and song patterns. [via]
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- Birds of North America: ISBN 030737002X (0-307-37002-X)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr - Birds of North America: ISBN 0307636607 (0-307-63660-7)
Hardcover, Goldencraft - Birds of North America: ISBN 0671074075 (0-671-07407-5)
Hardcover, Bookthrift Co - Birds of North America: ISBN 0307336565 (0-307-33656-5)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Birds of North Americaby James Coe, Chandler S. Robbins, Bertel Bruun, Jonathan P. Latimer, Herbert Spencer Zim, Karen Stray Nolting, Arthur SingerISBN 1582380902 (1-58238-090-2)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Birds of North America'Book summary:Spot the silhouette of a Northern Goshawk in flight. Identify the raucous call of the Red-winged Blackbird. Discover the secret of picking out a Chipping Sparrow from its look-alike cousins. It's simple with this classic field guide, a treasured favorite among amateur bird lovers and exacting professionals. Recognized as the authority on bird identification, this invaluable resource provides:[via]
-All of North America in one volume
-Over 800 species and 600 range maps
-Arthur Singer's famous illustrations featuring male, female, and juvenile plumage
-Sonograms that picture sound for easy song recognition
-Migration routes, feeding habits, and characteristic flight patterns
-American ornithologists' classifications
-Convenient check boxes to record birds you have identified
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Birds of North America/Eastern Region: A Quick Identification Guide to Common Birdsby John BullISBN 0020796609 (0-02-079660-9)
Softcover, Macmillan General Reference
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A Book of Wildflowersby William Niering, Anita MarciISBN 0688024998 (0-688-02499-8)
Hardcover, W. Morrow
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Butterflies and Mothsby Robert T. Mitchell, Robert T. Mitcher, Herbert Spencer Zim, Andrew DurenceauISBN 1582381364 (1-58238-136-4)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Butterflies and Moths'Book summary:This Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press illustrates in full color 423 of the most common, widespread, important, or unusual North American species of Lepidoptera. Information includes:[via]
How to identify butterflies and moths
How to attract, rear and preserve them for study
How to assist these fascinating insects in their struggle for survival
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Butterflies and Mothsby Andre Durenceau, Robert T. Mitchell, Herbert Spencer ZimISBN 0307635244 (0-307-63524-4)
Hardcover, Golden Press
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Butterflies and Mothsby Herbert S. Zim, Robert T. Mitchell, Andre DurenceauISBN 0307240525 (0-307-24052-5)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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How to identify butterflies and moths
How to attract, rear and preserve them for study
How to assist these fascinating insects in their struggle for survival
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Eastern Birdsby Roger T. PetersonISBN 0395911753 (0-395-91175-3)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eastern Birds'Book summary:Roger Tory Peterson, one of America's pre-eminent artist-naturalists and arguably the inventor of the field guide, made people love birds like no one since John James Audubon. A Field Guide to the Birds, first published in 1934, remains his most famous and wonderful work. The manual stood instantly apart from the dichotomous keys zoologists used to identify species, since Peterson grouped paintings of related species together and used arrows to, as he explained, "pinpoint the key field marks." This way, watchers could spot birds from a distance and avoid, as he archly put it, "the bird-in-hand characters that the early collectors relied on." Birders could use the guide where they needed it most--outdoors--on living birds flitting quickly by. In addition to detailed illustrations, Peterson offers charming (and useful) descriptions of each avian citizen's appearance, behavior, voice, and range. There is also priceless anecdotal information, based on decades of field experience, as in this description of the common house sparrow (Passer domesticus): "Familiar to everyone. Sooty city birds often bear little resemblance to clean country males with the black throat, white cheeks, chestnut nape." His transliterations of song are just as quietly marvelous. For instance, Pluvialis squatarola, or the black-bellied plover, makes things clear with "a plaintive slurred whistle, tlee-oo-eee or whee-er-ee (middle note lower)."
Peterson's original handbook covered birds of Eastern North America, and has since been followed by guides to Western birds, animal tracks, butterflies, and many other natural wonders. He and his team updated "The Birders' Bible" as new species were discovered and classifications modified. Generations of enthusiastic watchers owe Peterson a debt of gratitude for making ornithology accessible. But equally important, he showed scientists that finding beauty in living animals, and not just cataloging the measurements of dead ones, was crucial. Roger Tory Peterson died in 1996. He will be remembered as a passionate naturalist, a keen observer of living things, and a gifted artist and teacher. --Therese Littleton [via]
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A Field Guide to Animal Tracksby Olaus J. MurieISBN 0395910943 (0-395-91094-3)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Field Guide to Animal Tracks'Book summary:Includes descriptions of the habits, habitats, tracks, signs, and ranges of all the mamals of North America. More than 1,000 illustrations show individual tracks, different track patterns, animals in their habitats, droppings, and gnawed trees - every type of clue the tracker needs.[via]More editions of A Field Guide to Animal Tracks:
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A Field Guide to Animal Tracksby Olaus Johan MurieISBN 0395199786 (0-395-19978-6)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Field Guide to Animal Tracks'Book summary:Peterson FlashGuides are the most compact and convenient field guides ever made. Unfolding in a flash, they show at a glance all the most common wildlife and plant life of a particular type or a particular region, and they employ the famous Peterson Identification System to pinpoint the key differences between species. Animal Tracks is based on Olaus Murie's classic A FIELD GUIDE TO ANIMAL TRACKS, one of the most popular titles in the Peterson series. It shows how to identify the tracks and other signs of more than 100 mammals, birds, insects, reptiles, and amphibians of North America.[via]More editions of A Field Guide to Animal Tracks:
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A Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North Americaby Virginia Marie Peterson, Roger Tory Peterson InstituteISBN 0395740479 (0-395-74047-9)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America'Book summary:Roger Tory Peterson had already made his mark with his innovative field guide when he conducted DDT research during World War II. His friend and fellow naturalist Rachel Carson built on these efforts and eventually wrote Silent Spring, a landmark text that, along with Petersons field guide, jump-started the modern environmental movement.[via]
By combining the tireless observation of a scientist with the imaginative skills of an artist and writer, Peterson created a field guide that Robert Bateman, in his foreword to the fifth edition, says was the doorway for millions of people into the wonderland of natural history. The Peterson Identification System has been used in the more than fifty books that make up the Peterson Field Guide series. Petersons magnum opus, now in its fifth edition, created the trail for countless field guides to follow. They are still following year by year, but his is the standard by which all other field guides are judged.
On the morning of July 28, 1996, Roger Peterson was painting his final bird plate. He died peacefully in his sleep later that day. It is fitting that his final worka culmination of more than sixty years of observing, painting, and writingshould be this one, a revision of the guide that started his legacy.More editions of A Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America:
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A Field Guide to Eastern Edible Wild Plantsby Lee A. PetersonISBN 0395204453 (0-395-20445-3)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Field Guide to Eastern Edible Wild Plants'Book summary:More than 370 edible wild plants, plus 37 poisonous look-alikes, are described here, with 400 drawings and 78 color photographs showing precisely how to recognize each species. Also included are habitat descriptions, lists of plants by season, and preparation instructions for 22 different food uses. [via]
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A Field Guide to Eastern Forests: North Americaby Gordon Morrison, John C. Kricher, National Audubon Society, National Wildlife Federation, Roger Tory Peterson InstituteISBN 0395928958 (0-395-92895-8)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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A Field Guide to Eastern Trees: Eastern United States and Canadaby George A. PetridesISBN 0395467322 (0-395-46732-2)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Field Guide to Eastern Trees: Eastern United States and Canada'Book summary:This newly designed field guide features detailed descriptions of 387 species, arranged in six major groups by visual similarity. The 47 color plates and 5 text drawings show distinctive details needed for identification. Color photographs and 295 color range maps accompany the species descriptions.[via]More editions of A Field Guide to Eastern Trees: Eastern United States and Canada:
A Field Guide to Eastern Trees: Eastern United States and Canada, Including the Midwestby George A. Petrides, Janet Wehr, National Audubon Society, National Wildlife Federation, Roger Tory Peterson InstituteISBN 0395904552 (0-395-90455-2)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Field Guide to Ecology of Eastern Forests: North Americaby Gordon Morrison, John C. Kricher, National Audubon Society, National Wildlife Federation, Roger Tory Peterson InstituteISBN 0395479533 (0-395-47953-3)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Field Guide to Ecology of Eastern Forests: North America'Book summary:Contained in one easy-to-use, pocket-sized book is information on birds, trees, wildflowers, mushrooms, mammals, insects, reptiles and amphibians, and more. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. [via]
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A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and Central North Americaby Lee PetersonISBN 039592622X (0-395-92622-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and Central North America'Book summary:More than 370 edible wild plants, plus 37 poisonous look-alikes, are described here, with 400 drawings and 78 color photographs showing precisely how to recognize each species. Also included are habitat descriptions, lists of plants by season, and preparation instructions for 22 different food uses.[via]More editions of A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and Central North America:
A Field Guide to Insects: America North of Mexicoby Donald Joyce BorrorISBN 0395185238 (0-395-18523-8)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Field Guide to Insects: America North of Mexico'Book summary:Find what you're looking for with Peterson Field Guidestheir field-tested visual identification system is designed to help you differentiate thousands of unique species accurately every time.Detailed descriptions of insect orders, families, and many individual species are illustrated with 1,300 drawings and 142 superb color paintings. Illustrations - which use the unique Peterson Identification System to distinguish one insect from another - include size lines to show the actual length of each insect. A helpful glossary explains the technical terms of insect anatomy.[via]More editions of A Field Guide to Insects: America North of Mexico:
A Field Guide to Insects: America North of Mexicoby Richard E. White, Donald Joyce BorrorISBN 0395911702 (0-395-91170-2)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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A Field Guide to Mammals: North America North of Mexicoby Mariner Books Staff, William H. Burt, Richard Philip Grossenheider, Roger Tory PetersonISBN 0395910986 (0-395-91098-6)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Field Guide to Mammals: North America North of Mexico'Book summary:Descriptions of 380 species include size, weight, color, markings, number of teeth, habitat, habits, and comparisons with similar species. Superb color illustrations and line drawings show 230 animals. Range maps as well as photos of skulls and drawings of animal tracks, dens, nests, and burrows round out the wealth of information given in "the best general guide to all of North America" (Peter Warshall, Whole Earth Review).[via]More editions of A Field Guide to Mammals: North America North of Mexico:
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A Field Guide to Rocks and Mineralsby Frederick H. Pough, Jeffrey ScovilISBN 039591096X (0-395-91096-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals'Book summary:Modern policing is a vital institution for the defense of political and civil rights, and the protection of citizens from crime and fear of crime. Private security is also playing an increasingly important role in crime prevention and order maintenance, and also in protecting government assets and services. At the same time, crime and disorder remain major problems in contemporary societies, and there are ongoing issues of integrity and competency in many police departments and in the security industry. Policing and Security in Practice: Challenges and Achievements addresses questions of 'best practice' across police and security work by focusing on what the scientific literature says about how to achieve optimal outcomes in law enforcement, crime prevention and professional standards. Each chapter is written by subject experts with many years of research experience and collaborative work with policing and security agencies. The book is a highly readable, inspiring and fully grounded guide to achieving the best in policing and security. [via]
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- A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals: ISBN 0395240492 (0-395-24049-2)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin - A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals: ISBN 0395727774 (0-395-72777-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin - A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals: ISBN 0585067929 (0-585-06792-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin - A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals: ISBN 0395240476 (0-395-24047-6)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin - A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals: ISBN 0395910978 (0-395-91097-8)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin - A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals: ISBN 039591096X (0-395-91096-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
- A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals: ISBN 0395240492 (0-395-24049-2)
A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashoreby Kenneth L. GosnerISBN 061800209X (0-618-00209-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatterasby Kenneth L. GosnerISBN 0395318289 (0-395-31828-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore: Invertebrates and Seaweeds of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras ; Text and Illustratby Kenneth L. GosnerISBN 0395243793 (0-395-24379-3)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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A Field Guide to the Birds: A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North Americaby Roger Tory Peterson, Virginia Marie PetersonISBN 0395361648 (0-395-36164-8)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Field Guide to the Birds: A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North America'Book summary:Roger Tory Peterson, one of America's pre-eminent artist-naturalists and arguably the inventor of the field guide, made people love birds like no one since John James Audubon. A Field Guide to the Birds, first published in 1934, remains his most famous and wonderful work. The manual stood instantly apart from the dichotomous keys zoologists used to identify species, since Peterson grouped paintings of related species together and used arrows to, as he explained, "pinpoint the key field marks." This way, watchers could spot birds from a distance and avoid, as he archly put it, "the bird-in-hand characters that the early collectors relied on." Birders could use the guide where they needed it most--outdoors--on living birds flitting quickly by. In addition to detailed illustrations, Peterson offers charming (and useful) descriptions of each avian citizen's appearance, behavior, voice, and range. There is also priceless anecdotal information, based on decades of field experience, as in this description of the common house sparrow (Passer domesticus): "Familiar to everyone. Sooty city birds often bear little resemblance to clean country males with the black throat, white cheeks, chestnut nape." His transliterations of song are just as quietly marvelous. For instance, Pluvialis squatarola, or the black-bellied plover, makes things clear with "a plaintive slurred whistle, tlee-oo-eee or whee-er-ee (middle note lower)."
Peterson's original handbook covered birds of Eastern North America, and has since been followed by guides to Western birds, animal tracks, butterflies, and many other natural wonders. He and his team updated "The Birders' Bible" as new species were discovered and classifications modified. Generations of enthusiastic watchers owe Peterson a debt of gratitude for making ornithology accessible. But equally important, he showed scientists that finding beauty in living animals, and not just cataloging the measurements of dead ones, was crucial. Roger Tory Peterson died in 1996. He will be remembered as a passionate naturalist, a keen observer of living things, and a gifted artist and teacher. --Therese Littleton [via]
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- A Field Guide to the Birds: A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North America: ISBN 0395911761 (0-395-91176-1)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin - A Field Guide to the Birds: A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North America/Flexi Bound: ISBN 039591177X (0-395-91177-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin - A Field Guide to the Birds: A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North America: ISBN 0395266211 (0-395-26621-1)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin - A Field Guide to the Birds: A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North America: ISBN 0395361648 (0-395-36164-8)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
- A Field Guide to the Birds: A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North America: ISBN 0395911761 (0-395-91176-1)
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A Field Guide to the Birds: Giving Field Marks of All Species Found in Eastern North Americaby Roger Tory PetersonISBN 0395854938 (0-395-85493-8)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Field Guide to the Birds: Giving Field Marks of All Species Found in Eastern North America'Book summary:Roger Tory Peterson's A Field Guide to the Birds has inspired and educated generations of birdwatchers since it was first published in 1934. The quick-recognition system that he introduced in this guide is considered the greatest contribution to birding since the binoculars, and the Peterson Field Guide Series now comprises 50 volumes. With sales approaching 20 million copies, Roger Tory Peterson's legacy has been a major factor in the genesis of the modern environmental movement. [via]
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A Field Guide to the Birds: Of Eastern and Central North Americaby Roger Tory PetersonISBN 039526619X (0-395-26619-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Field Guide to the Birds: Of Eastern and Central North America'Book summary:Roger Tory Peterson, one of America's pre-eminent artist-naturalists and arguably the inventor of the field guide, made people love birds like no one since John James Audubon. A Field Guide to the Birds, first published in 1934, remains his most famous and wonderful work. The manual stood instantly apart from the dichotomous keys zoologists used to identify species, since Peterson grouped paintings of related species together and used arrows to, as he explained, "pinpoint the key field marks." This way, watchers could spot birds from a distance and avoid, as he archly put it, "the bird-in-hand characters that the early collectors relied on." Birders could use the guide where they needed it most--outdoors--on living birds flitting quickly by. In addition to detailed illustrations, Peterson offers charming (and useful) descriptions of each avian citizen's appearance, behavior, voice, and range. There is also priceless anecdotal information, based on decades of field experience, as in this description of the common house sparrow (Passer domesticus): "Familiar to everyone. Sooty city birds often bear little resemblance to clean country males with the black throat, white cheeks, chestnut nape." His transliterations of song are just as quietly marvelous. For instance, Pluvialis squatarola, or the black-bellied plover, makes things clear with "a plaintive slurred whistle, tlee-oo-eee or whee-er-ee (middle note lower)."
Peterson's original handbook covered birds of Eastern North America, and has since been followed by guides to Western birds, animal tracks, butterflies, and many other natural wonders. He and his team updated "The Birders' Bible" as new species were discovered and classifications modified. Generations of enthusiastic watchers owe Peterson a debt of gratitude for making ornithology accessible. But equally important, he showed scientists that finding beauty in living animals, and not just cataloging the measurements of dead ones, was crucial. Roger Tory Peterson died in 1996. He will be remembered as a passionate naturalist, a keen observer of living things, and a gifted artist and teacher. --Therese Littleton [via]
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Field Guide to the Birds of North AmericaISBN 0870446924 (0-87044-692-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
Find This BookBook summary:Open to anywhere in the 443 pages of birds and you'll find a color plate to the right, showing all the variants of color and plumage (including breeding and immature birds, when different). And on the left, a paragraph summary of the species, with a map of the bird's natural range. You can see at a glance how the great egret has black legs, differentiating it from the white great blue heron with its yellow legs, and how the cattle egret blushes red in the legs and bill while breeding. What an excellent guide for bird watchers and bird lovers. [via]
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Field Guide to the Birds of North Americaby John L. Dunn, Erik Bloom, Mary B. Dickinson, National Geographic Society StaffISBN 0792274512 (0-7922-7451-2)
Softcover, National Geographic Society
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Field Guide to the Birds of North America'Book summary:The field reference of choice for serious birders since its inception, the third edition has been updated to reflect new bird ranges in North America as well as the always controversial reclassifications of species and subspecies. The expanded text includes even more notes on identification, behavior, habitat, and song, while the illustrations--now revised and sharpened--depict individual species in varying plumage, often with habitat cues in the background. Like the first two editions, the guide combines accurate illustrations with useful maps and text in a portable format. Beginners and experts alike will flock to this handy field guide. [via]
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Field Guide to the Birds of North Americaby Thomas B. Allen, National Geographic Society (U.S.), Caroline HottensteinISBN 0870444727 (0-87044-472-7)
Softcover, National Geographic Society
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Field Guide to the Birds of North America'Book summary:The field reference of choice for serious birders since its inception, the third edition has been updated to reflect new bird ranges in North America as well as the always controversial reclassifications of species and subspecies. The expanded text includes even more notes on identification, behavior, habitat, and song, while the illustrations--now revised and sharpened--depict individual species in varying plumage, often with habitat cues in the background. Like the first two editions, the guide combines accurate illustrations with useful maps and text in a portable format. Beginners and experts alike will flock to this handy field guide. [via]
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A Field Guide to the Birds, Eastern and Central North America: Eastern and Central North Americaby Roger Tory Peterson, Lisa WhiteISBN 0395963710 (0-395-96371-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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A Field Guide to the Mammals: North America North of Mexicoby William Henry BurtISBN 0395240840 (0-395-24084-0)
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A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs: Field Marks of All Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines That Grow Wild in the Northeastern and North-Central United Staby George A. PetridesISBN 0395175798 (0-395-17579-8)
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A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs: Field Marks of All Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines That Grow Wild in the Northeastern and North-Central United States and in Southeastern and South-Central Canadaby George A. PetridesISBN 0395136512 (0-395-13651-2)
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A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs: Northeastern and North-Central United States and Southeastern and South-Central Canadaby George A. PetridesISBN 039535370X (0-395-35370-X)
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A Field Guide to Western Birds: A Completely New Guide to Field Marks of All Species Found in North America West of the 100th Meridian and North ofby Roger Tory Peterson, Virginia Marie PetersonISBN 0395911745 (0-395-91174-5)
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A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibiansby Robert C. StebbinsISBN 0395982723 (0-395-98272-3)
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A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians: Field Marks of All Species in Western North America, Includung Baja Californiaby Robert C. StebbinsISBN 039593611X (0-395-93611-X)
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A Field Guide to Wildflowers: Northeastern and North-Central North Americaby Margaret McKenny, Roger Tory PetersonISBN 0395911729 (0-395-91172-9)
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A Field Guide to Wildflowers of Northeastern and North-Central North Americaby Roger Tory PetersonISBN 0395183251 (0-395-18325-1)
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Guide to Field Identification of the North Americaby Golden EditorsISBN 0307136566 (0-307-13656-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Guide to Field Identification of the North America'Book summary:Field guide to identifying birds in N.A. [via]
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Insectsby David Wagner, Clarence Cottam, Susan Simon, Jonathan P. Latimer, Herbert Spencer Zim, James Gordon IrvingISBN 1582381291 (1-58238-129-1)
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This handy guide to the most common, important and showy North American insects will help the novice begin a fascinating study. Includes:
A key to insect groups
Mature and immature forms
How insects grow and develop and what they eat
How to find and observe them
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Insectsby Herbert S. Zim, Clarence Cottam, Herbert Spencer Zim, Rudolf FreundISBN 030724055X (0-307-24055-X)
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This handy guide to the most common, important and showy North American insects will help the novice begin a fascinating study. Includes:
A key to insect groups
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How insects grow and develop and what they eat
How to find and observe them
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Eastern Regionby John Bull, John FarrandISBN 0679428526 (0-679-42852-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Eastern Region'Book summary:Introduced in 1977 and completely revised in 1994 these bestselling photographic field guides have become the birding bibles of more than four million enthusiasts. Virtually every bird found in North America is brought to life in a full-color photograph and with textual information on the bird s voice nesting habits habitat range and interesting behaviors. Accompanying range maps; overhead flight silhouettes; sections on bird-watching accidental species and endangered birds make these the most comprehensive field guides to birds available. Note: the Eastern Edition generally covers states east of the Rocky Mountains while the Western Edition covers the Rocky Mountain range and all the states to the west of it. Author: National Audubon Society. [via]
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Western Regionby John Farrand, Miklos D. F. Udvardy, National Audubon SocietyISBN 0679428518 (0-679-42851-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Western Region'Book summary:A favorite of birdwatchers (especially those who prefer photographs to illustrations), this field guide, revised for 2000, accounts for the 544 bird species that live in the region west of the Great Plains. The clearly printed color photographs capture birds at rest and in flight; preceded by black-and-white silhouettes, the plates are organized by visually based, intuitive categories--"hawk-like birds," "pigeon-like birds," and "perching birds," for example--that make on-the-fly identification a fairly simple matter. The images are matched by clearly written text that describes a given bird, gives an approximation of its voice, and details its habitat, range, nests, and behavior. Sized to fit in a jacket or backpack pocket, this is a valuable companion for any birding outing in the region. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Butterfliesby Robert Michael PyleISBN 0394519140 (0-394-51914-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spidersby Lorus Milne, Margery LorusISBN 0394507630 (0-394-50763-0)
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mammalsby John O. WhitakerISBN 0679446311 (0-679-44631-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mammals'Book summary:Consider the lynx, a medium-sized cat of boreal regions of North America, "a solitary animal, associated with the opposite sex only during mating." Consider the Oldfield mouse, Peromyscus polionotus, once abundant in abandoned fields and beaches from South Carolina to northern Florida. These are but two of the 390 species covered in this densely informative, well-illustrated guidebook to the mammals of North America, with photographs keyed to textual descriptions that cover a given animal's physical features, range and habitat, breeding characteristics, and behavior (and, helpfully, that list other animals with which it might be confused). This easy-to-use handbook makes a superb addition to any naturalist's library. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Mineralsby Charles Wesley ChestermanISBN 0394502698 (0-394-50269-8)
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The National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Regionby Elbert Luther LittleISBN 0394507606 (0-394-50760-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region'Book summary:For the untrained observer, it can be quite a challenge to sort out the many trees that make up a stand of older forest in, say, New England or the Ozarks. This well-illustrated guidebook, covering 364 species, comes to the rescue with photographs organized in several ways: by, for example, the shape of the leaf or needle, by the fruit, by the flower or cone, and by autumn coloration. Following one visible characteristic or another, the reader can narrow the range of possibilities, then turn to an informative text that describes a tree's physical characteristics, habitat, and range. Many of the species covered are relatively rare, such as the "stinking cedar" of the Georgia-Florida border; others are locally abundant, such as the paper birch of the boreal forest, used to make ice-cream sticks; still others, such as the smooth sumac, are widespread. The guidebook also covers ornamentals introduced from other continents, such as the Chinese privet and Mahaleb cherry. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Weatherby David M. LudlumISBN 0679408517 (0-679-40851-7)
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Eastern Regionby William A. Niering, National Audubon Society, John W. Thieret, Nancy C. OlmsteadISBN 0375402322 (0-375-40232-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Eastern Region'Book summary:This compact guidebook, produced to the National Audubon Society's high standards of quality, gives full descriptions of more than 650 species found east of the Rocky Mountains, along with notes on several hundred more. The eminently sensible organization relies on first-impression visible characteristics rather than the elaborate keys of some older texts--a format well suited to beginning wildflower enthusiasts. If, for instance, you wanted to identify a long-stemmed, tubular red flower that you found in a grove of loblolly pines, you would first turn to the color plates, find the section devoted to red flowers, find a likely match from the 30-odd choices, and then turn to the text to see that the flower's habitat and range made a good fit, ruling out those species that do not. After a few minutes' looking, you'll have identified a trumpet honeysuckle. Well written and richly illustrated, this peerless guide makes the ideal companion for an expedition to eastern wood or prairie. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Night Skyby Mark R. ChartrandISBN 0679408525 (0-679-40852-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Night Sky'Book summary:The perfect companion volume for Hale-Bopp watchers, this guide explores the fabulous mysteries above, from planets in our solar system to the constellations in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, stars, galaxies (including the Milky Way), nebulae, astronomical bodies, objects, phenomena, and -- yes -- comets. Night Sky provides a concise guided tour of the heavens with 48 monthly sky charts of the northern sky and 88 constellation charts, each offering a detailed map of individual constellations. Essays on the universe, the solar system, and constellations introduce the reader to the wonders of the sky. [via]
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to Wildflowers : Easternby William A. Niering, Nancy Olmstead, National Audubon Society StaffISBN 0394504321 (0-394-50432-1)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North Americaby National Geographic SocietyISBN 0792268776 (0-7922-6877-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America'Book summary:National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America continues to be the most sought-after, the most authoritative, and the easiest to access field guide to birds on the market. Now in its 4th Edition, revisions include 250 updated range maps, and new classification information National Geographic is reissuing the Field Guide to the Birds of North America in the 4th edition, focusing on its accuracy and easy use in the field. This is the ultimate birders field guide - sturdy, easy to carry and use, and featuring the most complete information among bird guides. It features all species known to breed in North America, including those that are regular visitors to our continent or that drop in occasionally - more than 800 in all. The edition is lavishly illustrated with specially commissioned full-colour illustrations, plus newly updated range maps and detailed descriptions. A superb new index allows birders in the field to quickly identify a species. [via]
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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North Americaby Jon L. Dunn, Jonathan AlderferISBN 0792253140 (0-7922-5314-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America'Book summary:Birding is the fastest growing wildlife-related activity in the U.S., and even conservative estimates put the current number of U.S. birders at 50 million. According to the New York Times, some authorities predict that by 2050 there will be more than 100 millionand the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America will be the essential reference for field identification and the cornerstone of any birder's library. This is the ultimate, indispensable bird field guidecomprehensive, authoritative, portable, sturdy, and easier than ever to use.
Among the the new edition's key elements and practical improvements: Every North American speciesmore than 960, including a new section on accidental birdsclassified according to the latest official American Ornithologists' Union checklist 4,000 full-color illustrations by the foremost bird artists at work todayand newly updated range maps that draw on the latest data New durable cover for added protection against adverse weather, plus informative quick-reference flaps that double as placemarkers New reader-friendly features like thumbtabs that make locating key sections faster and easier, and a quick-find index to direct users straight to the information they need. [via]More editions of National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America:
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Peterson First Guide to Rocks and MineralsISBN 0395906660 (0-395-90666-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
Find This BookBook summary:Peterson First Guides are the first books the beginning naturalist needs. Condensed versions of the famous Peterson Field Guides, the First Guides focus on the animals, plants, and other natural things you are most likely to see. They make it fun to get into the field and easy to progress to the full-fledged Peterson Guides.[via]More editions of Peterson First Guide to Rocks and Minerals:
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Peterson First Guide to Wildflowers: Of Northeastern and North-Central North Americaby Roger Tory PetersonISBN 039540777X (0-395-40777-X)
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Peterson Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America: Flexi Boundby Roger Tory Peterson, Virginia Marie PetersonISBN 0395740460 (0-395-74046-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Peterson Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America: Flexi Bound'Book summary:Roger Tory Peterson had already made his mark with his innovative field guide when he conducted DDT research during World War II. His friend and fellow naturalist Rachel Carson built on these efforts and eventually wrote Silent Spring, a landmark text that, along with Petersons field guide, jump-started the modern environmental movement.[via]
By combining the tireless observation of a scientist with the imaginative skills of an artist and writer, Peterson created a field guide that Robert Bateman, in his foreword to the fifth edition, says was the doorway for millions of people into the wonderland of natural history. The Peterson Identification System has been used in the more than fifty books that make up the Peterson Field Guide series. Petersons magnum opus, now in its fifth edition, created the trail for countless field guides to follow. They are still following year by year, but his is the standard by which all other field guides are judged.
On the morning of July 28, 1996, Roger Peterson was painting his final bird plate. He died peacefully in his sleep later that day. It is fitting that his final worka culmination of more than sixty years of observing, painting, and writingshould be this one, a revision of the guide that started his legacy.More editions of Peterson Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America: Flexi Bound:
Peterson Field Guide to the Mammalsby William BurtISBN 0785798668 (0-7857-9866-8)
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A Peterson Field Guide to Western Birds: A Completely New Guide to Field Marks of All Species Found in North America West of the 100th Meridian and North of Mexicoby Roger PetersonISBN 061813218X (0-618-13218-X)
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The Sibley Guide to Birdsby David Sibley, Audubon SocietyISBN 0679451226 (0-679-45122-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sibley Guide to Birds'Book summary:More than 10 years in the making, David Sibley's Guide to Birds is a monumental achievement. The beautiful watercolor illustrations (6,600, covering 810 species in North America) and clear, descriptive text place Sibley and his work squarely in the tradition of John James Audubon and Roger Tory Peterson; more than a birdwatcher and evangelizer, he is one of the foremost bird painters and authorities in the U.S. Still, his field guide will no doubt spark debate. Unlike Kenn Kaufman's Focus Guide, Sibley's is unapologetically aimed at the converted. Beginning birders may want to keep a copy of Sibley at home as a reference, but the wealth of information will have the same effect on novices as trying to pick out a single sandpiper in a wheeling flock of thousands. The familiar yellow warbler, for instance, gets no less than nine individual illustrations documenting its geographic, seasonal, and sex variations--plus another eight smaller illustrations showing it in flight. Of course, more experienced birders will appreciate this sort of detail, along with Sibley's improvements on both Peterson and the National Geographic guide:
- As in Peterson, Sibley employs a pointer system for key field markings--but additional text blurbs are included alongside the illustrations to facilitate identification.
- Descriptive passages on identification are more detailed than those in most other field guides. For example, Sibley includes extensive information on the famously hard-to-distinguish hawks in the genus Accipiter (sharp-shinned, Cooper's, and northern goshawk), noting differences in leg thickness and wing beat that will be of use to more advanced birders. A section on the identification of "peeps" (small sandpipers) includes tips about seasonal molting and bill length. Confusing fall warblers, Empidonax flycatchers, and Alcids receive similar treatment.
- As previously mentioned, ample space is given to illustrations that show plumage variations by age, sex, and geography within a single species. Thus, an entire page is devoted to the red-shouldered hawk and its differing appearances in the eastern U.S., Florida, and California; similarly, gulls are distinguished by age and warblers by sex.
- Range maps are detailed and accurate, with breeding, wintering, and migration routes clearly depicted; rare but regular geographic occurrences are denoted by green dots.
- The binding and paper stock are of exceptional quality. Despite its 544 pages, a reinforced paperback cover and sewn-in binding allow the book to be spread out flat without fear of breaking the binding.
Some birders will be put off by the book's size. Slightly larger than the National Geographic guide, it's less portable than most field guides and will likely spend more time in cars and desks than on a birder's person while in the field. For some it will be a strictly stay-at-home companion guide to consult after a field trip; others may want to have it handy in a fannypack or backpack. But regardless of how it is used, Sibley's Guide to Birds is a significant addition to any birding library. "Birds are beautiful," the author writes in the preface, "their colors, shapes, actions, and sounds are among the most aesthetically pleasing in nature." Pleasing, too, is this comprehensive guide to their identification. --Langdon Cook [via]
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Skyguideby Mark ChartrandISBN 0307136671 (0-307-13667-1)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Skyguide'Book summary:An illustrated guide to watching the stars. [via]
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