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American Bird Conservatory
All the Birds of North America
The pocket-size guide for real field use.

All the Birds of North America is an interesting book. On the inside front cover is a quick key to water birds, while on the inside back cover is a quick key to land birds. The book is organized not by evolutionary sequence, as many bird books were in the past, but by feeding adaptations, which are easily observable. For example, if you see a bird that walks up and down tree trunks, then you can go directly to the section on tree-climbers, covering woodpeckers, nuthatches and creepers. Or, if you see a ground-dwelling bird like a grouse, then you can go directly to the section on ground-walkers for side-by-side comparisons of turkeys, pheasants, roadrunners, grouse, partridge, quail and ptarmigan. For the perching birds--the song birds that typically fly from one perch to another--there is an additional key based on the type of beak, to help clue you in to the right part of the guide.

The book is beautifully illustrated and fully in color, with most of the birds depicted in their natural habitat, instead of against a plain background. Range maps and descriptive text are also included. All the Birds of North America is definitely one of the better bird identification guides on the market. HarperCollins Books. 172 pages. 1997.

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National Geographic
Field Guide to the Birds of North America
Fourth Edition
Introduction by Dr. John W. Fitzpatrick

The National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America is an exquisite book, beautifully illustrated with full-color artwork, and completely revised and updated, with new species information, revised range maps, and coverage of every known bird on the continent. For the beginning birder it is not quite as easy to use as All the Birds of North America, but once you can recognize the basic bird groups, then you will enjoy this book as an excellent identification resource. National Geographic. Revised Fourth Edition. 480 pages. 2002.

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