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Baby Bird Identification: A North American Guideā€“A Book Review

10,000 Birds

I am puzzled as to why Gulls and Terns are almost passed over, with less than two pages of text devoted to a family description and only six species accounts (four gulls, two terns). Family follows family with no page break, making this section a little dense. Woodpeckers are a family of focus for Tuttle-Adams.

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Sibley Birds East & Sibley Birds West: A Review

10,000 Birds

And, that falcons are about as far away from hawks as a bird family could get. The group pages show how much the taxonomy of certain bird families has changed over the past 13 years. “Ethics” includes a lengthy discussion on playback. The Quick Index of bird families (Albatrosses, Ani, Auklets, etc.)