10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2021
And now we have the third iteration in Audubon’s guide book history: National Audubon Society Birds of North America. The National Audubon Society Birds of North America covers all species seen in mainland United States, Canada and Baja California. I didn’t.). This is a fairly large book: 907 pages; 7.38 GUIDE COVERAGE.
10,000 Birds
MAY 5, 2020
The April arrival of the Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America, Second Edition was a supremely happy moment in a very difficult, sad month. A companion regional guide, Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Western North America was published in 1941; its fifth edition will be coming out in early September.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 25, 2019
Somehow, the northernmost redstart in the Americas didn’t receive the same treatment. I’d prefer something descriptive like Flamboyant , Orange-throated , or Fire-throated Warbler , but feel free to incorporate other evocative nicknames like fire-brand and torch bird. NAMED FOR PLACES.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 8, 2011
” But the tanager brand is changing. Odd little grassquits singing from power lines in South America’s great cities. The word “ tanager ” conjures certain images for most of us birder types. Maybe words like “colorful,” “beautiful,” “fruit,” and “tree.”
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2011
Brown Pelicans , and the northernmost Brown Booby breeding colony on this side of the Pacific. But meanwhile, let’s look at the four avian families that comprise the brand new order Suliformes. Ringer Gannets and Boobies (Sulidae) Black-and-white gannets breed on the cold, rocky coasts of the northern and southern oceans.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 5, 2013
Even during the breeding season the birds appear to be quite unwary of humans. The bird illustrations in the third edition are brand new, updated by a group of eight artists working under the direction of John P. The artwork in my edition of Birds of Northern South America is much more intense in color.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 5, 2017
The point is, the field guide I grabbed without hesitation was the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 7th Edition by Jon L. North America is defined as from north of the Mexican border to the far north, plus “adjacent islands and seas within 200 nautical miles off the coast or offshore islands.”
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