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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

10,000 Birds

Pough “with illustrations in color of every species” by Don Eckelberry, Doubleday, 1946. The New York Times obituary cited the series (and Steiner’s other books, but it was the series that made money) as reshaping the publishing industry in the United States.**. This is a fairly large book: 907 pages; 7.38

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The Birds of Trinidad and Tobago: Two Guides, One Book Review

10,000 Birds

Steve, another member of our birding group, also had a field guide by Kenefick, Restall, and Hayes, but his was bordered in GREEN, had a slightly different title, and, to my extreme chagrin, was much more recent, showing the recently split Trinidad Motmot instead of the Blue-crowned Motmot on my book’s cover. I was confused.

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Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America, Second Edition: A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

That was the fourth edition, dated 1980, and I didn’t realize at the time that we were getting the books for free because the fifth edition had just been published. (I Adding the 76 new species in the Hawaii section, this makes coverage of approximately 884 species. I don’t think I’ve ever seen this before!

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Highly recommended – Europe’s Birds: An Identification Guide

10,000 Birds

When you spot a brand new bird identification guide, especially for your home region – in this case, Europe – reaching for it comes naturally. And a highly recommendable book it is, there is no doubt about it. pounds) heavy Colombia field guide with its 1900+ species. In its 640 pages there are 4,700 stunning (really!)

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Birds of Malaysia – Covering Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysian Borneo and Singapore

10,000 Birds

Most of such bird tours are branded “Borneo”, without ever mentioning the name of the country in the name of the tour. In 416 pages, 1800 illustrations and over 775 distribution maps covering regularly occurring species, “Birds of Malaysia” depicts all 847 species recorded in Malaysia and Singapore to date.

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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 7th Edition: A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

The 7th edition of the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America covers 1,023 species that reside, migrate, or have been documented as accidentals or exotics in North America. So, yes, Thayer’s Gull is in the book, but the reader is cautioned that the gull with be lumped with Iceland Gull “in the near future.”

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Britain’s Dragonflies & Britain’s Butterflies: A Review of Two Field Guides

10,000 Birds

I couldn’t wait to give names to all my new species. I tried using the Internet, but found it frustrating for all the usual reasons; websites either didn’t include all species or were difficult to use for identification. Identifying the birds was easy thanks to the Collins Bird Guide.

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