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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

10,000 Birds

The new series was masterminded by Chanticleer founder Paul Steiner, who was lauded on his death 19 years later for his “brilliant idea of creating bird guides with photographs” and organizing them visually. In the back of the book, we find a lengthy section on “Bird Families,” a glossary, an index.

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

10,000 Birds

I had heard of Roger Tory Peterson, but I didn’t know that he was a New York birder, born in upstate Jamestown in 1908, nor that he had birded the Bronx when he was a young man, a member of NYC Linnaean Society and the fabled Bronx Bird Club. Family groups are briefly introduced with descriptions of their shared characteristics.