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Charles Harper’s Birds & Words: A Review of a Classic Reborn

10,000 Birds

Yet, it is amazing how many identification features are evident in his bird pictures—the fire-red head, streaked back, white wing bars, and white-tipped tertials of the Western Tanager, the white tail band on the Eastern Kingbird, the black-bordered white eyebrow of the Red-eyed Vireo.

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The American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of New Jersey: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Wright and Small offer additional material, illustrating anatomical parts, like wing stripe, tail band, and rump, that are used in the species accounts. The book itself is field-guide sized, small enough to fit into a large pocket, light enough to carry in a backpack without tipping you over. A rarity these days!