Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 272 pages
- Published by: National Geographic July 4, 2006
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0792255623
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0792255628
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Book Dimensions:
6 x 3.7 x 0.6 inches
- Weighs: 8 ounces
Product Description
Designed to fit in a backpack or pocket for easy access, each of these handy and popular bird field guides comprises 272 pages and features about 175 birds organized by family as approved by the American Ornithological Union. Standard features include:
Locator Map at the front listing regional birding hotspots;
Introduction by an expert on where to find the state's top birds;
How-To-Use Section with general tips on birding and advice on making the most of the guide;
125 Easy-Access Individual Entries providing a photograph of the bird in its habitat, recognition clues, specific details on behavior, habitat, and local sites, plus a special "Field Note" with artwork for extra help in tricky identifications;
Alphabetical Index with life list; and
Color-coded Index.
Pennsylvania offers a winning variety of city and country birds. See the bright-colored, vocal Yellow-billed Cuckoo; the migratory Snow Goose; the stunning Red-Tailed Hawk; the olive Acadian Flycatcher, and more.
About The Author
Jonathan Alderfer is a respected field ornithologist and one of North America's top birding artists. He is associate editor of the American Birding Association magazine, editor of the upcoming
National Geographic Complete Birds of North America, and will be chief consultant for the next edition of the
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Reader Reviews
The pictures are wonderful! I have a bird feeder outside my window and have seen many birds that I didn't recognize. The pictures are perfect! I now know what type they are. Other bird books have either drawings or the pictures aren't very clear, or show a terrible likeness...with these pictures I know exactly what I'm looking at! And the information about them is very interesting.
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