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| National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds--E: Eastern Region - Revised Edition | 
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| Author: National Audubon Society
Publisher: Knopf
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  56 reviews
Sales Rank: 10266
Media: Turtleback
Edition: 2 Rev Sub
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 800
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 3.9 x 1.4
ISBN: 0679428526
Dewey Decimal Number: 598.297
EAN: 9780679428527
ASIN: 0679428526
Publication Date: September 27, 1994
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Condition: an exlibrary book with markings, pages clean and tight, d on bottom edge of book
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Amazon.com Review
Covering 508 bird species found east of the Rocky Mountains, the revised second edition takes into account changes in taxonomy and uses improved photography. At the heart of the guide is a set of 646 well-made color photographs whose subjects are organized by easily discerned characteristics (e.g., "chicken-like marsh birds," such as the clapper rail; "gull-like birds," such as the kittiwake; and "upright-perching water birds," such as the common murre). The photographs are then keyed to textual descriptions of the birds' appearance, range and habitat, nesting characteristics, and behavior. Easy to use and handsomely produced, this belongs in every eastern birdwatcher's collection. --Gregory McNamee
Product Description
Introduced in 1977 and completely revised in 1994, these bestselling photographic field guides have become the birding bibles of more than four million enthusiasts. Virtually every bird found in North America is brought to life in a full-color photograph and with textual information on the bird's voice, nesting habits, habitat, range, and interesting behaviors. Accompanying range maps; overhead flight silhouettes; sections on bird-watching, accidental species, and endangered birds make these the most comprehensive field guides to birds available. Note: the Eastern Edition generally covers states east of the Rocky Mountains, while the Western Edition covers the Rocky Mountain range and all the states to the west of it.
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 Natiopnal Audubon Society Birds December 22, 2008
I have reviewed this book and I want to say it is more than I imagined, the illistrations are wonderful print very readable and the infomration is remarkable. I have many books regarding spiecies of birds this is the best I have yet to see on the whole of North America. The book is thorough, speific and covers many of the spieces I see here in Maine, Owls, Hawks, Falcons, and many birds of prey. The song birds like Finchs, Oriels, many others. I would recommend this book for the avide bird watcher and the beginners just a great book for us novices, facts on migration and nesting habitant and much more
Best bird book out there December 20, 2008
I have owned this book (earlier ver) for YEARS, and recently purchased a copies for my sons for Christmas. This is the one you want!
 GOOD SECONDARY SOURCE December 15, 2008
I got frustrated with an older edition of the Audubon and purchased the Nat Geo birding guides. I am a notice bird watcher and wanted something with more information about the birds. Nat Geo is good in that you have good sketches of the birds in all of their different stages; however, recently, I have gone back to using the Audubon as a secondary source. I still go to the old version of Audubon after I have made I.D. to see an actual picture of the bird. Sometimes that helps to make an accurate I.D., sometimes not. There is still nothing like a good photo of a bird to help in its I.D. I recently picked up the newer version of Audubon and was pleased to see more and better photos. I am purchasing the newer version for those photos. It is still a good investment for well-rounded bird watching.
 Arguably the best photographic guide November 4, 2008
I'm not going to argue the worth of photographs vs. illustrations. Everyone picks which works better for them, and that's that. I've tried both and prefer photos.
My wife and I use both the Audubon and Stokes guides. Were we forced to pick a favorite, I would go with the Audubon guide, she with the Stokes. Both have different advantages and issues.
The Audubon guide has a very flexible and convenient binding. The book is tall for its width and it lends itself nicely to thumbing through the pages. The organization of the photo section is by size within color within species type. Finding a male purple finch is as simple as flipping quickly to the handful of red, perching birds of the same approximate size, and zeroing in on the right entry.
That, however, leads to the first disadvantage - unless the male and female share overall coloration, they will be shown on separate pages and/or in separate sections. While that makes some sense, given the intent of the book's organization, it makes subsequently reading about the species less convenient.
That leads to the second disadvantage - photos and text are in separate halves of the book. Once you've identified a species from a photo, you have to look up the text page separately. It slows things down.
By using both the Stokes guide (which has photos and text on the same page) and the Audubon guide, we get the best of both worlds. The coverage of the two guides is slightly different, so we actually have more species at our fingertips than with either guide alone. When we get frustrated by one or the other, depending on what the search issue happens to be, there's the other, organized differently, which often solves the problem. Both guides are photographic, and we find the different photos often make or break a particular species identification.
The Stokes guide may be found here: Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Eastern Region (Stokes Field Guides).
Birds October 23, 2008
Purchased two good "bird" books at the same time. This is the easiest of the two for finding birds, and I thoroughly recommend it.
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