Stokes – Field Guide Eastern New Edition This easy-to-use guide features 636 North American bird species and more than 2,000 stunning color photographs. And yet it’s portable enough to fit in your pocket! The guide includes: the newest scientific and common names and phylogenetic order; special help for identifying birds in flight through important clues of behavior, plumage, and shape; detailed descriptions of songs and calls; important behavioral information and key habitat preferences; the newest range maps, detailing species’ winter, summer, year-round ranges, and migration routes.
Product Features
- Dimension(in): 8.75(L) x 5.75(W) x 1.00(D)
Excellent field guide The new Stokes Field Guides combine stunning photography with important notes to aid in identification. Unlike other guides which rely on one or two photographs per bird, the Stokes have included up to eleven photos (for those pesky gulls!) so that birders can easily see important variations in plumage for each species. At only 8.5″ x 5.5″, this book packs easily. The Eastern Guide, along with the Western Guide are must-haves for any birder. Thanks, Lillian and Don!
A must-have for serious birders Having used this book regularly for a few years, I would like to amend my review by making an even stronger recommendation. For decades, birders have debated whether a field guide should be based on artwork (e.g., Peterson, Sibley)or photography (e.g., the old Audubon series, and now Stokes). That debate is now over, and both sides win. Until the new Stokes guides were published, starting in 2010, paintings were always superior to photographs because they emphasized the essential features for…
Easy to use, Makes watching my birds enjoyable. The Stokes Field Guide to Birds, Eastern Region is the perfect bird identification guide. I purchased this book so I could identify the birds in my backyard around my bird feeders. My husband and I were always asking each other “What’s that bird”? with this book we can identify them easily. The photographs show Adult Male, Adult Female and Juvenile birds and seasonal plumage changes. There is a map that shows the area that the bird frequents. The descriptions include physical…