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.
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- National Geographic Field Guide to Birds Pennsylvania
For Beginners and Visitors Only If I had examined this book in a bookstore, I would not have purchased it for two reasons: (1) The information on birding sites in “Pennsylvania” is so brief and superficial as to be almost useless. (2) The small pocket-size of the book suggest that it is intended to be used as-a take-along field guide. But with just one bird photo on each page, it would be difficult to compare photos of similar birds to determine what one has seen. In this sense, the old pocket-sized Peterson…
Read the size description This is a small field guide sized book. But has beautiful color and pictures. Bought as a gift, I was a little disappointed in the size, but I shouldâve read the size description before I let myself get disappointed. Otherwise a very nice quality book
Great book. Exactly what I was looking for in a book.