Green cloth boards with red lettering and illustration. Loaded with color and black and white illustrations.
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Green cloth boards with red lettering and illustration. Loaded with color and black and white illustrations.
Birds of Texas Field Guide This is an old standby in my family. I had owned a later publication from the mid-to-late 60s that had a mishap relating to a cooking incident (my book is always handy in the kitchen to identify the birds at the feeders, but I won’t go into that). Needless to say, it had to be thrown out. Replacing it was impossible locally, therefore, I was very happy to find it on Amazon. I really prefer this book, not only because of my familiarity with it, but because it’s specific to the birds and…
I wasn’t disappointed. This was commissioned by the Texas Department of … I was referred to this book as a very complete book on Texas birds. I wasn’t disappointed. This was commissioned by the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife intending to be a very inclusive book. It had descriptions of visitors from Mexico that other books don’t, (Mexican Duck with the details to tell it from a Mottled Duck). The only thing I didn’t like is that the illustrations tend to be dark. That’s a printing problem, I think. Well worth getting. The fact that it was first published…
Excellent Birding Book and provider of same. This is an excellent book for birding and has been out of print for a long time. The seller indicated it was in good enough shape to warrant it a collector level and I totally agree. With the use I am giving it along with it’s age I doubt it will remain at a collector’s level in the next 10 years or so.