Learn all about Northern California’s top 320 most notable bird species. Full-color illustrations complement detailed accounts, color-coded pages that cover habitat, nesting, feeding, vocal sounds, best sites for viewing, and tips for distinguishing from similar species. Illustrations and photographs make identification easy. Includes appendix of rare and vagrant species, index, bibliography, and glossary. Front of book gives color-coded keys to bird groups.
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I love it. I can find the names of birds … I have owned a copy of this book for a long time. I love it. I can find the names of birds outside at my feeders and those I see on hikes and photo expeditions. Clear, beautiful illustrations and lots of info to help you identify juveniles, visitors and year-round residents. I just bought a copy along with some other child-targeted items so my nephews’ parents could look them up along with the kids and be ready with questions the kid-targeted items didn’t cover. Big success! Great great book.
Since I bought this book I now have a set of binoculars and enjoy looking up the species When I moved to the country I saw so many birds that I didn’t know a hawk from an eagle. Since I bought this book I now have a set of binoculars and enjoy looking up the species, where they migrate, their sounds and habits. It’s fun now knowing the differences instead of “guessing”.
Very Best of Its Kind I am an advanced-amateur birder, and I own four separate bird guides. I live in the Bay Area, and this is by far the guide I use the most. I’ve owned it for three years, and virtually every bird I’ve seen has been within its pages. It’s very easy to navigate because of its “thumbnails” in the opening pages – you can easily spot your bird there without having to flip through the whole guide.