New enthusiasts are flocking in record numbers to the fascinating pastime of birding. National Geographic has been meeting their need for clear and accurate information for 25 years with our million-selling Field Guide to the Birds of North America. Now, to better serve the expanding market, we’ve customized our field-guide format to offer unique coverage for birders east or west of the Rocky Mountains. These new volumes deliver in-depth information on every bird officially recorded in the specified area, with illustrated accounts of the different plumages and life stages, along with hundreds of color-coded range maps.
Unique features set these guides apart from the competition and promise to win a new generation of readers: A full-color visual index, printed on the inside covers, makes the content accessible visually a real boon to beginning and intermediate birders. Annotated artwork highlights birds’ key physical features, making identification easier. Thumb-tabs help readers find information fast. Durable covers stand up to outdoor use, with integrated quick-reference flaps that double as place-markers.Field Guide to the Birds of Western North America offers 750 regular species, 600 new range maps, 100 casual and accidental birds, and 55 rarities.
The thumb-tabs and layout make this my preferred bird guide I think this is a great bird identification book for my needs. I am a beginner to intermediate bird watcher and I previously owned the Sibley bird guide. I like that this book as multiple similar bird species on the same page, I find this to be very helpful for me in identification. I think the illustrations are pleasant and clear, the birds are also placed in various natural poses. There is a very brief but good introduction on how to use the guide and what the different parts of a bird…
I love this book. I am a beginner birdwatcher and I love this book. It is very easy to find the right page. The descriptions, pictures and maps are great. The index is right in front. The cover pages also make the book easy to use. I love this book. It is right next to my chair by the window.
Same great book in a more compact package. All the information you need for birding out west, with a little less bulk. Excellent art — painings are to be preferred over photos for ID purposes — and highly-informative text in the species accounts. By eliminating those species never found west of the Rocky Mtns, the “Western” book has been made almost, though not quite, small enough to fit in a back pocket, and the relatively move compact size does help when in the field with it.