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Title: SMITHSONIAN FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA
By: Ted Floyd
Format: Paperback

List price: £16.99


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ISBN 10: 0061120405
ISBN 13: 9780061120404
Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS INC
Pub. date: 1 May, 2008
Pages: 528
Description: A field guide to North American birds. This title emphasizes on bird behaviour and a 'whole bird' philosophy of field identification. It contains essays on each bird group giving information regarding behaviour and id tips.
Synopsis: This new field guide provides a suite of modern tools to effectively aid in the identification of more than 750 species of birds across North America. It introduces a "whole bird" approach by concisely gathering a collection of information about birds into one portable and well-organized volume.2,000 stunning color photographs of birds in natural habitats show the most important field marks, regional population differences, life stages, and behaviors700-plus detailed and up-to-date color range maps show summer, migration, winter, year-round, and rare but regular occurrences of every major speciesA DVD of birdsongs for 138 major species (587 vocalizations in all for 51/2 hours of play); each high-quality MP3 file is embedded with an image of the bird, perfect to view on home computers and portable MP3 playersConcise descriptions of habits and ecology, age-related and seasonal differences, regional forms, vocalization, and informative captions pointing out the most important aspects of the bird46 group essays with information outlining taxonomy, feeding, migration, habitats, behaviors, and conservation statusA thorough and accessible introduction to birds and birding includes sections on parts of a bird, plumage and molt, food and feeding, migration, habitats, conservation, tips on bow to become a better birder, and moreA detailed glossary of terms, species checklist, and quick indexThe new Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America is perfectly designed to give birders the most powerful and user-friendly collection of information to carry into the field or wherever they enjoy learning about birds and nature.
Publication: US
Imprint: HarperPerennial
Returns: Returnable
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