Birding for Beginners
927790
Great for a 12 year old with an interest in Ornithology. Great pictures and text size makes for easy reading.
6051
I have enjoyed and will keep this book as a quick reference.
Good to know that there is an entire bird oriented community which I have just recently become aware of.
Good book would certainly not hesitate in recommending it.
2774567
This is my first Bird guide. I have plant and track guides that have a nice "how to use this guide" section with methods for navigating the guide. I did not find that in this guide and find myself flipping every page to find birds I'm looking for. I think to help this I'll add some sticky label tabs on different sections. My professor recommended to use a guide that has drawings as opposed to photographs of birds as this will be more accurate to the species than one individual.
144974
Just finished the trip we bought this book for.  It included 95% of the birds we saw and was very easy to use.  This is not the book for experienced birders, but for amateurs like us it provided lots of fun and was just what we needed.
2773878
This prolific writer on birding delivers again, taking many of his tried and true observations on birding and compiling them into an easy and interesting format. I would recommend this strongly to any birder but certainly beginning birders will profit the most from its insights. Especially good for anyone considering an optics purchase.
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This book is a fantastic introduction to the sport of Falconry. While it is by no means an exhaustive guidebook, it presents a clear path for those that wish to learn more about the sport. It emphasizes more than once, that falconry is not a sport that you can just pick up and put down, it is for serious hunters and bird lovers only.

Beautiful photography and colorful writing bring this short but fun book to life. I had a great time reading it and would recommend it to anyone who wishes to learn more about Falconry.
4513249
I use these for birding and have found that for me (a newbie) they are perfect! They are very easy to use and I can see the birds quickly and clearly.
161765
It's a welcome addition to advanced birding. I do not believe any false claims about the content were made. It is not going to include every bird in North America. We have field guides for that. In the Peterson series, there is a recent book on plumage, feathers and molt. That one was quite difficult to study and memorize, going toward grad student ornithology. This one is fine for improving birding skills in the field. I tend to use more of the actual field marks, and they are in no way overlooked in this book focusing on "gist." Raptor specialists use the method in this book more than the generalist birder.

Kenn Kaufman has two books on advanced birding. I carry the new one of them in my car birding bag. This one is a hard cover book I tend to leave at home and review a particular family of birds at a time.
<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Kaufman-Field-Guide-to-Advanced-Birding-Kaufman-Field-Guides/dp/0547248326/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Kaufman Field Guide to Advanced Birding (Kaufman Field Guides)</a>

Also in 2017, a Princeton press book covers some of the same material.
<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Better-Birding-Tips-Tools-and-Concepts-for-the-Field/dp/0691129665/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Better Birding: Tips, Tools, and Concepts for the Field</a>
The Peterson book is going to have more of the birds that the average birder is likely going to find, such as dowitchers and other shore birds covered here.
2263200
As a beginning birder,  I feel that this gives me just what I need to started.  Thanks. jim
586817
bought our own copy after borrowing this from the library. fun for novice birders!
1114080
If you're traveling to Arizona or are a beginning birder, this is a great ebook to have.  It's wonderful to have a birding guide with me on my phone or tablet wherever I am, but it looks like I'll have to put in my own bookmarks before it becomes really useful, and it's not a perfect replacement for a traditional field guide.  However, now I don't have to try to remember a bird's markings until I get home, and for the money, it's a super value.
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It was an excellent book about birding. Discover in me again the pleausure for birding and re-discover a tool for see more birds than to follow a leadear, an is use chairs...! awesome...really I recommend these wonderful book.
Rosa Elena Albornoz
Birdwatcher since 25 years ago in Venezuela
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This was the first field guide I bought when I moved to Arizona a few years ago.  We have a wealth of wild birds in our backyard, and this guide provided a great source of information as I began to learn how to identify different birds.  Yes, it is lacking on some levels, but for beginners of ALL ages (I am NOT a child  -  I'm 60+) I think this is a valuable starting point to becoming a more experienced bird watcher.

I have since added a couple more comprehensive guides to my collection.  But when I spot a new or unfamiliar bird, this is the guide I always go to first.  The way it's organized, by color, does really help with beginning to identify different birds and I've found it immensely helpful.  For under $15, it's a good solid investment.  Hopefully Mr. Tekiela will work on another edition that includes more Arizona birds, both migrating and permanent residents of our beautiful state.
605183
I am using this book while I hike on the refuge in Texas.  I am at Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge and have started "Birding."  For a beginner carrying this small book is very helpful.
3694762
Very good book for identifying birds.  I am not a "birder", but enjoy watching from my kitchen window at the different ones feeding at my bird feeders outside.  I was surprised at the number of different birds that I saw.  My curiosity caused me to order the book, to identify the different ones that I saw.  I have enjoyed being able to add names to the birds that I see.
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THE BASICS: 1st edition; hardcover; 115 color photos show 107 species of seabirds found in the ocean surrounding New Zealand; text for each bird focuses primarily on identification; this guide helps to become familiar with species but is limited to only one photo per bird and little description of the various plumages; a range map is given for each bird

THE REVIEW: This is a small, handy photo guide to all the expected seabirds of New Zealand and its surrounding islands. For this book, "seabirds" are those species in the following families: penguins, albatrosses, shearwaters, storm-petrels, boobies, cormorants, gulls, and terns.

Each bird is shown with just one primary color photograph that is of good quality. About a dozen of the birds have an additional small photograph which merely zooms in or out on the photograph already provided. The author has done a good job at selecting quality photographs to showcase these birds. These photos should be helpful for identifying many, but not all, of the pelagic birds. The single-photo format obviously omits the many, many other plumages that are possible within a species, which may preclude confident identification on a field trip.

The text for each bird consists of one paragraph, which is dedicated primarily to identification and to comparing the bird to similar species. A few brief notes are provided on the bird's status and behavior. Although the text that is present is good, it won't provide much help for all the other plumages not depicted in the photographs.

A range map of the ocean around New Zealand gives a general image of the bird's range in the region.

This is a good, basic guide to the pelagic birds that will help many of the beginners become familiar with New Zealand's seabirds. The more experienced ocean-birder will want one of the more in depth guides.  This additional book will be needed to illustrate and describe the  many additional plumages that will be encountered out on the water. - (written by Jack at Avian Review with sample pages, September 2008)
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This book provides bird watchers with an excellent guide to almost every bird found in the Eastern half of the US.  The quick index and color tabs make finding the right page easy for most birders, and the introduction  provides the information an inexperienced birder needs to learn how to use  this book.  The photographs are mostly excellent and show most of the  important field marks.  Immature, female, and non-breeding season plummage  pictures are provided for many birds, and a wonderful description of the  bird's plummage is always included.  The maps, although sometimes  inaccurate (as I've found with most guides) are easy to read.  The addition  of shading for migration routes would help, but could be confusing for some  birders.  The learning pages provide an excellent comparison of similar  species; especially useful for sparrows and warblers.  I would reccomend  purchasing Peterson's guide in addition to this, but if you can only buy  one, this is the one I'd buy.  Keep in mind that every person is different,  and will benifit from different organizations of species.  Purchase the  book you think will suit your preferences best.