Birds of North America: A Guide To Field Identification

Chandler S. Robbins, Bertel Bruun, Herbert Spencer Zim, Herbert S. Zim

St. Martin's Press, Apr 14, 2001 - Nature - 359 pages

Spot the silhouette of a Northern Goshawk in flight. Identify the raucous call of the Red-winged Blackbird. Discover the secret of picking out a Chipping Sparrow from its look-alike cousins. It's simple with this classic field guide, a treasured favorite among amateur bird lovers and exacting professionals. Recognized as the authority on bird identification, this invaluable resource provides:

-All of North America in one volume
-Over 800 species and 600 range maps
-Arthur Singer's famous illustrations featuring male, female, and juvenile plumage
-Sonograms that picture sound for easy song recognition
-Migration routes, feeding habits, and characteristic flight patterns
-American ornithologists' classifications
-Convenient check boxes to record birds you have identified
-Color tabs for quick references

What people are saying

Review: Birds of North America: A Guide to Field Identification

User Review  - Foxtower - Goodreads

This book has so many great illustrations it's fun just to look trough it! Unfortunately as far a accurately idetifying which sparrow I'm actually looking at... well, not so much. The book includes ...

Review: Birds of North America (Golden Field Guide from St. Martin's Press)

User Review  - Bert Klimas - Goodreads

This is my go-to book for identifying birds. Illustrations, text and maps indicating seasonal and migratory locations make it easy to narrow down what bird I'm looking at.

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Golden Guides first appeared in 1949 and quickly established themselves as authorities on subjects from Natural History to Science. Relaunched in 2000, Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press feature modern, new covers as part of a multi-year, million-dollar program to revise, update, and expand the complete line of guides for a new generation of students.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Birds of North America: A Guide To Field Identification; A Golden guide; Golden Field Guide Series; Golden Field Guide from St. Martin's Press
• Authors: Chandler S. Robbins, Bertel Bruun, Herbert Spencer Zim, Herbert S. Zim
• Edition: illustrated, revised
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 2001
• ISBN: 1582380902, 9781582380902
• Length: 359 pages
• Subjects: Nature / Animals / Birds; Nature / Birdwatching Guides