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The Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America is divided into sections that are logical and easy to navigate. Each bird is given a concise description consisting of its appearance, voice, and habitat, and positioned next to a range map with different colors for summer, winter and year round ranges, along with a beautiful color drawing. Many of the birds have different drawings for male, female, immature, and breeding colors. Here are a few of the things that makes Peterson’s Field Guide unique: the section on raptors is followed by pages of what the soaring birds look like when viewed from underneath. The section on shorebirds is followed by pages of more drawings comparing similar shorebirds in flight and also silhouettes of shorebirds (as perhaps seen against a glaring sea or bright sun). And if all that wasn’t enough, the last pages of the Field Guide are filled with silhouettes of common perching birds (you know how you see that little bird against a bright sky?) in case you cannot get a good look at a bird’s colors, or perhaps you only catch a glimpse. But as experienced birders have long known, each bird has a unique way of perching—Peterson knows it too and will prepare you to identify that bird! Thanks to Peterson’s Field Guide I now know how to tell a raven from a crow on the ground and in flight. Buy this book to identify birds of North America and you will never need another book! --Ann D. |
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