Posts Tagged ‘National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America’
National Geographic recently published a new edition of their popular bird field guide. As always, this new edition incorporates new species (1,023, up from 990) and the latest taxonomic updates (as of 2016), but also has a range of other changes and improvements. Most of these are new, replacement illustrations. In this case, new is […]
My impression of 2017, in regard to bird books, was that it was a good, but not great, year. But when I took time to think of the books that I wanted to highlight here, I found myself going “Oh yeah, I forgot about that one…” more than I would care to admit. In the […]
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 7th Edition by Jon L. Dunn and Jonathan Alderfer From National Geographic: This fully revised edition of the best-selling North American bird field guide is the most up-to-date guide on the market. Perfect for beginning to advanced birders, it is the only book organized to […]
Here are the bird book reviews that I found last month. Peterson Reference Guide to Seawatching: Eastern Waterbirds in Flight Nature Travel Network The Crossley ID Guide: Britain and Ireland bird-o A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago, 3rd edition and Birds of Trinidad and Tobago, 2nd edition 10,000 Birds Take Wing and […]
Forgot to do this last month, so the list will be a little longer than usual. Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America: A Photographic Guide ABA Blog BrdPics John Rakestraw The Drinking Bird Audubon Magazine Blog The Birdbooker Report A Field Guide to the Southeast Coast & Gulf of Mexico: Coastal Habitats, Seabirds, Marine […]
by Jon L. Dunn and Jonathan Alderfer
One of the best North American field guides is updated – and better than ever.
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More bird-book-review goodness. A big thanks to all who post reviews online. As always, if you have written one not included here, please post a link in the comments or otherwise let me know. Pale Male and the Infertile Girl Bourbon, Bastards and Birds Birdwatching With Your Eyes Closed The Well-read Naturalist Birds of Southern […]
Looking for something to get for the bird-lover in your life? You can never go wrong with a good bird book. Here are a few suggestions. Field Guides Birdwatchers can never have enough field guides (to the delight of publishers everywhere). I’m not going too far out on a limb when I say that the […]
More shiny bird book reviews. Birds of North America and Greenland (Princeton Illustrated Checklists) ABA Blog The Nemesis Bird A DC Birding Blog Birding is Fun! The Birder’s Report National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Sixth Edition The Birdbooker Report Joseph Morlan Avian Architecture: How Birds Design, Engineer, and Build Rosyfinch […]
Several times in her podcasts I’ve heard Birdchick advise her listeners not to upgrade their field guide (provided their current one is no more than a decade old, or so). As the multitude of Extra Special [fill in the blank with some annoying, vaguely title-specific phrase] Edition DVD’s on my shelves would tell you, I […]
