Synopses & Reviews
For over twenty years, Donald and Lillian Stokes have been among America's most popular authorities on birds and wildlife, with more than 2 million copies sold of their classic Stokes Nature Guides and Stokes Backyard Nature Books. Now the Stokeses have drawn upon their life's work to produce field guides that are factually, visually, and organizationally superior to any other books you can buy. You'll find:
- Accurate identification in one easy step, with all the information you need on a single page - color photographs, range map, and detailed description. No more fumbling to match photos with text!
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A compact alphabetical index inside the front and back covers for speedy reference.
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An illustrated Quick Guide to the most common backyard and feeder birds
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Fast-access colored tabs keyed to each bird group.
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The most detailed and comprehensive descriptions available anywhere, with information on male, female, seasonal, and immature plumages, as well as feeding, nesting, behavior, habitat, voice, birdhouse and bird feeder proclivity, and - for the first time in any guide - population trends and conservation status.
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More than 900 high-resolution color identification photographs.
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Special Learning Pages - four-color spreads for beginning birders, providing identification pointers and facts about the major bird groups.
Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Western Region covers the western portions of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and all other states and provinces to the west.
Synopsis
The easiest-to-use and most comprehensive field guide to North American birds-from the country's preeminent writers on birds and nature Drawing on more than twenty years' experience as bird and wildlife experts, Donald and Lillian Stokes have produced field guides that are factually, visually, and organizationally superior to any other books you can buy. You'll find: * All the identification information on a single page-color photographs, range map, and detailed description. No more fumbling to match photos with text! * For fast reference-a compact alphabetical index inside the front and back covers. * More than 900 high-resolution color identification photographs. * An illustrated Quick Guide to the most common backyard and feeder birds. * Convenient colored tabs keyed to each bird group. * Concise and comprehensive text, with information on habitat; plumage variation; feeding, nesting, and mating behavior; bird feeder proclivity; and-for the first time in any guide-population trends and conservation status.