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The new fourth edition of this popular field guide adds some valuable features, including updated maps and taxonomic classifications. Organization is clear, the illustrations are realistic and more colorful than ever, and the range maps are easy to understand. The guide covers all North American bird species, including seabirds. 

One of the best bird guides available, tough enough to take in the field, detailed enough for hours of armchair browsing. 800 illustrations, 630 maps


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The Birders Handbook
by Paul Ehrlich

Encyclopedia of North American bird behavior is a complement to field guides. Learn more about the species you see in the field with information not included in your ID guide. This is the most complete reference book about the birds of North America in field-guide format.  Includes accounts for each of the 646 species of birds that breed in North America: Where the bird nests, which sex(es) build the nest, How many eggs the bird lays, what they look like, which parent incubates and for how long, how the young are cared for, food preferences and foraging habits.

Includes information about displays and mating, wintering, and conservation status.  Also includes 250 short essays covering all aspects of avian natural history.


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Great introduction to ornithology for both the novice and serious birder.  A highly readable, scientifically exact book for bird watchers who want to understand as well as identify birds.  This guide goes beyond bird identification to a detailed exploration of anatomy, physiology, behavior, communication, evolution, migration and ecology.  224 pages.

Guide to identifying native (and some widely introduced) trees of U.S. and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains. A dichotomous key leads the user through a series of simple questions about the shape or appearance of different parts of a tree. Includes 161 species

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Pocket-sized dichotomous key to identifying deciduous trees (trees that lose their leaves in the fall) in winter by examining twigs and other features. Describes parts of the twig and their function; encourages close observation of plant structures. Illustrations show twigs, buds, fruits, shape, habitat, and range of trees.

A pocket guide to identifying native ferns that grow in the U.S. Midwest and Northeast, and eastern Canada. Like other plant guides in the "Finders" series, "Fern Finder" is a dichotomous key, which leads the user step-by-step through a series of choices to the species being identified. Heavily illustrated with line drawings.

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