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Stokes Beginner's Guide to Birds

Eastern Region

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By Donald Stokes

By Lillian Q. Stokes

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From America’s foremost authorities on birds, this pocket-size, brilliantly colorful, simple-to-use guide is an ideal introduction to the birds of the Eastern United States.

Is that butterfly outside your window a Monarch or a Giant Swallowtail? What’s the best kind of feeder for attracting birds to your backyard? This pocket-size, brilliantly colorful, simple-to-use guide is an ideal introduction to the birds of the Eastern United States. It contains dozens of full-color photographs that enable readers of all ages to identify the most common species; range maps; tips on attracting and observing birds; information on habitat needs, life cycle, food preferences; and much more.

Special features include:
  • Coverage of 100 speices
  • Unique organization by birds’ plumage colors
  • User-friendly color tab index for quick reference
  • Brilliant full-color photographs of each species, plus separate images of male and female when plumage differs
  • Useful tips for attracting birds
  • Information on voice, habitat, nest, eggs, incubation time, population trends, behavior, birdhouse and feeder preferences, and much more

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On Sale
Oct 1, 1996
Page Count
144 pages
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
ISBN-13
9780316818117

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Donald Stokes

About the Author

Donald and Lillian Stokes are widely recognized as America’s foremost authorities on birds and nature. Their books include the bestselling Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America, the Stokes Field Guide to Birds, the Stokes Beginner’s Guide to Birds, the Stokes Nature Guides, and the Stokes Backyard Nature Books. They live in New Hampshire and Florida.

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Lillian Q. Stokes

About the Author

Lillian Stokes and her husband Donald are widely recognized as America’s foremost authorities on birds and nature. Their books include the bestselling Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America, the Stokes Field Guide to Birds, the Stokes Beginner’s Guide to Birds, the Stokes Nature Guides, and the Stokes Backyard Nature Books. Lillian lives in New Hampshire. 

 

Matthew A. Young is is the President and Founder of the Finch Research Network (FiRN). For ten years he was a Regional Editor of the Kingbird, the state ornithological journal in New York, was an Adjunct Professor in Environmental Studies at SUNY-Cortland, and currently teaches Intro to Birding and Nature Observation classes for Cornell University and is the Board Chair at The Wetland Trust. He lives in New York.

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