Covering every bird species in North America, and featuring more than one thousand illustrations and 800 maps, this essential, comprehensive, and easy-to-use bird reference is designed for use by both novices and experts who want a complete guide to the birds of North America, their identification, their ranges, their behaviors. Special features include clear, accessible text; taxonomic descriptions of thousands of species; a quick-find index for the most common bird groups; hundreds of range and migration maps; lavish production values; key field markings for easy identification; state-of-the-art bird illustration and photography. A lively and informative 3,000-word introductory chapter, The Art and Science of Birding, by National Geographic's resident birding expert Mel Baughman, offers birders from novice to accomplished the basic topography, morphology, and taxonomy of birds and includes colorful anatomical illustrations depicting birds at rest and in flight. Tips for making accurate field identification, and detailed information bird species and family distinctions are also detailed in this chapter. Birds are featured by family and follow the American Ornithological Association guidelines; this organization. helps acclimate birders to related birds within a family and aids quick identification in the field. The guide also features an alphabetical bird species index. An easy-to-access layout depicts thousands of members of the 81 bird families profiled. For each family, there is an opening image and 800-word essay revealing the basic look and behavior, followed by additional illustrations showing plumage variations by age and sex, and range maps showing migration routes. The entry for the hawk family, for example, features illustrations and photographs detailing the species sharp wide wingspan, sharp talons and curved beaks for catching prey, and soaring flight. Four to six paintings of the family's different genders and age-groups, in differ
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