Identify Wild Birds on
Nature Hikes and Vacations
with this
Handy Wild Bird Field Guide
Or
try our new online bird book - currently text based description for bird
identification, but soon to have photos for each bird!
One of the most enjoyable aspects of feeding birds and
watching birds in their natural habitat is identifying them with a bird
book. Once you've
started to identify the birds in your backyard the most natural progression is
to move on identifying them on family hikes, bird watching vacations and
even as a pastime for long drives.
Every guide has it's place. Some bird identification
guides are heavy, others are meant for further study or even as a coffee table
book. Still others are meant for field identification.
Identifying birds with a field guide will seldom give
you all the information you want on a bird species but will be pocket
sized. You'll be able to use it as a quick reference while on foot
without feeling the weight in your pocket.
A really great guide for identifying birds while you're
on foot is  National Geographic: Field Guide to the Birds of North America.
That link will take you to Barnes and Noble's description and reviews of
the book. The link at right will take you to amazon's page on this
birder's field guide.
Ways to use this bird book:
As a family we have traveled extensively by car and car
games (after a while) can grow tiring. As the children grow older many
families now make these trips educational by providing a birder's field
guide for each child in the car and make a game of identifying the wild
birds spotted along the way. In the back of each child's book they
record the birds they have correctly identified as well as location and
date. Older siblings help the younger ones and parent's can play too!
About this 'Identify Wild Birds' Resource:
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North
America is the ultimate birder’s field guide. It is sturdy,
portable, and easy-to-use. The guide features the most complete
information available on every bird species known to North
America.
Featuring 250 range maps, new plumage and species
classification information, and specially commissioned full-color
illustrations. Also includes a superb index, allowing birders in the
field to quickly identify wild birds.
The National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of
North America, Fourth Edition continues to be a bestseller among the
fastest-growing sector in the U.S. travel market — nearly 25 million
people who travel each year specifically to watch and identify wild
birds!
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