ADVANCED BIRDING - Peterson Field Guide Series - Hardcover

Kaufman, Kenn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395535174 ISBN 13: 9780395535172

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1990

Synopsis

Explains how to identify the most difficult species of birds

About this title

Review

Stumped by seemingly indistinguishable immature gulls covering the beach? Wonder whether the accipiter raiding your feeder is a female sharp-shinned hawk or a male Cooper's hawk? Well-known birder and author Kenn Kaufman presents some of North America's most challenging bird-identification conundrums in this guide for the advanced birder. Each chapter covers a group of difficult-to-identify or similar-looking birds, with analyses, tips, and drawings to aid in positive identification. Improve your birding skills and add more species to your life list with this excellent resource.

About the Author

Kenn Kaufman is the originator of the Kaufman Field Guide series, which includes books on birds, butterflies, mammals, and insects. He has also written Lives of North American Birds, Kingbird Highway, and the Peterson Field Guide to Advanced Birding.

Edition details

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0395535174
• ISBN 13: 9780395535172
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 299