The Backyard Birdsong Guide North America

Description

A Book That Plays Songs!

The Backyard Birdsong Guide Set: Eastern/Central and Western North America -- Get to know birds by ear with these engaging, one-of-a-kind books. Discover 150 unique species from Eastern, Central and Western North America as you enjoy their sounds at the touch of a button-reproduced in high quality on the attached digital audio module-while reading vivid descriptions of their songs, calls, and related behaviors. Learn what Black-capped Chickadees are thinking as they give their unmistakable namesake call, or learn how to pick out the wavering songs of a young Bewick's Wren, or find out why many songbirds have dialects that vary from region to region. Each regional guide comes complete with up-to-date range maps and more than 130 sounds provided by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's world-renowned Macaulay Library, as well as exquisite illustrations of each species, The Backyard Birdsong Guide will resonate with beginners and experts alike. This makes a wonderful gift for the birding enthusiast!

The Backyard Birdsong Guide North America Set contains Eastern and Central North America Guide and Western North America Guide. Each guide is 5 x 8 in; 192 pp; 75 color illustrations; Hardcover

Donald Kroodsma is currently a visiting fellow at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. He has studied birdsong for more than 40 years and lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a nonprofit institution located in Ithaca, New York. Its mission is to interpret and conserve the earth's biological diversity through research, education and citizen science.

Artwork for the book is provided by four outstanding bird artists: John Sill, Diane Pierce, David Nurney, and Douglas Pratt.

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