Birding Hot Spots a great Guide

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	• National Geographic Guide to Birding Hot Spots of the United States (National Geographic Guide) Mel White National Geographic, 2006 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 3 reviews view larger image
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Moderate detail

Many an out-of-state birder wants a guide to local hot spots or a guide to finding specific species.
Perhaps this guide tries to do too many things and thus does all of them only moderately well.
Directions within specific areas are often general only. Similarly the species lists are too frequently vague regarding time of year or location. I think the internet with its rapid notification and very detailed locations, makes this printed reference seem doubly vague.
Within those limits this is a useful tool.

Birding Hot Spots a great Guide

Finally, a book with specific places to go for good birding by regions and then by state. This book has been so helpful. It tells what birds to expect where saving all levels of birders much time. It is a great companion to National Geographic's Field Guide.

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guide to birding hot spots

My wife and I can't wait to visit the sites mentioned in this great bird manual. Very clear and precise and in excellent condition.

Boasting more than 220 full-color illustrations and maps, this is the perfect practical companion to the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America. A must-have for birders everywhere, it's as useful at home as on the road, pinpointing the best places to see more than 400 species of birds from coast to coast.

Beginners and casual birders will appreciate the introduction on birding basics, which offers expert advice on how to prepare for the field. Then it's on to the heart of the book, organized into thirteen regions from New England to the Southwest. Each section begins with an overview map covering several states and showing major roads and hot spots. Next, each state has separate close-up maps that identify National and State Parks, bird sanctuaries, nature trails, and many other prime birding locations. Entries give clear directions to major sites along with notes on the birds you're likely to find there, the best seasons and time of day to see them, frequent sidebars on subjects of particular interest, and much more. Each state entry closes with a list of additional key places complete with specific contact information. Finally, a comprehensive index cross-references each bird with every site where it can be found.

A veritable pocket atlas of avian information, this guide will be equally useful to the novice just starting a lifelist and the advanced birder in search of an especially elusive species or a new and unique place to enjoy this enormously popular activity.

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