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Description
The acclaimed book that has revolutionized birding and field guides
" The Crossley ID Guide] has turned the traditional field guide on its ear."--Wall Street Journal
"Deserves to be your essential resource for definitive species identification."--Richmond Times-Dispatch
"The perfect book for beginning birders, and even experts will marvel at its thoroughness."--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"A different kind of ID book, a book much more useful and helpful."--Minneapolis Star Tribune
- Revolutionary. This book changes field guide design to make you a better birder
- A picture says a thousand words. The most comprehensive guide: 640 stunning scenes created from 10,000 of the author's photographs
- Reality birding. Lifelike in-focus scenes show birds in their habitats, from near and far, and in all plumages and behaviors
- Teaching and reference. The first book to accurately portray all the key identification characteristics: size, shape, behavior, probability, and color
- Practice makes perfect. An interactive learning experience to sharpen and test field identification skills
- Bird like the experts. The first book to simplify birding and help you understand how to bird like the best
- An interactive website--www.crossleybirds.com--includes expanded captions for the plates and species updates
About the Author
Richard Crossley is an internationally acclaimed birder and photographer and the award-winning author of The Crossley ID Guide series (Princeton/Crossley Books), which has been recognized for its pioneering approach to bird identification. He is also a coauthor of The Shorebird Guide and the cofounder of the Pledge to Fledge global birding initiative, and he is working on multiple birding projects involving mixed media and new technologies such as birdcams.