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Title: Birds of Northern California
ISBN: 155105227X
Author:
David Fix
Andy Bezener
Publicate Date: 2000-02
Publish: 2000-02
List Price: $21.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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1: Excellent primer!
As a beginning bird watcher, I find this book useful in helping to cement my love of a new hobby. The color plates are very realistic and the information is concise. I'm very satisfied and recommend this book as a resource guide for anyone wanting to learn more about the beautiful birds of Northern California.
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2: Quite good
Quite good. Like the indexing the most. Very handy for newer birders to the area or people starting with birding in Norcal (highly recommend).
3 areas could improve.
1- comparison section is good, but does not cover similar looking birds of other families (e.g: compares short billed dowitcher with long billed dowitcher but need this to be clapper rail vs willet vs dowitcher)
2- need pictures of both flight and sitting positions for some birds (e.g: different hawks, others like northern mockingbirds)
3- a bit smaller size will make this a better field guide
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3: Birds of Northern California
Illustrations are excellent. Descriptions are brief and informative. Data is organized in a logical and structural way. Easy to use. Cover is sturdy, but light. I bought 4 copies for myself and as gifts.
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4: The BEST Northern California bird book....
What can I say, except that this is THE best Northern California bird book in existence....and in fact, it may well be the best bird book ever written! Over the years I've used a wide variety of bird identification books, including Sibley, Audubon/Peterson, etc...
Nothing matches this beautiful volume, from its fantastic color drawings/renditions to its sensitive and detailed textual comments, etc.
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5: Helpful but limited
Unfortunately, the illustrations in this book are of varying quality, with some looking as though they were painted from specimens. Moreover, there are no flight depictions, just static poses. However, the book is useful for focusing your attention on the set of species you need to know in northern California. I recommend using a Sibley identification guide with this book.
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