Get the New Edition of Illinois’s Best-Selling Bird Guide
Learn to identify birds in Illinois, and make bird-watching even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela’s famous field guide, bird identification is simple and informative. There’s no need to look through dozens of photos of birds that don’t live in your area. This book features 117 species of Illinois birds organized by color for ease of use. Do you see a yellow bird and don’t know what it is? Go to the yellow section to find out.
Book Features:
- 117 species: Only Illinois birds
- Simple color guide: See a yellow bird? Go to the yellow section
- Compare feature: Decide between look-alikes
- Stan’s Notes: Naturalist tidbits and facts
- Professional photos: Crisp, stunning full-page images
This new edition includes more species, updated photographs and range maps, revised information, and even more of Stan’s expert insights. So grab Birds of Illinois Field Guide for your next birding adventure—to help ensure that you positively identify the birds that you see.
Mục lục
Introduction
- What’s New?
- Why Watch Birds in Illinois?
- Observation Strategies: Tips to Identify Birds
- Bird Basics
- Bird Color Variables
- Bird Nests
- Who Builds the Nest?
- Fledging
- Why Birds Migrate
- How Do Birds Migrate?
- How to Use This Guide
- Range Maps
Sample Pages
The Birds
- Black
- Black and White
- Blue
- Brown
- Gray
- Green
- Orange
- Red
- White
- Yellow
Birding on the Internet
Checklist/Index by Species
Observation Notes
More by Stan Tekiela
About the Author
Giới thiệu về tác giả
Naturalist, wildlife photographer and writer Stan Tekiela is the author of more than 190 field guides, nature books, children’s books, wildlife audio CDs, puzzles and playing cards, presenting many species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, trees, wildflowers and cacti in the United States. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural History from the University of Minnesota and as an active professional naturalist for more than 30 years, Stan studies and photographs wildlife throughout the United States and Canada. He has received various national and regional awards for his books and photographs. Also a well-known columnist and radio personality, his syndicated column appears in more than 25 newspapers and his wildlife programs are broadcast on a number of Midwest radio stations.
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