The New York City Audubon Society Guide To Finding Birds In The Metropolitan Area (Comstock Book) Download Free (EPUB, PDF)
Positioned along the major East Coast migratory flyway, New York City and the surrounding areas offer some of the finest birding opportunities in North America. More than 355 species have been sighted there. Tapping the expertise of 47 metropolitan birders, Marcia T. Fowle and Paul Kerlinger provide residents, tourists, and visiting birders with the information they need to make the most of the area's extraordinary birding sites. The New York City Audubon Society Guide to Finding Birds in the Metropolitan Area contains up-to-date descriptions of 40 birding sites within the metropolitan area, which includes the five boroughs of New York City and adjacent areas in New Jersey, Long Island, and Westchester County. An additional section features 9 birding day-trips. Entries for each site include detailed maps, descriptions of the birds that can be seen, best season to visit, safety precautions, and public transportation. This exciting new guide is notable for its:*rankings for the birding opportunities at each site during each season;*checklist of 355 bird species found in New York City;*information on site-specific conservation and ecology;*coverage of practical issues; *suggestions for day-trips, regional hawkwatches, and pelagic birding trips;*birding resources, web sites, hotlines, and suggested reading for novices and experts
Series: Comstock Book
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Comstock Publishing Associates; 1 edition (April 5, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0801485657
ISBN-13: 978-0801485657
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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If you are looking for a colorful book that helps you identify the birds of New York City .. this is definitely NOT it. Though it may be technically good and informative it did nothing for actually identifying birds in New York. There is not one single colored page , all the " birds" are very small pencil sketches devoid of identifying marks. After looking at just one page I got bored to tears. This book will end up at the yard sale next week. Unless you're a techno -junkie and are good at just envisioning what birds might look like from primitive micro-sketches and don't actually enjoy going outside for any reason.. this book is worthless. Very disappointed that I spent money on this piece of retentive writing.
I felt the need to review this book even though I didn't buy it through because the only other review is so off-base. This book is NOT a field guide. If you want a field guide, there are tons of options, from the big ones (Sibley and Peterson - plus Audubon, of course), to many other less-known, but well-reviewed books (like Kaufman or Stokes).This book, however, is a guide to where in New York City you can see all those beautiful birds in the actual guide books and for that purpose it is a wonderful resource!
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