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| Identify Yourself: The 50 Most Common Birding Identification Challenges | 
| Author: Bill Thompson Iii
Creators: Julie Zickefoose, Kenn Kaufman, The Bird Watcher's Digest
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 305080
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0618514694
Dewey Decimal Number: 598.072347
EAN: 9780618514694
ASIN: 0618514694
Publication Date: May 1, 2005
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 Excellent book for Beginner and Intermediate Birders February 24, 2006
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is an excellent book for sorting out and identifying those tricky birds that are difficult to distinguish from one another. It is aimed at beginners and intermediates, but still provides helpful points for advanced birders. Julie Zickafoose does an beautiful job at the illustrations, and Bill Thompson clearly outlines the differences between similar species. This is a good book to own if you are having troubles with identifications.
 A great help for new and seasoned birders November 3, 2005
26 out of 26 found this review helpful
This book came out this summer,but I just found it this week.
It is going to be a great help for all birders,particularly the novice and intermediate.Even those who have been at it for years will find lots of identifying points to help them sort out those birds that are very similar.Whether dealing with sorting out similar sparrow species,similar shorebirds,similar finches,similar blackbirds,etc it is very difficult moving past the obvious birds ,particularly in breeding plumage,and trying to convince yourself that you can differentiate between female Cowbirds and female Brewer's Blackbirds;especially while finding them alone.Here's where this book shines.It takes those similar birds ,that confuse many,and describes the point,s that help tell the difference.
BirdWatcher's Digest has been the most popular 'Bird Magazine for many years ,now having over 70,000 subscribers.One of the best features has been Eirek A.T. Blom,s articles on identification.Along with that Julie Zickefosse's excellent artwork and illustrations have been admired for years.This book takes that wonderful work,by some of the best,that has come out over the years ,and put it all together in one book.It is put together in a manner that makes it a pleasure to read and easy to understand.
I must stress,this is not a typical field guide to all the birds;it is a terrific addition for any one of those guides,to help sort out those similar species that give everyone lots of trouble.If you already have a field guide,this should be the next book to get,I guarantee you will not regret it.
In 1990 Kenn Kaufman wrote a book "Advanced Birding" that was similar to this book ,but was geared to the advanced birder to help sort out the real tough ones .This new book is aimed at those common species that are encountered virtually every day you go birding.
No doubt about it,there has been a long time need for this book and will be very popular with all birders.
Review of "Identify Yourself" The 50 most common birding ID problems October 16, 2005
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
This book is the first book I have read about birds that tackles the tough job of identfying the really difficult birds. I have been birding over 20 years and this is the first of its kind, I believe. The author, Bill Thompson III, presents those very subtle ID marks that will help even the experienced birder. The sketches by Julie Zickeffoose are remarkable. I highly recommend this book for all serious birders.
Anthony Soule
A guide for avid birders which explains why it's often so difficult to identify birds July 4, 2005
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
Bill Thompson III and the editors of Bird Watcher's Digest present Identify Yourself: The 50 Most Common Birding Identification Challenges. Finally there's a guide for avid birders which explains why it's often so difficult to identify birds, from the challenges of separating immature colorings from adult to features which make common birds hard to tell apart. The focus on what elements make identification a challenge and how to overcome these challenges through alternate methods makes for a fine review of the major bird species and their unique attributes.
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