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| The Backyard Birdsong Guide: Eastern and Central North America (Backyard Birdsong Guides) | 
| Author: Donald Kroodsma
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
Buy New: $16.04
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 3941
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 7.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0811863425
Dewey Decimal Number: 598.1594097
EAN: 9780811863421
ASIN: 0811863425
Publication Date: April 23, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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| Customer Reviews:
BUY THIS BOOK! It is fascinating May 5, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I just got Backyard Birdsong Guide by Donald Kroodsma in the mail today and am right here again buying TWO more for gifts.
My cat sits nearby as she is going ballistic over these bird songs. I have FOREVER wondered which birds are our 5am 'sing before the dawn' artists, now I know!
I highly recommend this book. It shall be available for all our guests here at The Claiborne House Bed and Breakfast to enjoy.
We have large maples out front, a 3 level pond out back, Magnolias, Pecan trees and a park across the street. For this - we have birds, lots and lots of birds singing their little hearts out day and into the night!
This is the perfect gift! PERFECTO!
WOW! April 29, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Wow!! What a terrific book . . . the text, the sounds, the selection of species, the layout . . . everything works perfectly together. I opened my pre-release copy, intending to spend just a few minutes and return to it later. Two hours went by, and I was still reading and listening; I couldn't stop turning the pages.
Of course, I went right to my favorite birds, reading the text and pushing the buttons to listen, as I expect that most people will do. But then I settled in and went to other species, and then I read the introductory pages. The information there will bring you to a whole new level of enjoying these remarkable creatures.
I have struggled for years to identify birds through their song, aided by mostly meaningless mnemonics as these are presented in most guides. For the first time, Kroodsma's full description of each species' song gives readers enough detail and context to help them understand what they are listening to. These birds come to life in the text and then the icing is the lovely songs themselves. Push the loon button and you are immediately transported to remote northern lakes. Push the phoebe button and hear how he sings his two different songs. Hear how animated a pewee is at dawn compared to later in the day. Try the wrens, thrushes, warblers, sparrows. They're all there and more, in the text and at the push of a button!
This is a truly special book. I'd give it ten stars if I could. Now I have the perfect gift to give to my friends to show them why I've always been so thrilled to hear a singing bird.
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