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| Birds of Texas Field Guide | 
| Author: Stan Tekiela
Publisher: Adventure Publications
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 160720
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 435
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 6 x 4.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 1591930456
Dewey Decimal Number: 598.29764
EAN: 9781591930457
ASIN: 1591930456
Publication Date: July 1, 2004
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| Customer Reviews:
Great book that's easy to use! February 23, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is the first field guide that I have ever bought. We are studying birds in my kids' science curriculum, so we needed to get a book to help us out. Although I can't compare it to others, I am definitely pleased with this choice. My boys are 9 and 10 and they can use it as easily as I can. And so far we have found every bird in our yard in this book. It doesn't have tons of detail, but that makes it easier to look through it, and then we can search online for further information as needed. And it has wonderful color photos. If you're looking for a basic Texas Bird Field Guide, I would recommend this book.
Birds of Texas February 6, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Just returned from a birding trip to Texas. This book had everything I needed and more. Very helpful! Gives some details not read in other bird books.
 Basic Beginner Book January 25, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
The pictures and descriptions are good as far as they go, but the book lacks many of the birds that serious birders travel to Texas to see. For example, the literature we received from Texas tells where to look for the Groove-Billed Ani; the Buff-Bellied Hummingbird; the Audubon's Oriole and many other species which are not presented in this book. It's hard to understand why so many were omitted.
The color-coding makes it necessary to look for the male and female of some species in different parts of the book and results in considerable duplication of the text.
We were disappointed because we have field guides to Eastern and Western birds and wanted to learn from this book about the specialty birds seen only in Texas.
Great Book for Beginning Bird Watchers December 17, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I first got the version of this book that is on birds of Connecticut, and now have purchased this one for my Grand-daughter who lives in Texas. She really got into bird watching when she visited us last summer and this book makes it so easy to get started. The book is arranged by the predominant color....so if you see a bird that is brown you look in the section of brown birds. Pictures are all photos, as opposed to drawings, and accordingly much more lifelike. When male and female differ in appearance there is an inset showing the other bird. And there is a great description of each including the feeding habits and other behaviors that may help you identify and/or notice the unique characteristics of each bird. I have many bird books...but this is truly my favorite!
Finally, An Easy to Handle Bird Guide! July 16, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought copies of this guide for both my husband and daughter, and they're both extremely pleased. We especially like the small size of the book. This makes it easy to carry in a car glove box or a backpack. Also, we like the way the birds are categorized. If one is curious about a particular bird, the color of the bird is all that is needed to begin the search. However, if one knows the name of a particular bird and is wondering if the bird being observed is this bird, it is extremely easy to find a picture (both male and female) by looking up that name. For example, after using this book, my daughter discovered that the red-headed woodpeckers that she was enjoying in her backyard, were in fact hairy woodpeckers. Because of its sensible format, I think that this book would also be helpful to youngsters interested in identifying different birds.
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