Table Of ContentIntroduction What's New? Why Watch Birds in Missouri? 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
SynopsisGet the New Edition of Missouri's Best-Selling Bird Guide Learn to identify birds in Missouri, 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 121 species of Missouri 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: 121 species: Only Missouri 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 Missouri Field Guide for your next birding adventure--to help ensure that you positively identify the birds that you see., Make bird watching more informative and enjoyable, 124 species: Only Colorado birds!, Simple color guide: See a yellow bird? Go to the yellow section, Compare feature: Decide between look-alikes, Stain's Notes: Naturalist tidbits and facts, Professional photos: Crip, stunning full-page images, This 2nd Edition includes 9 new species, updated photographs and range maps, expanded information in Stan's Notes and much more! Book jacket., Popular, proven format: the first edition (9781885061355) sold more than 54,000 copies Market: According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, about 20% of the population are active bird watchers, spending more than $40 billion on the hobby, annually Not intimidating: geared toward the average bird watcher with bird species organized by color for easily identifying them New edition with more species, updated photographs and range maps, revised information, and even more of Stan's expert insights Author routinely attracts more than 100 people to his speaking events and writes a popular column distributed to newspapers in the Midwest and Northeast Perhaps nothing generates more positive feedback for the author than the newspaper columns he has been writing for more than 15 years Readers have become fans of Tekiela's style and flair for nature observations and interpretations All-in-one source of information, facts, photos, and gee-whiz tidbits in a concise guide Extreme value: massive information for $14.95, This updated field guide, organized by color, features full-color photographs and information to help readers quickly and easily identify the Missouri birds they see.