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IDENTIFLYER, SONGCARDS AND CARRY CASE

Prices: Identiflyer $34.99; Carry Case $14.99 Songcards $10.50 each

To order phone: 1-888-223-BIRD

Backyard Birds highly recommends the following books:

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For the BEGINNING Birdwatcher:

Stokes Beginner's Guide to Birds, by Donald & Lillian Stokes.

Available in Eastern & Western Regions. $8.95   Pocket sized books with the most commonly

sighted birds. Organized according to bird color for quick identification. Shows both male and females.

Each page devoted to one species includesbehavior, nesting, food preference and habitat.

Stokes Bird Feeder Book, by  Donald & Lillian Stokes

$12.95  Covers all facets of beginning bird feeding.  Interesting informational pages on the most

common feeder birds giving you an understanding of bird behavior and how to attract each species.

 Birds of North America, by Kenn Kaufman  $22.00

Written with the novice birder in mind.  Combines the best of photos and drawings to give you

accurate and helpful images to enhance identification.

For the INTERMEDIATE Birdwatcher

Peterson's Field Guide to Eastern Birds, by Roger Tory Peterson

Flexi-binding. $22.00  The first and foremost field guide for identification.  Drawings give accurate details

and arrows point out subtle differences to look for when trying to identify birds.

The Backyard Birdwatcher, by George H. Harrison

$14.00  A wealth of information on how to convert any backyard to a bird sanctuary.  Easy to

read with personal anecdotes from the author.  Covers everything from bird feeding, housing and watering

to how to choose binoculars and keep pests (squirrels) away from feeders.

Birding by Ear, A Guide to Bird Song Identification,

by  Richard K. Walton & Robert W. Lawson

Available in Eastern/Central & Western Regions; Compact Disc or Cassette. $30.00  Intermediate

birdwatchers soon find out that learning a bird's song greatly enhances their ability to identify birds in

the field.  This audio teaching guide puts like sounding birds together and explains how to tell them apart.

For the ADVANCED Birdwatcher:

National Geograpic Society Field Guide to the Birds of North America,

Shirley L. Scott, Editor

$21.95  Gives very specific detail on immature coloring of birds.  Slightly larger than average field guides.

The Sibley Guide to Birds, by  David Sibley

$35.00  Depicts and annotates 810 species and 350 regional populations showing stages, forms, colors and

markings.  Extremely valuable reference tool for identification.

More Birding by Ear,  by Richard K. Walton & Robert W. Lawson

$30.00 Once you've mastered Birding By Ear, it's time to move on to the more difficult warblers, finches,

sparrows and even wading birds and shore birds.  Covers 90 species.

For CHILDREN:

Counting Is for the Birds, by Frank Mazzola, Jr.

$6.95  Ages: 3 - 8  This book makes watching birds at the feeders fun & informational while learning

numbers as well.

Peterson Field Guides for Young Naturalists: Backyard Birds,

Jonathan P. Latimer & Karen Stray Nolting

$5.95 Ages:  8 -12  Easy to use design that helps budding birdwatchers succeed based on the

Roger Tory Peterson method of bird identification.  Includes birds most likely to be seen in the

backyards of North America.

Smithsonian Kid's Guides:  Birds of North America - East

$9.95 Ages: 6-9 Features 140 species.  Each species is illustrated in full-color

photography and is annotated with maps and information about habitat, food, call,

and identifying characteristics.  A Western version is also available.

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