American Bird Conservancy Compact Guides The Bird Guides for Nature Enthusiasts American Bird Conservancy Compact Guides focus on the birds that can be observed at specific sites. With illustrations by America's finest bird artists, a handy, pocket-size format and a ground breaking organization system derived from the definitive North American bird guide, ABC's All The Birds of North America, they are simply the most useful bird guides available. All The Songbirds tells you everything you need to know about the songbirds you'll see in a national park, on a nature walk, or on a wilderness trek. It features: Highly informative entries on more than 100songbird species. Spectacular, full-color paintings of songbirds in their natural habitats that set new standards for beauty and accuracy. Tips on where and how to find songbirds; plus a checklist for recording your sightings.
I love this small bird book. It fits easily into my jeans pocket. It focuses on only one group of birds but since you are choosing where you go birding, you can choose the bird book to fit the habitat. The drawings are clear and the descriptions of each bird is nicely done. It does not have the extensive detail of Sibley guides or the Peterson guides but it has the advantage of being small. If you see something that is not in this guide, simply draw it or make notes and then follow up with the huge volume text at home. More that likely, this guide will suit you fine.
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