Birds of Washington Field Guide
Learn to Identify Birds in Washington!
Make bird watching in Washington 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 130 species of Washington 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. Fact-filled information, a compare feature, range maps, and detailed photographs help to ensure that you positively identify the birds that you see.
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Perfect guide for kids!!
SUCH a great book!!! We got binoculars for our 10 year old, and wanted to get her a guide as well. I love that this one is small enough to fit in her fanny pack, and that each bird has a full page, full color photo (some have photos of male/female, or what the bird looks like in flight), and on the opposite page there is info about the bird. It’s is also categorized by color, which makes it easy for my daughter to find birds quickly. We have loved it so much that I’m looking into buying a CA guide for our trip we are taking to the LA area next month!
Great for beginning birders
I love this series of books. This is the second one I've purchased (bought one previously for another state where I was living at the time). They're great for beginning birders because they're color coded and use actual photographs, so it's easy to find and recognize your bird. Most other bird guides are organized by species, so you have to already know what kind of bird you're looking at in order to figure out what kind of bird you're looking at - how does that make sense? It also narrows down the choices to the birds you're most likely to see. Now that I know more about birds, I have started using other books and online resources, but I still keep this book around because it's small and light enough you can take it with you on walks and hikes. One small issue with the Washington version of this guide is if you're in the Puget Sound area, the range map is very small and squiggly there, so it's difficult to see your specific area, but it usually doesn't make much of a difference.
I love to see what kind of birds are coming and ...
GREA BOOK! I have feeders in my front & back yards. I'm stuck in my house due to health issues and watch the birds from my windows. I love to see what kind of birds are coming and like to find out what they are and details about them. This book is an easy size & weight to handle and/or carry around; the pictures of birds are WONDERFUL and love seeing details I can't always see on the real bird; the layout of the book is also really nice. The picture is on one page and directly opposite are the details, so very convenient to look back and forth - no annoying page turning back and forth. I highly recommend this book to 'backyard' bird watchers who want quick info about the birds coming to their feeders. "Stan's Notes" that are at the bottom of the info page are always short, to the point and give nice details about the song of the bird and a few of their habits. I also love the cover - the bright yellow cover makes it easy to spot when I'm looking for it!
Great book and clear colorful pictures.
Great book for a beginner like myself. Color divided so it's easy to flip to what you're looking at. I have come across 2 that I've been able to identify that are not in this book. This paired up with the cornell Merlin bird app is a killer combo for easier identification. This is a handy size and usually I can get it to stay in my pocket.
Great Bird Guide
I purchased this for my husband, and then bought another one for my son. It's so easy to use. The pages are color-coded by the bird's main body color making identification much easier than most guides. The pictures include both male and female, and there's small map on each page identifying where and when you're most likely to see the bird. The size is perfect for taking on trips.
This is a GREAT book!
A really wonderful book! Lots of pictures of male/female/color possibilities, all on the same page! Good maps showing where bird is found at different times of the year, and good descriptions of habitat and habits. Sturdy construction and heavy pages ensure it will last a long time under rough conditions! I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in our local birds.
Pocket sized and colorful
I don't really know anything about what a good or bad bird book looks like, but here goes... Kudos for the pretty, detailed pictures. I have do have one specific complaint which is as follows: I live in the Olympic Peninsula beyond Port Angeles and have been interested in the plight (choose your word based on your personal stance) of the "old-growth" forests. A central figure in the relatively recent history (~50 years) of that subject is the "spotted owl." One of the primary reasons I bought this book was to be able to identify that species and expected that a book of this title would be about perfect. Please imagine my dismay when I discovered that it is not included. I can only ask, "Why not?"
Excellent in pocket and at home.
We love this book and use it at home frequently. As photographers we also take it with us on 'field trips' and in the car. This was a 3rd purchase of same book to gift. This time to a 10 years young birder we know. His Mom said he was so excited and poured over it all night and first thing the next day. We love to encourage reading and the love of birds. Win-Win!
The best bird book for amateurs in Oregon
We have owned a copy of this book for several years. Our copy sits next to the kitchen window for handy look-ups when a new bird hops by. It is tossed into the car anytime we are heading out. This copy was a gift to a 10 year old who loves it. The big plus for us is the way it is arranged--by the colors of birds. Anyone can recognize "yellow birds" and go directly to that section. We considered another book--one on just Willamette Valley birds--but it was organized by bird types. Amateurs, especially young amateurs, may not know "hawks" as they begin looking at birds. With Birds of Oregon, learning the types of birds will happen with time and use, but that is not a prerequisite to finding and identifying that bird you see NOW! great book. small enough to carry with you and easy enough to actually use!
Missing birds that are in WA
While all the birds in this book may (presumably) be found in Washington, not all the birds found in Washington are in this book. The peregrine falcon is one example of a bird that lives in Washington that is missing from this book. Once we discovered this ommission, we wondered what other birds are missing. This has taken all the fun out of using this book to try and identify new birds we see.
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