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| The Backyard Birdsong Guide: Eastern and Central North America (Backyard Birdsong Guides) | 
 enlarge | Author: Donald Kroodsma
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
Buy New: $16.47
You Save: $8.48 (34%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 6658
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 7.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0811863425
Dewey Decimal Number: 598.1594097
EAN: 9780811863421
ASIN: 0811863425
Publication Date: April 23, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 11 to 13 days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Fine birding experience June 19, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is suitable for all ages! The bird calls are clear and easily recognizable with what you hear in your "backyard". Good learning tool.
You can call birds with these recordings and they will answer you. Easy to use and worth every penny.
Amazing way to identify birds in a whole new medium! June 27, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I LOVE this book! How often is it that you cannot see the birds you are trying to identify very well? I find it is more likely that you are able to hear them more clearly than they can be seen, and this book allows you to identify by sound, it's great. It can also be great fun to excite most cats and drive them a bit crazy. I hightly recomend this book to everyone.
An Excellent Way to Learn the Sounds of the Birds Around Us. June 24, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is a great way to become familiar with the birds that surround our environment. It is an easy access book. The sound and mini speaker system works very well. No more looking in books that try to describe in words the bird's sound. No more trying to locate the specific bird sound on a CD. Just look up the bird and punch the number and there you are, quick and easy. It is a great book at a great price! It is a must for anyone who enjoys the little winged angels that visit our yards. The illustrations are also accurate and beautiful.
Excellent for children July 12, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
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This bird book is an excellent choice for children and first time birders. The descriptive text gives enough "serious" information without being overwhelming, as many bird books are. Moreover the recorded bird sounds are great. Children, with their vast memories, are fascinated by it. I find my children (8, 6, & 4) were able to pick out individual birdsongs from the usual backyard chatter after just a few listens.
WOW! August 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wow!! What a terrific book . . . the text, the sounds, the selection of species, the layout . . . everything works perfectly together. And, the Western book is just as impressive as its eastern companion.
I opened my pre-release copy, intending to spend just a few minutes and return to it later. Two hours went by, and I was still reading and listening; I couldn't stop turning the pages.
Of course, I went right to my favorite birds, reading the text and pushing the buttons to listen, as I expect that most people will do. But then I settled in and went to other species, and then I read the introductory pages. The information there will bring you to a whole new level of enjoying these remarkable creatures.
I have struggled for years to identify birds through their song, aided by mostly meaningless mnemonics as these are presented in most guides. For the first time, Kroodsma's full description of each species' song gives readers enough detail and context to help them understand what they are listening to. These birds come to life in the text and then the icing is the lovely songs themselves. Push the loon button and you are immediately transported to remote northern lakes. Push the phoebe button and hear how he sings his two different songs. Hear how animated a pewee is at dawn compared to later in the day. Try the wrens, thrushes, warblers, sparrows. They're all there and more, in the text and at the push of a button!
This is a truly special book. I'd give it ten stars if I could. Now I have the perfect gift to give to my friends to show them why I've always been so thrilled to hear a singing bird.
(Originally submitted 4/29/08 but missing from current list of reviews)
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