Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0316818100, Paperback)

he best, easiest-to-use, and most comprehensive field guide to western birds available. Great for beginning to advanced birders. Fast-access color tab index makes it easy to look up a bird. Inludes more than 900 beautiful color photos: All information on a bird is conveniently located on a single page, including text, range map, and photos: Contains more information than any other field guide including excellent identification clues, feeding behavior, nesting behavior, number and color of eggs, incubation time, fledging time, number of broods, other interesting behavior, conservation status, preferred habitat, descriptions of song and calls, and bird feeder and bird house preferences for each bird species. Special section for beginners in front of book shows the common backyard birds arranged by color: Special Learning Pages and teaching sections provide identification pointers and facts about the major bird groups: Covers the western half of North America which includes the western portions of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and all other states and provinces to the west. 519 pages.