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Stokes Field Guide to Bird Songs: Western Region Audiobook
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Publisher Description
The Stokes Field Guide to Bird Songs: Western Region offers you the very best sound recordings available for the birds of western North America.
It includes more species, more time per species, and more sounds per species than any other audio guide to Western bird songs.
In addition, the recordings are accompanied by an informative pdf booklet that gives precise call and song descriptions of the 551 species included.
This is a marvelous companion to the book The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America and the audiobook The Stokes Field Guide to Bird Songs: Eastern Region.
Donald and Lillian Stokes are widely recongized as America's foremost authorities on birds and nature. Their newest book, The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America is the most comprehensive photographic field guide to birds ever published. They have written more than thirty other books, which have cumulatively sold more than 4.5 million copies, including the bestselling Stokes Field Guide to Birds (Eastern and Western editions), the Stokes Beginner's Guide to Birds, the Stokes Nature Guides, and the Stokes Backyard Nature Books. They have hosted a popular public television series, Stokes Birds at Home, and offer current birding information on their Stokes Birding Blog, which features Lillian Stokes's stunning photography.
"The Stokeses are birding's first family." -Birding Business
This is the ultimate audio field guide for today's birder- the most comprehensive, clearest, most useful audio identification guide to the birds of the Western region ever produced.
Now updated for modern convenience in the field !As a special bonus, one MP3 CD is included, containing all the bird sound files with voice narration removed for use on your MP3 device.
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"This book is excellent for amateur birders, though I wouldn't recommend it as a comprehensive guide for very serious hobbyists. It was perfect for me, because its "learning pages" help beginners identify some of the differences between similar birds."
— Benjamin (4 out of 5 stars)
Stokes Field Guide to Bird Songs: Western Region Listener Reviews
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" Great beginners guide to bird watching.I never realized how many different types you could find just on the island of Montreal. "
— Louis, 12/1/2013 -
" i like warblers + wrens. ive seen tons of red winged black birds and downy woodpeckers just outside my creative thought room window. theres a bird feeder just to the right outside the window and in the morning so many lovely birds come for breakfast. "
— Ezra, 10/9/2013 -
" Thanks to my wonderful sister-in-law for gifting me with this great birding book! We use it frequently and are tracking our "life list" on its pages, when we are able. "
— Deb, 6/4/2013
About the Authors
Donald and Lillian Stokes are widely recognized as America’s foremost authorities on birds and nature. They are the hosts of the PBS television series BirdWatch with Don and Lillian Stokes. Their books include the bestselling Stokes Field Guide to Birds and Stokes Beginner’s Guide to Birds (Eastern and Western); the Stokes Nature Guides, a series of uniquely informative handbooks for observing plant and animal behavior in the wild; and the Stokes Backyard Nature Books. They live in New Hampshire and Georgia.
Lang Elliot is the founder of NatureSound studio, which produces recordings and products featuring the sounds of birds, mammals, frogs, and insects. Elliot earned his MS in animal behavior and ecology from the University of Maryland and is the author of numerous books, including Common Birds and Their Songs, Music of the Birds: A Celebration of Bird Song, The Songs of Wild Birds, and The Songs of Insects. He recently founded Music of Nature, Inc., a company dedicated to celebrating all of nature.
Lang Elliot is the founder of NatureSound studio, which produces recordings and products featuring the sounds of birds, mammals, frogs, and insects. Elliot earned his MS in animal behavior and ecology from the University of Maryland and is the author of numerous books, including Common Birds and Their Songs, Music of the Birds: A Celebration of Bird Song, The Songs of Wild Birds, and The Songs of Insects. He recently founded Music of Nature, Inc., a company dedicated to celebrating all of nature.