About this item
An entirely updated edition of the classic bestselling regional bird field guide from National Geographic, covering the U.S. and Canada east of the Rockies.. Provides ID information, data-driven maps, and annotated illustrations of more than 800 bird species.. Backyard beginners and dedicated life-listers alike will love the expanded new edition of this trusted guide to the birds of eastern United States and Canada. With new text, revised art, and data-derived range maps, this valuable resource complements the apps and online resources used by birders today.. Groundbreaking new features join tried-and-true traditions. This field guide offers:. More pages, more species than the first editionMore than 800 species, including 586 likely to be observed and 240 that occur more rarelyOrganized according to current taxonomyInformative notes explaining evolution, etymology, and moreUser-friendly format with explanatory text on the left and matching annotated art on the rightEasy-to-carry paperback with thumb tabs and a visual indexAll-new maps based on crowd-sourced data from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's eBird, the world's top database of bird observationsAll told, this second edition of the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of the United States and Canada - East (2nd edition) is a must-have guide for birders young and old, avid and beginner.
About the Author
Ted Floyd is the Editor of Birding magazine, the award-winning flagship publication of the American Birding Association. He has written five bird books, including the Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America (HarperCollins, 2008) and How to Know the Birds (National Geographic, 2019) . Ted is also the author of more than 200 popular articles, technical papers, and book chapters on birds and nature. He is especially interested in analyzing bird vocalizations, in interpreting birds and nature for children and beginners, and in applying new media and emerging technologies toward the appreciation of nature. A graduate of Princeton University (A.B., 1990) and Penn State University (Ph.D., 1995) , Ted has taught biology, math, and statistics to everyone from second graders to advanced graduate students. He and his family live in Lafayette, Colorado.Follow Ted Floyd on Twitter at http://twitter.com/BirdingMagazine and on The ABA Blog at http://blog.aba.org/author/ted-floyd.
