The Backyard Birdsong Guide Western North America Audio Field Guide

The Backyard Birdsong Guide of Western North America is an interactive handbook of birds and their songs for beginning bird-watchers. With a touch-button electronic module housing common vocalizations of 75 unique species from Western North America, this volume offers a truly sensory way to identify and get to know local birds. Crisply detailed and scientifically accurate illustrations accompany each vivid description of their songs, calls and related behaviors. Complete with up-to-date range maps that provide clear geographical reference points as well as 125 sounds provided by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.  This book offers an introduction to birdsongs that will inspire readers to look out their kitchen windows and venture out into the field; this unique book provides an exciting entryway into the subtle art of birding. This second edition includes a much-requested new Audio Track Index (to help make watching and listening to birds easier), and a free download of the Cornell Lab's own MERLIN Bird ID App (on iTunes and Android stores).

The Backyard Birdsong Guide will resonate with beginners and experts alike!

Dimensions: 8.25"D x 7.25"W x .50"H

Written by Donald Kroodsma