Birds of Michigan | 
| Authors: Charles T. Black, Gregory Kennedy, Ted Nordhagen (illustrator)
Publisher: Lone Pine Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 272057
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 1551053365
Dewey Decimal Number: 598
UPC: 779101053368
EAN: 9781551053363
ASIN: 1551053365
Publication Date: June 2003
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Good field guide series September 18, 2008
We own a number of the Lone Pine state/province field guides. The features I like most are the range maps on the same page, the similar species comparisons, the behavior descriptions, the best sites in the state/province for observing the bird, and the occasional interesting tidbits of information pertaining to the bird's naming, history, quirks, folklore, etc.
The illustrations often don't help me as much as other field guides: they usually just show one plumage variation. I use the illustrations as a 2nd opinion with another field guide, or as confirmation when the behavior, etc., seems to fit.
 Nice book, but...... June 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am very happy with this book overall. I have to agree with what others have said about the layout. It is easy to identify the birds that you are seeing without having any prior knowledge of birds. The only bad thing that I can say about this book is that it is printed in China. Would be 5 stars otherwise.
Great book! May 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this book. I had one of North American birds that I was using, but it's nice to have a book that narrows it down to Michigan. It also gives a lot more information on each bird than the book I had. The descriptions and pictures are wonderful. I would have liked to see pictures of both male and female (not every bird is pictured that way), and would have liked to see pictures of immature birds, but overall this book is exactly what I was looking for.
A Pleasant Surprise January 19, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've used (and abused) a number of bird books over the years.... and tend to carry a veritable library with me on my forays. But I've been frustrated by most of the identification guides available today. I know they can't be perfect, if only because birds themselves vary so much, but surely they could be just a little better. This one is. I hope Lone Pine Press and Mr. Black expand beyond the Michigan edition. In the meantime, I though, I won't have to carry such a library into the woods. "Birds of Michigan" will suffice by itself.
Easy to use December 5, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I agree with the other two reviewers' comments. This book is very easy to use, proving much information in a concise yet digestible way. While it provides a lot of detail, it does not do so in a tedious way--this is a field guide that is actually READable! It is very user-friendly and has helped me clinch idenifications of even rare migrants due to the written descriptions which do not overwhelm the field guide. Large, accurate drawing of the birds are supplemented with written descriptions emphasizing the field marks. The maps are on the same page as the birds, which can help narrow down birds in the field more rapidly. This has been a helpful local supplement to my National Geographic & Peterson Field Guides. I also recommend Stan Tekiela Birds of Michigan book & CD set and Peterson's Birding by Ear: Eastern and Central North America (Peterson Field Guides(R)) (Audio CD)
by Richard K. Walton, Robert W. Lawson, Roger Tory Peterson.
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