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Kitchen Table Bird Book | 
| Author: John Ham
Creator: David Mohrhardt
Publisher: Thunder Bay Press
Category: Book
List Price: $15.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 706101
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.4
ISBN: 1882376153
Dewey Decimal Number: 598.29774
EAN: 9781882376155
ASIN: 1882376153
Publication Date: August 1, 1995
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Product Description
The birds depicted in this book are arranged according to size, moving from the smallest birds in the front of the book to the largest at the back. Size here is determined by body length alone, and you'll see that measurement, in inches printed in the upper right corner on each of the plates. We believe this is to provide the simplest means of finding in this book any unknown bird that appears before you. Simply guess the bird's body length, then turn to that portion of the book showing birds of about that length. Once there, flipping pages back and forth in those approximate lengths should locate the bird for you readily. If you know the name of the bird, you can use the alphabetized index to species printed inside the back cover to locate the plate and information. This Kitchen Table Bird Book grew to publication over a period of three years, and changed form in that time gradually to fit what has seemed its most practical purpose - use by residents of our Great Lakes region who spend most of their bird-watching time at home, inside, looking out windows at feeding, bathing birds. The 77 species discussed and portrayed here represent the most common small birds that come to feeders, or which might land on marsh edge or lawn or woodlands of the type often seen from kitchen windows of this region. The companion Coat Pocket Bird Book contains another 80 species, most of which will be seen afield, but some of which may also come to your feeder. The placement of some species in one or the other of these books was in some cases arbitrarily decided, though our intention all along has been to provide one book for home use, one for field use. These two books were designed primarily for the casual, beginning, and intermediate birdwatcher, though we have been pleased by the positive reception given to the books by birding veterans with hundreds of species included on their ""life lists."" In fact, we believe any birdwatcher, of whatever experience, will find these books valuable and useful reference works. Together, the two books do not include all the birds that visit, nest, or live year-round in this region, but the 157 species collectively represent, we estimate, 90-plus percent of all the millions of birds that will be seen here. Consequently, if you eventually do see all the species depicted in these books, you will be a birdwatching professional.
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 Nice Reference for the Average Bird Watcher July 24, 2008
Many other bird books that I've looked at or bought are too technical - you might have to search by species, and then within the variations of the species, and for birds all over the country. If you are looking for a book that you can quickly navigate to see what kind of bird is on your feeder - this book is perfect! It organizes the birds by size, so you can easily match the bird to the large illustrations. It also has typical characteristics of the birds to help you better determine the bird. I am buying a copy for myself, as I have borrowed my mom's for years.
 Kitchen Table Bird Book May 15, 2000
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I'm ordering my second copy of this book, this one for my six-year-old grandson. It's a book of birds native to our Michigan area with beautiful illustrations, told in an interesting fashion. He has me read to him from it, and of course always needs to know about the bugs and such that they eat. He'll soon be old enough to read it himself, and likes to try and copy the illustrations. I'd recommend it for adults and kids alike.
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