Just enter your email address below, then click on the 'Join List' button. Here are some suggestions. Field Guides are Helpful Field guides are available from just about any book store as well as from many nature centers.
Beginners can get some novice-level field guides for practically pocket change.
While you can start observing nature without the help of a field guide, much of the fun is in the effort to identify what you find. Here's a short list of some of the more popular field guide series. Instead of showing photos of specific birds, each species is generalized and shown with similar species, and each species' distinguishing marks is indicated. I highly recommend the Urban Wildlife First Guide. Audubon Guides and Pocket Guides use a system of photographs to show examples of each species.