The Backyard Birdsong Guide (east): Eastern and Central North America (Cornell Lab of Ornithology Audio Field Guides)
LORI KORLESKI RICHARDSON, MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERSAuthor Donald Kroodsma, a visiting fellow at the Cornell University Lab of Ornithology who has studied song birds for 40 years, has done a fine job introducing novices to the world of bird song, as well as concisely describing each bird and its habitats on a single page. The wonderful color illustrations by Larry McQueen and Jon Janosik help birders distinguish the male and female of each species.