Kaufman Field Guide to Advanced Birding (Kaufman Field Guides)
If birding is more to you than simply pinning a name to a bird, this is the book you'll turn to. TheKaufman Field Guide to Advanced Birdingis nothing short of Kenn Kaufman's wisdom and teaching skills crystallized into 448 insight-packed pages. Not only will you love this book, you'll learn from it.-- Pete DunneYes, it entails some dedicated reading, instead of just trying to match up pictures -- but any birder who invests time reading Advanced Birding is going to reap enormous benefits in the field. -- Scott WeidensaulI think this is one of the most important bird books of our generation. A worthy sequel, to be sure, to Kenn's 1990 classic by the same name. I stand in awe. -- Ted Floyd, Editor,BirdingAnyone, from beginner to expert, wanting to improve upon their bird identification skills should study theKaufman Field Guide to Advanced Birding. Being able to learn from Kaufman is a pleasure and an opportunity that shouldn't be passed up. -- Grant McCreary, The Birder's LibraryThere is no one out there, no matter how grizzled a veteran, who won't learn something from this book. And beginners and intermediate birders should not let the title scare them off, either: ... [Advanced Birding] is for every birder who wants to identify, understand, and enjoy more of the birds she encounters. -- Rick Wright on the ABA blog