Stokes Field Guide To Birds of North America

Pileated Woodpecker

FYI: We have been working very hard for the past three years on our all new, Stokes Field Guide To Birds Of North America, which will be the most comprehensive photographic bird guide, all in one portable volume. It is in production and will be published in 2009. Features incluce:

- 838 North American bird species, including everything from beloved backyard favorites to the latest high-interest rarities birders most want to see.

- Well over 3,400 stunning color photographs from America’s top bird photographers (including many from Lillian). Photos cover all significant plumages, including: male, female, summer, winter, immature, morphs, important subspecies, and birds in flight. The date and location each photo was taken are included with each photograph.

- The most up-to-date, detailed and complete identification clues of any North American field guide. Finally birders will have all they need to know in one place.

- We have provided a special, quantitative and comprehensive account of each species’ shape and proportions that provides a new, cutting-edge approach to birding that will fast-forward birders’ identification skills.

- All subspecies are included with their ranges and key characteristics to help birders understand important regional variation in a species’ appearance.

- The newest range maps available detail species winter, summer, and year-round ranges as well as migration routes and extra-limital vagrancies.

- Special help for identifying birds in flight through important clues of behavior, plumage, and shape.

- The very newest scientific and common names, splits and lumps, and phylogenetic order.

- Detailed descriptions of the song and calls, important behavioral information, and key habitat preferences of each species.

- A handy color tab system, quick index and other user-friendly features that will help birders find birds quickly. And much, much, more some, of which we are keeping as a surprise.

We will keep you updated on the blog about our guide.