America’s 100 Most Wanted Birds
November 21, 2008
Here’s how to find 100 of the rarest birds in the contiguous United States. America’s 100 Most Wanted Birds is your complete guide to finding Ross’ Gull, Kirtland’s Warbler, Lucifer Hummingbird, Blue-footed Booby, and 96 others. No serious birder’s library should be without it. Authors Steven G Mlodinow and Michael O’Brien, two of the country’s top birders, have done exhaustive research on each bird and presented it in an easy-to-use format. Each species description includes information on present status and distribution, patterns of occurrence, favored locations, identification, and your best bets for a successful sighting. A special Site Guide gives you the latest information on the hottest birding areas in the country-all the important information you need to plan your next birding trip.
Customer Review: Now there’s a bird I’d like to get on my life list !
This is a rather unusual ‘Bird Book’and certainly not a book someone just starting out in Birding would find very helpful.In the first few years of birding one finds new birds to see without chasing all over North America,to find rare birds listed in this book.However;that being said the book makes for interesting reading as to what are some of the most sought after birds that Birders are on the search for as their North America life list grows past the 500’s.
What birds were included could be debated.Some are quite easily found at the right time and location while others require a lot of effort unless staked out,or on an up-to date Hot Line posting.The birds included are very well described ,with excellent directions and information on occurrence.
Even if one were not intending to chase down all these birds,it is certainly a good book covering these prized additions and where one might find them.This is not a book you would take with you during a day of birding;but certainly a great asset to turn to if you are planning a trip away from your normal surrounds and want to make sure you know about and hopefully add one of these birds to your list.
Although the book limits itself to the Lower 48 states,it is still useful to birders who keep an ABA list,although directions and details are not provided outside the Lower ‘48′.
All in all,a great book for an avid birder whose birding ranges over the ABA.
Customer Review: Usefull to listers and birders.
This book is usefull to birders and listers in delineating how to seek out some of the more unusual avian visitors to the US. At times though you wonder if the information provided would truly help you “get” the bird. Buy from here…
