(Part 2) Top products from r/whatsthisbird
We found 22 product mentions on r/whatsthisbird. We ranked the 38 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
21. Hawks at a Distance: Identification of Migrant Raptors
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
22. The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America: Second Edition (Sibley Guides)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
The Sibley Guide to Birds has quickly become the new standard of excellence in bird identification guides, covering more than 810 North American birds in amazing detail. Now comes a new portable guide from David Sibley that every birder will want to carry
23. Sibley Birds West: Field Guide to Birds of Western North America
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Sibley Birds West Field Guide to Birds of Western North America
24. Hawks in Flight: Second Edition
Sentiment score: 3
Number of reviews: 1
Houghton Mifflin
25. A Field Guide to Warblers of North America (Peterson Field Guides)
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
26. The Shorebird Guide
Sentiment score: 2
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
27. The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
SIBLEY FIELD GUIDE: BIRDS EAST
28. The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Author: David Allen SibleyISBN: 9780679451211
29. A Photographic Guide to North American Raptors
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
30. All Ducks Are Birds: But, Not All Birds Are Ducks
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
31. Birds of Europe: Second Edition (Princeton Field Guides)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
33. Gulls Simplified: A Comparative Approach to Identification
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
34. The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors (The Crossley ID Guides)
Sentiment score: 2
Number of reviews: 1
35. Sylvia Warblers : Identification, Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Genus Sylvia (Helm Identification Guides)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
NewMint ConditionDispatch same day for order received before 12 noonGuaranteed packagingNo quibbles returns
36. The Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide (Zona Tropical Publications)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
38. National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Sixth Edition (National Geographic Field Guide to Birds of North America)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Includes: New art figures Unique subspecies maps Extensive migration information overlaid on species maps Field-mark labels on all artwork Text updates to include new species Reorganization reflecting taxonomic changes in the bird community Organization, readability and increased page count with a f...
I like Sibley a lot, too, but I also have a soft spot for the Stokes guides because they have photos and not illustrations, and I always found the photos easier to use to ID.
The Merlin app is great. I also like the Audubon Bird app, because it has a great search feature where you can put in the location, colors, size, etc of a bird you don't know and it will come up with a list of things it could be.
For raptors, I LOVE the Crossley ID Guide because it has dozens of photos of each raptor from different angles and distances, both in flight and sitting. It's perfect for a beginner at raptor ID.
They're extremely different! For starters, a Red-tailed Hawk is a buteo. Big rounded head, broad shoulders, medium-length tail, thick legs and big feet. Merlins are falcons so they're long and slender with long tails, and thin but very long toes.
Additionally, the coloration on these two birds is totally different. Red-tailed Hawks are super variable, admittedly, but they never have this gray tone to the back - rather, various shades of brown and sometimes slightly gold, with white-mottled scapulars. Most Redtails will also have an apparent belly band pattern - clear whitish breast, dark feathers across the lower belly, and then whitish or very slightly streaked leg feathers.
I'd recommend familiarizing yourself first with the general shape differences between buteos, accipiters, and falcons, as well as a handful of oddities like harriers, kites, and osprey. Eagles are kind of their own set of weird things but if you can figure out the first three on sight then you can look closer when something doesn't fit one of those. And when it does, you can then narrow down into which buteo, accipiter, or falcon you have based on finer plumage and habitat details.
A really good book to check out, if you're interested in raptor ID, is Hawks in Flight. It's a perfect primer to figuring these guys out.
well those two things are pretty much what I used 馃槄
I busted out this 750 page monstrosity, found a decent match, and then compared it to sightings on eBird for Pichincha Province, where Mindo is. Luckily Mindo (and Ecuador in general) is pretty well covered by eBird, and Buff-tailed Coronet is pretty common in the area.
If both you and your girlfriend like watching birds in your area, i suggest buying a bird book to encourage your interests. It's a lifelong hobby that only gets more interesting as time passes. I'm sure others will have their own favorite, but my suggestion is:
National Geographic Birds of North America
Good luck!
I own and use the guide by Garrigues and Dean. I didn't look at any other books when I bought it, because I was a 7th grader and foolishly forgot to buy a field guide before I went on the trip. It was the only quality, english guide I could find at the time. The book is lightweight and very traveler-friendly, and although the pictures tend to be somewhat dim, they generally provide enough accuracy to make good comparisons. The range maps are also very useful and appear to be quality, and very rare birds are for the most part still included. Based on the Amazon reviews, I think most other people agree that this is the best traveler's field guide for Costa Rica available at the time.
General field guides like Sibleys and Petersons probably are going to have to generalize a bit on shorebirds which can be pretty complex. I've been using this book which has been super informative!
This one is regarded as the best book for general bird identification in europe http://www.amazon.com/Birds-Europe-Second-Edition-Princeton/dp/0691143927
and this one is more specific and takes on the Sylvia-warbler familiy like Subalpine Warbler, Sardinian Warbler Ruepells Warbler and such http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sylvia-Warblers-Identification-Taxonomy-Phylogeny/dp/0713639849
Also regarding #2 picture, a Blackcap would show a much more distinct brown-coloured cap and would be more bulky. This show an Blackcap 1cy http://www.netfugl.dk/pictures.php?id=showpicture&picture_id=56273&language=uk, http://www.netfugl.dk/pictures.php?id=showpicture&picture_id=23434, http://www.netfugl.dk/pictures.php?id=showpicture&picture_id=35937
The enormous "fingers" are a useful clue for identifying eagles. I like this book for learning my raptors https://www.amazon.com/Hawks-Distance-Identification-Migrant-Raptors/dp/0691135592
I love the Sibley guides, and also make heavy use of the iBird app
Where are you? My daughter got me this raptors of NA book for Christmas. It's really good.
Not falco, but these are my faves:
http://www.amazon.com/Field-Warblers-America-Peterson-Guides/dp/0395783216/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1410889739&sr=8-2&keywords=warbler+guide
http://www.amazon.com/The-Warbler-Guide-Tom-Stephenson/dp/0691154821/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410889730&sr=8-1&keywords=warbler+guide
Also, hello from another Northern Ohio birder!
https://www.amazon.com/All-Ducks-Are-Birds-But/dp/1504960084