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Learn about and identify birds using Stan Tekiela's state-by-state field guides. The full-page, color photos are incomparable and include insets of winter plumage, color morphs and more. Plus, with the easy-to-use format, you don't need to know a bird's name or classification in order to easily find it in the book. Using this field guide is a real pleasure. It's a great way for anyone to learn about the birds in your state.
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Great Reference.......2007-07-12
This is the greatest bird book-easy to identify birds you see, good info, and very portable-just look under the color of the bird to identify.
so easy..........2007-01-23
my mother in-law brought me this book for my state and I loved it. my daughter lives in kentucky so I got the same one for her. I didn't want to spend a lot of time trying to fiqure out what a bird is when I see it. This book couldn't be easier. you look under the color of the bird you saw and then find the bird. The colors are all indexed. It's a great book for a nonexperienced birdwatcher as myself...
Helpful & informative.......2006-12-05
I agree with the first review written by "starmoth". Different from Peterson's Eastern Birds CD, which groups calls by similar sounds, is that the author narrates informative tidbits, which really works. Tekiela does not have a generic narrator voice, and the narrative flows well with the birdsong. The narrative is suprisingly helpful for verbal learners like myself--some of the unusual information Tekiela mentions helps the calls stand out and ties them to the verbal memory area of the brain, strengthening the recall by association of the bird call with the narrative. Because it is narrowed down to the state of Michigan, it provides a good review & selectively reinforces those birds by sound as well as sight. I really like that the CD gives a different "track" to each bird song; it makes it easy to sort out bird calls that I hear in the yard when I cannot see the birds, but have them narrowed down to a few; so it can be used as an aural field guide.
Make sure you get the set! The book is available as a set with a matching CD that comes in a tasteful leather storage binder (the set was also less expensive than the two items individually). I also strongly recommend the field guide Birds of Michigan by Black & Kennedy, which includes migrants and more specific habitat range for the state than I have seen in more comprehensive field guides.
Birds of Michigan Field Guide and Audio CD Set.......2006-08-15
This set is just wonderful. The book has great real life photos with great details on the birds in Michigan. The audio CD is just as wonderful with the calls of the birds featured within the book. The little binder it comes with helps to keep the book new and the set all together. Great gift for anyone who loves to bird watch!
Excellent for casual bird watchers!.......2006-06-29
We bought this book to help us identify the various birds coming to our feeders. The book is perfect for anyone who wants a quick, easy way to identify most birds commonly found in Michigan. The birds are listed by their primary color, which makes it easy for a non-expert to locate the correct bird. Also, the book provides a brief synopsis of the bird's characteristics and habits, which we found quite interesting. Lastly, the book's small size allows us to set it on the windowsil allowing us easy access when a new bird visits our yard.
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When Bob Tarte left the Michigan suburbs for the country, he was thinking peace and quiet. He'd write his music reviews in the solitude of his rural home on the outskirts of everything. Then he married Linda. She wanted a rabbit. How much trouble, he thought, could a bunny be?
Well, after the bunny chewed its way through their electrical wires and then hid inside the wall, Bob realized that he'd been outwitted. But that was just the beginning. There were parrots, more rabbits, then ducks and African geese. The turkeys, stranded on a nearby road, fighting for their lives. The starlings. The sad, ugly duck for sale for 25 cents.
One day Bob looked around and saw he was not only outnumbered, but that he'd become a servant to an extremely demanding family: Stanley Sue, a gender-switching African grey parrot; Hector, a cantankerous shoulder-sitting Muscovy duck; Howard, an amorous ring-necked dove; Chloe, a mallard who learned to limp; and a host of others. And, against every instinct in him, Bob became their slave.
He read all the classic animal books--The Parrot Who Owns Me, The Dog Who Rescues Cats, Arnie the Darling Starling, That Quail Robert, The Cat Who Came for Christmas--about the joys of animals, the touching moments. But none revealed what it was really like to live with an unruly menagerie. This hilarious memoir gives us the other side--about a man who, against all bets, was converted to a doting and proud animal lover.
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If you've ever been a chew toy for a bird...you'll love this book........2007-07-29
Enslaved by Ducks is the story of how the author Bob Tarte (a bonafide city slicker) gave in to his country girl wife, Linda when it came to getting a rabbit named Binky. Binky ends up being a terror on 4 legs for Bob. Bob ends up getting attached to Binky despite his relentless testing of Bob's temper. Bob ends up allowing Linda to expand their "herd". Pretty soon they have ducks, parrots and turkeys. Soon Bob realizes he's at the very bottom of the pecking order in his own home. He ends up sharing his dinner with parrots, nursing ducks back to health in his living room, building perches for turkeys and being used as a chew toy for a parrot.
I really enjoyed this book and I'm now reading the sequel to it called "Fowl Weather" by Bob Tarte.
Delightful reading!.......2007-07-09
Having personally been 'Enslaved by Ducks' the title caught my eye! I very much enjoyed reading this book with a vast array of animal characters and a never-ending list of animal encounters, this book is a FUN read. Initially, it is a little slow getting going. I bought the book based on the title and wanted to read about Ducks; I was somewhat disappointed when the first few chapters dealt mainly with pet rabbits, so it was slow going for me. Once I got past the bunny, etc. stories and into the Ducks and Geese it was a really good time AND I learned LOTS about pet Rabbits, too! A definite Must-Read for any animal lover!
Sweet, sad, and outrageously funny.......2007-03-29
This is a terribly fun series of fowl events. I was tempted to call it 'light reading' but that wouldnt be accurate. It feels like light reading but every page is chock full with this couples' adventures while they try to save, raise, and adopt a variety of critters. Its a good book to put down and pick up later - if you're like me and an inconsistent reader - and not be lost in the process.
The writing is wonderful. The analogies and descriptions are so clever and witty that i have to shout and laugh out loud. The husband and wife have diferent ways of looking at things (one is generally more pessimistic and the other deliciously optimistic), which makes things even more interesting of course.
This book is a blast. Its a delightful read.
Why Do People Think This is Funny?.......2007-03-23
I keep getting suckered in by these "funny animal stories" with high user feedback. I slogged all the way through Marley and Me and was ready to shoot myself by the end. OK, I laughed 5 times, but I grimaced 25 and the story was just not that interesting.
With Marley under my belt, my tolerance was way down, so I did not finish this book. However, after about 50 pages, I had not laughed once. Again, the story was not that interesting
Enslaved by Ducks review.......2007-02-07
Slow but funny reading. I read it in spurts. It is a book of his columns that were printed in the newspaper.
Product Description
Learn to identify the birds in your state by sound. This set of two audio CDs offers the highest quality digital recordings, featuring approximately 120 minutes of bird calls. It's a must-have for any bird lover!
Customer Reviews:
audio bird songs CD.......2006-07-16
The CD of bird songs is compatible with the Michigan Birds and can assist in helping identify the most common songs & calls of Michigan.
I was a little disappointed that more calls/songs were not on the CD. I was hoping to use the CD to assist in Identifying a few birds that have not been spotted in the upper canopy of northern Michigans swamp/river areas but can be heard singing at dusk in the tree tops.
Overall, the book & CD are useful and I would recommend them to anyone wanting to put a "name" with a voice.
The Brown Thrasher has over a thousand songs.......2006-04-15
This two-CD set is designed as a companion to the book, "Birds of Michigan Field Guide". The calls are in the same order as in the book, which might cause a bit of confusion to listeners who do not own the book, since the birds are arranged by color. For instance, the first birds on the first CD are the Eastern Towhee, Brown-headed Cowbird, European Starling, Red-winged Blackbird, and American Coot, because they are all primarily black in color.
CD bird song guides such as the Peterson Field Guides group bird songs by type of song, e.g. sing-songers, whistlers, or mimics, or else by related species such as woodpeckers or owls. This categorization scheme makes it easier to locate a particular birdsong---at least for me.
Stan Tekiela's classification scheme by color makes perfect sense for his book, but is a bit confusing for the CDs, especially if you can hear the unknown bird but have not yet sighted it.
Another minor complaint is that not all Michigan birds are represented on these CDs. Among the missing are the Vireos (Red-eyed and Yellow-throated), swamp sparrow, and Michigan's most common thrushes (Wood Thrush, Veery, Hermit Thrush). And where are the name-sayers such as the Whip-poor-will, Chuck-will's-widow, or the Eastern Wood-Pewee?
However, for the birds included on the CD, there are more songs, calls, and variations per species than on, say, the Peterson Field Guides--perhaps not all thousand songs of the Brown Thrasher, but enough so that you won't be fooled by the Chickadee's 'spring time' song.
Mnemonics are freely supplied for learning purposes, e.g. "Cherry Cherry Cherry" for the song of the Carolina Wren. The narrator also tells us where and when calls and songs can be heard.
The booklet that comes with the CDs discusses how birds make sounds, and what kind of sounds they make. The index to the CD tracks includes a small photo of the performing bird, and a reference to the page of the Field Guide where this particular bird appears.
Altogether "Birds of Michigan Audio CDs" is a very useful audio guide that I would recommend using in conjunction with Peterson's "Birding by Ear: Eastern/Central" CDs. You should also splurge for a copy of Tekiela's "Birds of Michigan Field Guide."
Product Description
The birds depicted in this book are arranged according to size, moving from the smallest birds in the front of the book to the largest at the back. Size here is determined by body length alone, and you'll see that measurement, in inches printed in the upper right corner on each of the plates. We believe this is to provide the simplest means of finding in this book any unknown bird that appears before you. Simply guess the bird's body length, then turn to that portion of the book showing birds of about that length. Once there, flipping pages back and forth in those approximate lengths should locate the bird for you readily. If you know the name of the bird, you can use the alphabetized index to species printed inside the back cover to locate the plate and information. This Kitchen Table Bird Book grew to publication over a period of three years, and changed form in that time gradually to fit what has seemed its most practical purpose - use by residents of our Great Lakes region who spend most of their bird-watching time at home, inside, looking out windows at feeding, bathing birds. The 77 species discussed and portrayed here represent the most common small birds that come to feeders, or which might land on marsh edge or lawn or woodlands of the type often seen from kitchen windows of this region. The companion Coat Pocket Bird Book contains another 80 species, most of which will be seen afield, but some of which may also come to your feeder. The placement of some species in one or the other of these books was in some cases arbitrarily decided, though our intention all along has been to provide one book for home use, one for field use. These two books were designed primarily for the casual, beginning, and intermediate birdwatcher, though we have been pleased by the positive reception given to the books by birding veterans with hundreds of species included on their ""life lists."" In fact, we believe any birdwatcher, of whatever experience, will find these books valuable and useful reference works. Together, the two books do not include all the birds that visit, nest, or live year-round in this region, but the 157 species collectively represent, we estimate, 90-plus percent of all the millions of birds that will be seen here. Consequently, if you eventually do see all the species depicted in these books, you will be a birdwatching professional.
Customer Reviews:
Kitchen Table Bird Book.......2000-05-16
I'm ordering my second copy of this book, this one for my six-year-old grandson. It's a book of birds native to our Michigan area with beautiful illustrations, told in an interesting fashion. He has me read to him from it, and of course always needs to know about the bugs and such that they eat. He'll soon be old enough to read it himself, and likes to try and copy the illustrations. I'd recommend it for adults and kids alike.
Customer Reviews:
Very useful book.......2007-03-12
Again, the pictures in the book are easy enough to use for my 3 year old. The information contained in the book is useful. We enjoy using this book and look forward to the spring and summer when we can travel further than our backyard.
Book Description
There are no state-specific books on how to appreciate birds and learn more about them. Like gardening, bird watching is a regional hobby, and the birds that frequent the backyards of Missouri differ from the birds found in Michigan. This series targets beginning and intermediate bird watchers from each Midwestern state.
The books are state-specific and highlight the birds that are found in each state. In addition to the profile, each bird entry includes a map to identity the specific range covered by the bird.
100 birds are presented via full-color photographs for accurate identification.
Full-color seasonal section informs the reader of: the migrating birds that can be seen that month, the foods that attract those birds, the plants that can assist in attracting birds.
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Bird Watcher's Digest, has sold more than 4 million copies of their booklets on bird varieties, bird habitat, feeding, and related outdoor topics.
Customer Reviews:
Bird Watching.......2007-06-15
I highly recommend this book to anyone in Michigan with a Bird Feeder in their yard. This book is very informative and is easy to use. The birds in this book are definately the types you will see in your yard and on local waterways. We are thrilled with this product!
BIRD BOOKS AND IDENTIFICATIONS.......2007-01-10
THIS BOOK WAS IMMEDIATELY HELPFUL IN IDENTIFICATION OF SEVERAL BIRDS IN OUR BACK YARD. I WILL USE THIS BOOK FOR THE YEAR ROUND MIGRATION ID.
Highly recommended.......2005-10-27
I was one of the participants in the second edition of "The Atlas of Breeding Birds of Michigan" and counted a total of 44 birds on my assigned patch of territory. This book features 100 of the 'most commonly encountered birds' that can be spotted in Michigan (not all of them breed here). Most, but not all of the birds appear in color photographs (one notable absence is the red-breasted nuthatch).
Before the listings for the individual birds begin, "Michigan Bird Watching" lays out the state's ecoregions, followed by very useful information on bird watching by season.
There are all sorts of useful lists in this book. "Michigan's Ten Best Bird Watching Spots," a page of "Resources for Michigan Bird Watchers," and "Ten Tips for Beginning Bird Watchers" are some examples.
There is a chapter on feeding and housing birds, plus other tips for attracting birds to your property. In the "Nest Box Tips for Landlords," I was surprised to learn that perches by the entry into the nesting box are unnecessary, and may even attract predators.
Instructions on how to use this book precede the hundred bird listings. Each full-page listing includes a color photograph, and sections labeled, "All about," "Habitat and Range," "Feeding," "Nesting," and "Backyard and Beyond."
I've only seen ONE of the birds in this book's "Michigan's Ten Must-See Birds" so I've got a long way to go.
If I could have requested just a few more items in this book, they would have been: male/female and or summer/winter color differences within a species; and photographs of the species' nests and eggs. Otherwise this is an excellent, fact-filled introduction to Michigan birds.
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Fool Hen: The Spruce Grouse on the Yellow Dog Plains
William Laughlin Robinson
Manufacturer: Univ of Wisconsin Pr
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Petite Book.......2007-01-13
Good photographs, very small & portable. For more detail, look at Birds of Michigan or author Stan Tekiela.
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The Birds of Washtenaw County, Michigan
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A comprehensive account of bird sightings in Washtenaw County
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Michigan Trees & Wildflowers: An Introduction to Familiar Species (Pocket Naturalist - Waterford Press)
ASIN: 1583550704 |
Book Description
Michigan Birds, An Introduction to Familiar Species, is a must-have, reference guide for beginners and experts alike. Whether you're on a nature hike or in your own backyard, you'll want to take along a copy of this indispensable guide. The Pocket Naturalist(tm) series is an introduction to common plants and animals and natural phenomena. Each pocket-sized, folding guide highlights up to 150 species and most feature a map highlighting prominent sanctuaries and outstanding natural attractions. Each is laminated for durability.
Customer Reviews:
BIRDS ID CARD.......2007-01-10
THIS WORKS FOR A FAST REFERENCE. MY GRANDCHILDREN LIKED THE EASY USE.
Perfect for 9 year old.......2004-10-22
My 9-year-old son enjoyed this guide all summer and identified a lot of Michigan birds. It is easy to carry and less overwhelming than a bird book.
Best for backpacking.......2003-04-29
There's nothing like taking a hike with 10 lbs. of books in your pack. This map-like folding reference gives you all you need to know in the field - about 150 species that you're likely to see, with tips on the most visible marks for identification. A perfect complement to any larger book, it weighs mere ounces.
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Birds of Michigan Audio CDs: Compatible with Birds of Michigan Field Guide
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