Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America

includes disk with 587 downloadable bird songs
by Ted Floyd

This new field guide provides a suite of modern tools to effectively aid in the identification of more than 750 species of birds across North America. It introduces a "whole bird" approach by concisely gathering information about birds into one portable and well-organized volume. Information includes descriptions for each bird of habits and ecology, age-related and seasonal differences, regional forms, and vocalization. In addition there is a glossary of terms, species checklist, and quick index.

The guide contains 2,000 stunning color photographs of birds in natural habitats, showing the most important field marks, regional population differences, life stages, and behaviors. It has 700-plus detailed and up-to-date color range maps for summer, migration, winter, year-round, and rare but regular occurrences of every major species. A special feature is the DVD of birdsongs for 138 major species (587 vocalizations in all for 5½ hours of play); each high-quality MP3 file is embedded with an image of the bird, perfect to view on home computers and portable MP3 players.

Ted Floyd is the editor of Birding, the flagship publication of the American Birding Association.

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