The Warbler Guide by Stephenson, Tom

The Warbler Guide (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780691154824)

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Format: Paperback
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The Warbler Guide by Stephenson, Tom

The Warbler Guide

$29.95
The Warbler Guide by Stephenson, Tom

The Warbler Guide

$29.95
Format: Paperback
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A field guide that revolutionizes warbler identification

Warblers are among the most challenging birds to identify. They exhibit an array of seasonal plumages and have distinctive yet oft-confused calls and songs. The Warbler Guide enables you to quickly identify any of the 56 species of warblers in the United States and Canada. This groundbreaking guide features more than 1,000 stunning color photos, extensive species accounts with multiple viewing angles, and an entirely new system of vocalization analysis that helps you distinguish songs and calls.

The Warbler Guide revolutionizes birdwatching, making warbler identification easier than ever before. For more information, please see the author videos on the Princeton University Press website.
  • Covers all 56 species of warblers in the United States and Canada
  • Visual quick finders help you identify warblers from any angle
  • Song and call finders make identification easy using a few simple questions
  • Uses sonograms to teach a new system of song identification that makes it easier to understand and hear differences between similar species
  • Detailed species accounts show multiple views with diagnostic points, direct comparisons of plumage and vocalizations with similar species, and complete aging and sexing descriptions
  • New aids to identification include song mnemonics and icons for undertail pattern, color impression, habitat, and behavior
  • Includes field exercises, flight shots, general identification strategies, and quizzes
  • A complete, page-by-page audio companion to all of the 1,000-plus songs and calls covered by the book is available for purchase and download from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library by using the link at www.TheWarblerGuide.com


Author: Tom Stephenson, Scott Whittle
ISBN-10: 0691154821
ISBN-13: 9780691154824
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/07/2013
Pages: 560
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.65lbs
Size: 8.60h x 6.50w x 1.60d
Award: PROSE - Honorable Mention
Award: National Outdoor Book Awards - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 09/01/2013 pg. 140
Choice 05/01/2014
By Tom Stephenson
By Tom Stephenson
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Tom Stephenson's articles and photos have appeared in Birding and Bird Watcher's Digest, at Surfbirds.com, and in the Handbook of the Birds of the World. He has guided groups across the United States and Asia. A musician, he has had several Grammy and Academy Award winners as clients, and was director of technology at Roland Corporation. Scott Whittle lives in Cape May, New Jersey, and has twenty years of experience as a professional photographer and educator. He holds an MFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York, is a fellow of the MacDowell Colony, and is a onetime New York State Big Year record holder.

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