 The
Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds, Richard Crossley
This stunningly illustrated book from acclaimed birder and photographer
Richard Crossley revolutionizes birding by providing the first
real-life approach to identification. Whether you are a
beginner, expert, or somewhere in between, The Crossley ID Guide
will vastly improve your ability to identify birds.
Unlike other guides, which provide isolated individual photographs
or illustrations, this is the first book to feature large, lifelike
scenes for each species. These scenes—640 in all—are each
composed of 12 to 20 color images showing the bird in a wide range
of views—near and far, from different angles, in various plumages
and behaviors, including flight, and in the habitat in which they
live. These beautiful compositions show how a bird's
appearance changes with distance, and give equal emphasis to
characteristics experts use to identify birds: size, structure and
shape, behavior, probability, and color. This is the first
book to convey all of these features visually—in a single image—and
to reinforce them with accurate, concise text. Each scene
provides a wealth of detailed visual information that invites and
rewards careful study, but the most important identification
features can be grasped instantly by anyone.
By making identification easier, more accurate, and more fun than
ever before, The Crossley ID Guide will completely redefine
how readers look at birds. Essential for all birders, it also
promises to make new birders of many people who have despaired of
using traditional guides.
• The Crossley ID Guide revolutionizes birding and field
guides.
• Lifelike scenes composed from multiple color photos of the same
species—seen near and far, from different angles, and in various
plumages and behaviors, including flight.
• Highlights the most important identification characteristics:
size, structure and shape, behavior, probability, and color.
• Most comprehensive guide available, with 640 scenes incorporating
more than 10,000 of the author's images
• An interactive web site that includes videos—www.crossleybirds.com—helps
readers further sharpen and test their identification skills.
530 pages, flexibound with flaps, 8 x 10 inches,
full color illustrations, maps.
0-691-14778-7
The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern $35.00
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