Bird Songs: 250 North American Birds in Song | 
 enlarge | Author: Les Beletsky
Creator: Jon L. Dunn
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Category: Book
List Price: $45.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  141 reviews
Sales Rank: 460
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 368
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.8
Dimensions (in): 11 x 10.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 1932855416
Dewey Decimal Number: 598.1594
EAN: 9781932855418
ASIN: 1932855416
Publication Date: September 21, 2006
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Product Description
Drawing from the collection of the world-renowned Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Bird Songs presents the most notable North American birds including the rediscovered Ivory-billed Woodpecker in a stunning new format. Renowned bird biologist Les Beletsky provides a succinct description of each of the 250 birds profiled, with an emphasis on their distinctive songs. Lavish full-color illustrations accompany each account, while a sleek, built-in digital audio player holds 250 corresponding songs and calls. In his foreword, North American bird expert and distinguished natural historian Jon L. Dunn shares insights gained from a lifetime of passionate study. Complete with the most up-to-date and scientifically accurate information, Bird Songs is the first book to capture the enchantment of these beautiful birds in words, pictures, and song. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, located in Ithaca, New York, is a nonprofit institution focused on birds and whose mission is to interpret and conserve the earth's biological diversity through research. The Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab is the major source of sound recordings of birds for research, education, conservation, the media, and commercial products. Listen here
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 Hours of interest for all generations April 25, 2008
The Easter Bunny delivered this book to our family--total impulse purchase. One daughter (age 8) loves birds and reads birding guides regularly, the other (age 5) loves fun stuff, and they were both entertained for hours. The variety of bird sounds is amazing. There is just enough information on each bird's page to familiarize yourself, but it's not intimidating. The illustrations are gorgeous and detailed.
Now the girls play calls for each other--the book works like a mini-CD-player with numbered tracks--and try to guess the bird, and they are starting to identify real bird sounds they hear in our coastal neighborhood. We took the book to our 25-family-member Easter dinner and it was a conversation piece everyone really enjoyed. I ended up sending Grandma a copy because she was so enchanted.
Love this book.
 not enough info April 15, 2008
First of all, it only has one picture - I would like both male and female. Next you have to go up and down one number at a time to find your bird - to over 250! it would be much better to be able to enter the number with a keypad.
One of the best books I have seen yet April 13, 2008
I bought this book for my Aunt who just loves birds. She loves it! She tells me the birds sound like the real ones.
Realistic bird sounds April 6, 2008
The bird songs in this book are true to life and the beautiful illustrations are helpful in identifying birds. From the eerie call of the loon to the cackling of the ivory billed woodpecker this book is sure to please not only the birder but the armchair naturalist as well.
Bird Songs book April 5, 2008
This is a wonderful book........filled with beautiful pictures and actual bird songs for each bird. We really enjoy looking up our backyard birds and identifying their songs. This is a wonderful way to teach children about nature. My 4 year old granddaughter just loves this book and wants to look at it together every times she visits. I highly recommend this book, especially if you have children!
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