A Field Guide to Birds of the Pacific Northwest

by Tony Greenfield, photographs by Penny Hall

tagged: birds, reference

Description

Do you know a tanager from a towhee? A goatsucker from a grosbeak? Here, after much demand, is a waterproof, portable 8-fold guide featuring 112 photos of the common birds found in coastal areas of Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Alaska. Each species is labelled with common name, size, distribution range and favoured habitat. This full-colour pamphlet is useful to anyone who has an interest in taking up birdwatching, or just wants to figure out what's flitting about the birdfeeder.

Tony Greenfield is a founding member and past president of the BC Field Ornithologists and operates Whiskeyjack Nature Tours, offering excursions from Panama to the Yukon. Greenfield's previous publications include Waterfalls of British Columbia: A Guide to BC's 100 Best Falls (Harbour Publishing, 2009).

About the Authors

Tony Greenfield grew up in England, and after graduating from the University of Liverpool with a degree in geography, eventually settled on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia. For thirty years Greenfield operated Whiskeyjack Reforestation Ltd, a tree-planting company, which afforded him the opportunity to spend a life in the mountains and visit every remote corner of British Columbia. Since 1979 Greenfield has been involved with the Sunshine Coast Natural History Society and he was a founding member and president of the BC Field Ornithologists. Since 2003 Greenfield has operated Whiskeyjack Nature Tours and offers excursions to Panama, Arizona, Utah, British Columbia and the Yukon. Greenfield has written A Hiking Guide to the Trails of the Lower Sunshine Coast and is one of the authors of the forthcoming Guide to the Birds of British Columbia.

Penny Hall's work has appeared in various magazines including Outdoor Canada, BC Nature and Zoom.

Age:: 8
Grade:: 3

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A Field Guide to Birds of the Pacific Northwest

by [ABPBC]

Thumbnail-style colour photographs of 126 common species of birds (primarily coastal dwellers) are presented and organized according to habitat in this accordion-fold, laminated pocket guide. Size is given in standard and metric measurement along with two or three lines of description. Although brief, these short captions provide succinct but useful information. The format lends itself to inclusion on walks or field trips.

The accordion-fold format can pose storage and security issues.

Source: The Association of Book Publishers of BC. BC Books for BC Schools. 2013-2014.