Bird Guide of North America by Jonathan Alderfer

Bird Guide of North America by Jonathan Alderfer

Featuring 100 species of birds from coast to coast this colorful guide helps kids identify and understand birds. The National Geographic Kids Bird Guide of North America will be both accessible and tons of fun. Fifty of the country's most popular birds will be laid out in stunning two-page spreads that will include information such as their range, the sounds they make, and the food they like to eat. Each profile will also include a cool or weird fun fact, and a feature called A Closer Look, which digs deeper into once aspect of the bird's life (eating habits, birdsongs, etc.). Each profile will also display a fact box with the bird's scientific name, weight, length, and wingspan.

Kids will also find tons of fun facts, bright and bold colors, full-color photographs, and layering of information that makes everything jump off the page. Birds will be organized by habitat, and habitat spreads will show where different birds live within each environment. The guide also explains all the basics that kids need to know about spotting birds. Features will include activities, such as how to build a birdhouse and how to build a birdfeeder, sidebars highlighting fascinating info, lists, range maps, and much more. Conservation information, a find out more section, glossary, and index will add ample back matter to round out this book.

JONATHAN ALDERFER is a nationally known bird artist and author who has worked on a number of National Geographic's birding books. His previous titles for National Geographic include Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern North America, Field Guide to the Birds of Western North America, Illustrated Birds, Birding Essentials, and Complete Birds of North America. PAUL HESS, former chair of the Pennsylvania Ornithological Records Committee, is department editor for the News and Notes column in Birding magazine. A retired newspaper editor, he writes an Ornithological Literature Notes column for the Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology newsletter and has written many articles in the journal of Pennsylvania Birds.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781426310942
ISBN 10	1426310943
Title	Bird Guide of North America
Author	Jonathan Alderfer
Series	Animals
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	National Geographic Kids
Year published	2013-04-04
Number of pages	176
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.