Best Books for Birders

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The Sibley Guide to Birds
The Sibley Guide to Birds 4.70 avg rating β€” 2,557 ratings
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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America 4.42 avg rating β€” 2,539 ratings
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The Genius of Birds
The Genius of Birds 4.04 avg rating β€” 13,005 ratings
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Eastern Region
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Eastern Region 4.28 avg rating β€” 1,099 ratings
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The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior
The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior 4.47 avg rating β€” 1,154 ratings
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Look Up!: Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard
Look Up!: Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard 4.17 avg rating β€” 690 ratings
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Birds of North America
Birds of North America 4.44 avg rating β€” 466 ratings
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Good Birders Don't Wear White: 50 Tips From North America's Top Birders
Good Birders Don't Wear White: 50 Tips From North America's Top Birders 3.80 avg rating β€” 602 ratings
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A Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America
A Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America 4.43 avg rating β€” 1,878 ratings
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Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America
Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America 4.55 avg rating β€” 414 ratings
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Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder
Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder 4.29 avg rating β€” 2,624 ratings
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Kaufman Field Guide to Advanced Birding: Understanding What You See and Hear
Kaufman Field Guide to Advanced Birding: Understanding What You See and Hear 4.48 avg rating β€” 288 ratings
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The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America
The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America 4.67 avg rating β€” 1,560 ratings
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Western Region
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Western Region 4.25 avg rating β€” 378 ratings
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H is for Hawk
H is for Hawk 3.74 avg rating β€” 78,926 ratings
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Life List: A Woman's Quest for the World's Most Amazing Birds
Life List: A Woman's Quest for the World's Most Amazing Birds 3.85 avg rating β€” 1,053 ratings
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Mozart's Starling
Mozart's Starling 3.96 avg rating β€” 3,423 ratings
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Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World
Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World 4.27 avg rating β€” 2,176 ratings
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Peterson Reference Guide To Birding By Impression: A Different Approach to Knowing and Identifying Birds
Peterson Reference Guide To Birding By Impression: A Different Approach to Knowing and Identifying Birds 4.08 avg rating β€” 37 ratings
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Ravenmaster
Ravenmaster 4.04 avg rating β€” 5,895 ratings
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Owls: Our Most Enchanting Bird
Owls: Our Most Enchanting Bird 4.18 avg rating β€” 594 ratings
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The Penguin Lessons
The Penguin Lessons 4.12 avg rating β€” 14,904 ratings
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Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligenceβ€”and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process
Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligenceβ€”and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process 4.10 avg rating β€” 10,017 ratings
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The Audubon Backyard Birdwatcher: Birdfeeders and Bird Gardens
The Audubon Backyard Birdwatcher: Birdfeeders and Bird Gardens 4.39 avg rating β€” 115 ratings
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He Saw a Hummingbird: How the Tiniest Bird and a Man's Indomitable Spirit Combined to Bring about a Miracle
He Saw a Hummingbird: How the Tiniest Bird and a Man's Indomitable Spirit Combined to Bring about a Miracle really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 20 ratings
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The Backyard Bird Feeder's Bible: The A-to-Z Guide To Feeders, Seed Mixes, Projects And Treats (Rodale Organic Gardening Book)
The Backyard Bird Feeder's Bible: The A-to-Z Guide To Feeders, Seed Mixes, Projects And Treats (Rodale Organic Gardening Book) 4.30 avg rating β€” 155 ratings
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Welcome to Subirdia: Sharing Our Neighborhoods with Wrens, Robins, Woodpeckers, and Other Wildlife
Welcome to Subirdia: Sharing Our Neighborhoods with Wrens, Robins, Woodpeckers, and Other Wildlife 3.87 avg rating β€” 216 ratings
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All Things Reconsidered: My Birding Adventures
All Things Reconsidered: My Birding Adventures 3.87 avg rating β€” 133 ratings
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The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America
The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America 4.59 avg rating β€” 181 ratings
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Sibley's Birding Basics
Sibley's Birding Basics 4.25 avg rating β€” 986 ratings
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The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors
The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors 4.56 avg rating β€” 140 ratings
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Birds of Hawaii, New Zealand, and the Central and West Pacific
Birds of Hawaii, New Zealand, and the Central and West Pacific 3.64 avg rating β€” 14 ratings
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Birding Georgia
Birding Georgia 4.17 avg rating β€” 18 ratings
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Hawaii's Birds
Hawaii's Birds 4.16 avg rating β€” 103 ratings
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What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World
What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World
by: Jon Young
4.11 avg rating β€” 1,624 ratings
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Into the Nest: Intimate Views of the Courting, Parenting, and Family Lives of Familiar Birds
Into the Nest: Intimate Views of the Courting, Parenting, and Family Lives of Familiar Birds 4.40 avg rating β€” 122 ratings
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Of a Feather: A Brief History of American Birding
Of a Feather: A Brief History of American Birding 4.06 avg rating β€” 435 ratings
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The Race to Save the Lord God Bird
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird 4.16 avg rating β€” 424 ratings
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Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World
Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World 4.27 avg rating β€” 2,176 ratings
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Fill of Joy
Fill of Joy 4.40 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
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Bird Watching For Dummies
Bird Watching For Dummies 3.98 avg rating β€” 47 ratings
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Eastern Birds: A Guide to Field Identification, Revised and Updated
Eastern Birds: A Guide to Field Identification, Revised and Updated
by: James Coe
4.17 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
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The Reluctant Twitcher: A Quite Truthful Account of My Big Birding Year
The Reluctant Twitcher: A Quite Truthful Account of My Big Birding Year 3.80 avg rating β€” 49 ratings
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Love and Ordinary Creatures
Love and Ordinary Creatures 3.42 avg rating β€” 50 ratings
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Words on Birds
Words on Birds 4.80 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
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On the Wing: To the Edge of the Earth with the Peregrine Falcon
On the Wing: To the Edge of the Earth with the Peregrine Falcon 3.73 avg rating β€” 223 ratings
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Birds: A Guide To Familiar American Birds
Birds: A Guide To Familiar American Birds 3.99 avg rating β€” 301 ratings
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Little Birds Big Adventures
Little Birds Big Adventures it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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Explorer's Guide to Wildlife Adventures
Explorer's Guide to Wildlife Adventures
by: J.Z. Hunt
4.03 avg rating β€” 35 ratings
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Birds of the Transboundary Grenadines
Birds of the Transboundary Grenadines it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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Vogels in Nederland (Nationale Postcode Loterij natuurreeks, #1)
Vogels in Nederland (Nationale Postcode Loterij natuurreeks, #1) 4.20 avg rating β€” 80 ratings
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Birding for Babies: Migrating Birds: A Colors Book
Birding for Babies: Migrating Birds: A Colors Book 4.33 avg rating β€” 64 ratings
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The Birds That Audubon Missed: Discovery and Desire in the American Wilderness
The Birds That Audubon Missed: Discovery and Desire in the American Wilderness 4.10 avg rating β€” 644 ratings
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Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World 4.23 avg rating β€” 6,198 ratings
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Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere With Migratory Birds
Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere With Migratory Birds 4.41 avg rating β€” 577 ratings
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The Backyard Bird-Lover's Guide: Attracting, Nesting, Feeding
The Backyard Bird-Lover's Guide: Attracting, Nesting, Feeding 4.19 avg rating β€” 48 ratings
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Explorations of Aotearoa
Explorations of Aotearoa
by: Max Allen
4.67 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
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Mockingbird Song: Ecological Landscapes of the South
Mockingbird Song: Ecological Landscapes of the South 3.55 avg rating β€” 29 ratings
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Eastern Curlew
Eastern Curlew 4.29 avg rating β€” 118 ratings
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De grote encyclopedie der vogels
De grote encyclopedie der vogels 4.67 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
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Birding for Babies: Backyard Birds: A Numbers Book
Birding for Babies: Backyard Birds: A Numbers Book 4.21 avg rating β€” 188 ratings
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The Backyard Bird Chronicles
The Backyard Bird Chronicles
by: Amy Tan
4.01 avg rating β€” 12,704 ratings
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Second Nature: Tales from the Montlake Fill
Second Nature: Tales from the Montlake Fill 4.09 avg rating β€” 11 ratings
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How to Be a (Bad) Birdwatcher
How to Be a (Bad) Birdwatcher 3.98 avg rating β€” 1,032 ratings
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Birding at the Bridge: In Search of Every Bird on the Brooklyn Waterfront
Birding at the Bridge: In Search of Every Bird on the Brooklyn Waterfront 4.44 avg rating β€” 39 ratings
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The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World - and Us
The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World - and Us 4.06 avg rating β€” 2,787 ratings
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A History of Birds
A History of Birds really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 41 ratings
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Budgerigar: How a Brave, Chatty and Colourful Little Aussie Bird Stole the World's Heart
Budgerigar: How a Brave, Chatty and Colourful Little Aussie Bird Stole the World's Heart 3.54 avg rating β€” 65 ratings
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In My Nature
In My Nature 4.12 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
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The Blues Go Birding Across America (The Blues Go Birding Series, 1)
The Blues Go Birding Across America (The Blues Go Birding Series, 1) 3.67 avg rating β€” 27 ratings
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Peterson Field Guide To Birds Of Florida
Peterson Field Guide To Birds Of Florida it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
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What Should a Clever Moose Eat?: Natural History, Ecology, and the North Woods
What Should a Clever Moose Eat?: Natural History, Ecology, and the North Woods 4.25 avg rating β€” 56 ratings
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Corvus: A Life with Birds
Corvus: A Life with Birds 4.05 avg rating β€” 1,084 ratings
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Flight of the Budgerigar: An Illustrated History
Flight of the Budgerigar: An Illustrated History 4.58 avg rating β€” 12 ratings
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Must-See Birds of the Pacific Northwest: 85 Unforgettable Species, Their Fascinating Lives, and How to Find Them
Must-See Birds of the Pacific Northwest: 85 Unforgettable Species, Their Fascinating Lives, and How to Find Them 4.15 avg rating β€” 46 ratings
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The Blues Go Birding at Wild America's Shores
The Blues Go Birding at Wild America's Shores 4.23 avg rating β€” 13 ratings
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Peterson Field Guide To Birds Of Northern Central America
Peterson Field Guide To Birds Of Northern Central America 4.67 avg rating β€” 30 ratings
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Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place 4.18 avg rating β€” 10,618 ratings
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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern North America
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern North America 4.46 avg rating β€” 103 ratings
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The Birds at My Table: Why We Feed Wild Birds and Why It Matters
The Birds at My Table: Why We Feed Wild Birds and Why It Matters 3.82 avg rating β€” 111 ratings
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The Blues Go Extreme Birding
The Blues Go Extreme Birding 4.08 avg rating β€” 12 ratings
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Peterson Field Guide To Birds Of Minnesota
Peterson Field Guide To Birds Of Minnesota liked it 3.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival
Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival 4.05 avg rating β€” 4,359 ratings
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Birds of the Nile Valley: An AUC Press Nature Foldout
Birds of the Nile Valley: An AUC Press Nature Foldout 4.36 avg rating β€” 11 ratings
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Nature's Paradise: Costa Rica
Nature's Paradise: Costa Rica 4.56 avg rating β€” 9 ratings
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The Birds of America: The Bien Chromolithographic Edition
The Birds of America: The Bien Chromolithographic Edition 4.51 avg rating β€” 384 ratings
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Peterson Guide To Bird Identification―in 12 Steps
Peterson Guide To Bird Identification―in 12 Steps 4.13 avg rating β€” 89 ratings
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National Geographic Birding Essentials
National Geographic Birding Essentials 4.25 avg rating β€” 140 ratings
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Kenneth Newman's Birds of Southern Africa by Kenneth Newman (1-Nov-2010) Paperback
Kenneth Newman's Birds of Southern Africa by Kenneth Newman (1-Nov-2010) Paperback really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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Birdscapes: A Pop-Up Celebration of Bird Songs in Stereo Sound
Birdscapes: A Pop-Up Celebration of Bird Songs in Stereo Sound 4.54 avg rating β€” 54 ratings
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National Geographic Complete Birds of North America: Companion to the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America
National Geographic Complete Birds of North America: Companion to the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America 4.54 avg rating β€” 170 ratings
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Birds of Georgia
Birds of Georgia 4.38 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
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The Art of Bird Finding: Before You ID Them, You Have to See Them
The Art of Bird Finding: Before You ID Them, You Have to See Them 4.20 avg rating β€” 123 ratings
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Birds Of Prey: Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, and Vultures of North America
Birds Of Prey: Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, and Vultures of North America 4.53 avg rating β€” 78 ratings
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The Bird: A Natural History of Who Birds Are, Where They Came From & How They Live
The Bird: A Natural History of Who Birds Are, Where They Came From & How They Live 4.08 avg rating β€” 407 ratings
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Where the Birds Are: A Travel Guide to Over 1,000 Parks, Preserves, and Sanctuaries
Where the Birds Are: A Travel Guide to Over 1,000 Parks, Preserves, and Sanctuaries 3.31 avg rating β€” 13 ratings
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The Burgess Bird Book for Children
The Burgess Bird Book for Children 4.33 avg rating β€” 1,966 ratings
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Birder's Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds
Birder's Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds 4.43 avg rating β€” 276 ratings
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A Field Guide To The Birds Of The British Isles
A Field Guide To The Birds Of The British Isles 3.61 avg rating β€” 18 ratings
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Their Fate is Our Fate: How Birds Foretell Threats to Our Health and Our World
Their Fate is Our Fate: How Birds Foretell Threats to Our Health and Our World 3.44 avg rating β€” 64 ratings
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