National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of the United States and Canada--East, 2nd Edition

By: Ted Floyd

Published by National Geographic, 2025-02

<b>An entirely updated edition of the classic bestselling regional bird field guide from National Geographic, covering the U.S. and Canada east of the Rockies.<br> <br> Provides ID information, data-driven maps, and annotated illustrations of more than 800 bird species.</b><br> <br> Backyard beginners and dedicated life-listers alike will love the expanded new edition of this trusted guide to the birds of eastern United States and Canada. With new text, revised art, and data-derived range maps, this valuable resource complements the apps and online resources used by birders today.<br> <br> Groundbreaking new features join tried-and-true traditions. This field guide offers-<br> <br> <ul> <li>More pages, more species than the first edition</li> <li>More than <b>800 species</b>, including 586 likely to be observed and 240 that occur more rarely</li> <li>Organized according to <b>current taxonomy</b></li> <li>Informative <b>notes</b> explaining evolution, etymology, and more</li> <li>User-friendly format with <b>explanatory text</b> on the left and matching <b>annotated art</b> on the right</li> <li>Easy-to-carry paperback with <b>thumb tabs</b> and a <b>visual index</b></li> <li><b>All-new maps</b> based on crowd-sourced data from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's <b>eBird</b>, the world's top database of bird observations</li> </ul> <br> All told, this second edition of the <i>National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of the United States and Canada-East</i> (2nd edition) is a must-have guide for birders young and old, avid and beginner.