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Title: Wisconsin Birds: A Seasonal and Geographical Guide (North Coast Book) by Stanley A. Temple, John R. Cary, Robert E. Rolley, Wisconsin Society for Ornithology, Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources ISBN: 0-299-15220-0 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: I use it regularly
Comment: Any birder is familiar with the format that even the best guides use to convey the likelihood over time of finding a given species in a particular location. Because of the scope of those guides, they are limited to conveying the timing to seasons and the locations to regions.
This book tells the reader exactly when specific bird species are generally found in specific counties of the state. A field guide will tell you that a certain bird migrates through the state in the spring, but some birds migrate in March, and some in June. This book will also tell you how populous the bird is (ie. how rare it is). You can also see the general movements of resident birds in the state over seasons.
I live in Wisconsin, so I use this book all the time. I have been frustrated trying to find similar information for states that I visit regularly. It is an invaluable resource for concentrating observation and understanding the animals being studied.
Rating: 5
Summary: An outstanding companion to a Peterson field guide
Comment: This book is an ideal companion to a field guide to Eastern birds. Primarily designed as a reference guide (it contains no pictures, descriptions, or field marks) it contains a wealth of information on the likelihood of finding a particular species by county and time of year in Wisconsin. Based on at least 15 years of birding reports, the book is organized in standard order of species with one bird species per page. Each page contains the probability of spotting the species somewhere in the state in a given year, a map of the frequency of reports by county, a chart of the reporting frequency by week for the year, and a trend line by year of the total relative number of reports. I would recommend the guide primarily to the intermediate or advanced birder who is knowledgable about each bird species and their likely habitats already, but needs to know what is likely to be found in a given part of the state.
IMHO, this book is a template of how every state or regional guide should be designed.
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Title: Wildflowers Of Wisconsin by Stan Tekiela ISBN: 1885061773 Publisher: Adventure Publications Pub. Date: 15 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Trees of Wisconsin: Field Guide (Our Nature Field Guides) by Stan Tekiela ISBN: 1885061420 Publisher: Adventure Publications Pub. Date: 01 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Birds of Wisconsin: Field Guide (Field Guides) by Stan Tekiela ISBN: 1885061617 Publisher: Adventure Publications Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Wisconsin Birds (Pocket Naturalist) by James Kavanagh ISBN: 1583551700 Publisher: Waterford Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: The Garden Book For Wisconsin by Melinda Myers ISBN: 1888608536 Publisher: Cool Springs Press Pub. Date: 03 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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