Second Edition, Birds of Ohio Field Guide

It's an excellent source of information that's easy to use. We carry it with us whenever we're out in nature. I plan now to buy one for Wisconsin and New York as well to give to family members living in those states.

Birds of Ohio is an excellent field guide. The book is organized by bird color (excellent for beginners, whether in the field or in your back yard) and devotes one text page and one full page picture per bird. The pictures are excellent and when appropriate, inserts depicting close-ups of distinguishing features or the plumage of juvenile or the opposite sex are included. Each page includes the range chart, size, description of the male, female, and juvenile (where needed), nest description, number and description of eggs, incubation period, fledging period, migration, food and some comparison notes. The "one page per bird" label is deceptive in that, since the book is organized by color, birds with different color plumage based on sex are actually included twice in the book. So regardless of whether you are looking at the male or female of the species, you can still identify the bird by the color of its feathers. The "Stan's notes" section at the bottom of each page provides the additional information you would otherwise turn to a more detailed book for. I encourage you to take a look at the sample pages.

My husband and a young friend of ours (13) found this book so much easier to use than any of our other resources. Often we would identify the bird using Birds of Ohio and then look it up in our Smithsonian and Audubon guides to see if there was any additional or different information in those sources. (There was actually little additional information in these other sources and differences were generally small and limited to either the size-range of the bird or the number of eggs in a clutch.) We were also impressed with the listings of ranges and migration patterns, which was more up-to-date than some other very good sources, and included birds other sources failed to recognize as residing in (or migrating through) Ohio.

I looked through so many books before I purchased this one - and I'm glad I waited until I found it! This is an excellent book for anyone trying to identify the vast majority of birds in Ohio. I hope Stan Tekiela publishes this same information for other states. Initially we did not buy the Audio CD, I believe we'll pick that up before next spring...

I am an Airfield Manager at Youngstown Air Reserve Station. I have to post Migration patterns of all the birds that come through this area and the greater northeast section of Ohio and Northwest Section of Pennsylvania. Not being a native of Ohio, this book Birds of Ohio as been an outstanding guide not only for our migratory friends but to learn about the local aviary community. Get this book!

Birds of Ohio is an excellent field guide. The book is organized by bird color (excellent for beginners, whether in the field or in your back yard) and devotes one text page and one full page picture per bird. The pictures are excellent and when appropriate, inserts depicting close-ups of distinguishing features or the plumage of juvenile or the opposite sex are included. Each page includes the range chart, size, description of the male, female, and juvenile (where needed), nest description, number and description of eggs, incubation period, fledging period, migration, food and some comparison notes. The "one page per bird" label is deceptive in that, since the book is organized by color, birds with different color plumage based on sex are actually included twice in the book. So regardless of whether you are looking at the male or female of the species, you can still identify the bird by the color of its feathers. The "Stan's notes" section at the bottom of each page provides the additional information you would otherwise turn to a more detailed book for. I encourage you to take a look at the sample pages.

My husband and a young friend of ours (13) found this book so much easier to use than any of our other resources. Often we would identify the bird using Birds of Ohio and then look it up in our Smithsonian and Audubon guides to see if there was any additional or different information in those sources. (There was actually little additional information in these other sources and differences were generally small and limited to either the size-range of the bird or the number of eggs in a clutch.) We were also impressed with the listings of ranges and migration patterns, which was more up-to-date than some other very good sources, and included birds other sources failed to recognize as residing in (or migrating through) Ohio.

I looked through so many books before I purchased this one - and I'm glad I waited until I found it! This is an excellent book for anyone trying to identify the vast majority of birds in Ohio. I hope Stan Tekiela publishes this same information for other states. Initially we did not buy the Audio CD, I believe we'll pick that up before next spring...

I am an Airfield Manager at Youngstown Air Reserve Station. I have to post Migration patterns of all the birds that come through this area and the greater northeast section of Ohio and Northwest Section of Pennsylvania. Not being a native of Ohio, this book Birds of Ohio as been an outstanding guide not only for our migratory friends but to learn about the local aviary community. Get this book!

I had originally purchased this book for my 8 year old daughter as a Christmas gift. She had shown interest in nature and birds and I thought it would be a great book for her. Together, her and I have learned about the different birds that are right in our very own backyard. It has been a staple piece in our learning experience about the world around us. We have branched out into getting bird feeders for our backyard and sitting at the window and watching the birds come in, then looking them up in our book.

Bought this after borrowing another from the library. We LOVE this book! The photos are fabulous and arranged by the bird's primary color making it possible for my 5-yr old to look up birds he sees in the yard. It's compact enough to fit in a coat pocket too. You can't go wrong with this reference.