This stunningly illustrated book from acclaimed birder and
photographer Richard Crossley revolutionizes field guide design by
providing the first real-life approach to identification. Whether
you are a beginner, expert, or anywhere in between, "The Crossley
ID Guide" will vastly improve your ability to identify birds.
Unlike other guides, which provide isolated individual
photographs or illustrations, this is the first book to feature
large, lifelike scenes for each species. These scenes--640 in
all--are composed from more than 10,000 of the author's images
showing birds in a wide range of views--near and far, from
different angles, in various plumages and behaviors, including
flight, and in the habitat in which they live. These beautiful
compositions show how a bird's appearance changes with distance,
and give equal emphasis to characteristics experts use to identify
birds: size, structure and shape, behavior, probability, and color.
This is the first book to convey all of these features visually--in
a single image--and to reinforce them with accurate, concise text.
Each scene provides a wealth of detailed visual information that
invites and rewards careful study, but the most important
identification features can be grasped instantly by anyone.
By making identification easier, more accurate, and more fun
than ever before, "The Crossley ID Guide" will completely redefine
how its users look at birds. Essential for all birders, it also
promises to make new birders of many people who have despaired of
using traditional guides. Revolutionary. This book changes field
guide design to make you a better birder A picture says a thousand
words. The most comprehensive guide: 640 stunning scenes created
from 10,000 of the author's photographs Reality birding. Lifelike
in-focus scenes show birds in their habitats, from near and far,
and in all plumages and behaviors Teaching and reference. The first
book to accurately portray all the key identification
characteristics: size, shape, behavior, probability, and color
Practice makes perfect. An interactive learning experience to
sharpen and test field identification skills Bird like the experts.
The first book to simplify birding and help you understand how to
bird like the best An interactive
website--www.crossleybirds.com--includes expanded captions for the
plates and species updates
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