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Title: The Birds of Texas by John L. Tveten ISBN: 0-940672-63-4 Publisher: Shearer Publishing Pub. Date: 01 October, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Beautiful photographs!
Comment: The photography in this book is superlative and the main reason to purchase it is to admire the lush color photos of Texas's birds. However, I also enjoy the book because it allows me, as a novice birder, to learn to correctly identify various species. This book is much superior to an Audubon guide or a National Geographic Filed Guild to birds because each photo is huge and shows the birds to their best advantage. The photos of the various migrating birds aresimply outstanding!
I recommend this book for anyone who has an appreciation of birds in the Lone Star state and wants to vicariously see them through this medium. It will definitely prompt every armchair birder to take to the field and spy these wondrous creatures in their natural habitat. There are several birds I saw in this book which captured my fancy immediately. By seeing these photos, it prompted me to go out and beat the trails and shorelines to see each of these birds up close and "in person." A great book!
Rating: 5
Summary: A Great Resource
Comment: This book has beautiful photographs of Texas birds. It describes their songs, how they eat, mate, nest, care for offspring, and all in an interesting manner. The way the author describes birds, you know he has a great love for these winged creatures. Cedar Wax-wings are "courteous", Loggerhead Shrikes have "the inclinations of a hawk", Grackles are "bullies", Carolina Chickadees are "acrobatic", Horned Larks have a "rakish, devilish air", etc.. Believe it or not, these descriptions actually help me remember what the birds look like and what they are called. Highly recommended.
Rating: 4
Summary: Beautiful photographs; not so handy in the field
Comment: The remarkable thing about this book is the beautiful close-up colour pictures of almost every species. Not all the pictures are flawless--anyone who's ever photographed birds knows how hard it is to get a good, detailed, well-lit close-up shot--but they are very high quality and make this both a gorgeous coffee table book and a valuable identification aid.
The coverage is not as complete as, say, Peterson's Field Guide to the Birds of Texas, which I also own. The Peterson has, for example, many more of the confusing fall warblers; the Tveten explicitly says that detailed coverage of the warblers is outside its scope. But the differences in coverage are generally of the rarer birds; anything a casual bird-watcher is likely to see will be in the Tveten; and the Peterson has few good colour plates.
This is a larger book than is really convenient out in the field, though. Plus the descriptive sections, while well-written and interesting, aren't organized in a way that makes it easy to quickly find important field marks or check the range. If you want to get just one book I'd recommend this one; get another for completeness or for use in the field.
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Title: Birds of Texas: A Field Guide by John H. Rappole, Gene W. Blacklock ISBN: 0890965455 Publisher: Texas A&M University Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1994 List Price(USD): $15.16 |
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Title: Birds of Texas by Roger Tory Peterson, Houghton Mifflin Company ISBN: 0395921384 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Pub. Date: 12 June, 1998 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: Texas Wildflowers: A Field Guide by Campbell & Lynn Loughmiller, Lynn Sherrod ISBN: 0292780605 Publisher: University of Texas Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1984 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Texas Bug Book: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Malcolm Beck, Howard Garrett ISBN: 0292708696 Publisher: University of Texas Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Texas Trees: A Friendly Guide by Patty Leslie, Paul W. Cox ISBN: 0931722675 Publisher: Corona Publishing Co. Pub. Date: 01 August, 1988 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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