Jon L. Dunn is a leading expert on the identification and distribution of North American birds. He is a consultant for Birding magazine, and former chair of the American Birding Association's Checklist Committee.
Jonathan Alderfer is chief consultant for National Geographic's Birding Program and a widely published author and field guide illustrator. One of the nation's foremost birding artists, he is well known for his authority on North American birds and his expertise as a field ornithologist.
Reviews of the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of
North America, Sixth Edition: "Wow! ... a 10% increase in
illustrations, plates now sprinkled with text to point out key
features, updated range maps, comprehensive subspecies maps, and
other useful new features. This classic guide just keeps evolving
and improving. This is the guide you want with your field
gear."
-J. V. Remsen, Distinguished Professor and Curator of Birds, Museum
of Natural Science, Louisiana State University
"Jon Dunn's masterful field knowledge of North America's birds and
Jonathan Alderfer's unparalleled artistic ability and direction
shine throughout this up-to-date overhaul of a classic guide.
Birders at all levels of experience benefit from a guide that is
both comprehensive and accurate, and National Geographic Field
Guide to the Birds of North America is exactly what they need."
-Kimball L. Garrett, Ornithology Collections Manager, Natural
History Museum of Los Angeles County "The best birding field guide
you can buy...National Geo 6 is now my default go-to guide. It is
the design innovations that push this book to the front. You will
not find a field guide that gives you better and faster access to
the information it contains." -Minneapolis Star Tribune blog
"Shelve all your other field guides for Dunn and Alderfer's
brand-new sixth edition, which leaps beyond previous editions, as
well as all competition...Study it at home. Carry it afield. It has
no peer."
-Daniel Gibson (birding expert), Amazon.com "This new, sixth
edition is by far the best of this splendid guide's incarnations so
far. [It] is, simply put, the one book every North American birder
needs to have on the shelf. Beginners will find it attractive, easy
to use, and portable; intermediate and advanced birders will refer
to it again and again with profit--and with surprise at how much it
can teach even the most experienced among us." -The ABA Blog "The
6th edition - thoroughly re-tooled by Jon Dunn and Jonathan
Alderfer - contains more new material than any other previously
published revision, and it is most impressive...The combination of
organization, illustration, and design adds up to a book that
should please birders at virtually any level of experience."
-Birding e-Bulletin
"It belongs in every birder's library! From beginner to expert, it
will be useful to any birder. And for those interested in
geographic variation, it is a must." -The Birder's Library "A
must-have volume for birders of all abilities." Dan Tallman's Bird
Blog "This will be one of the most popular field guides in the
hands of North American birders...[it is] the most up-to-date field
guide on the market." Birdingisfun.com Reviews of the National
Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Fifth
Edition: "[National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North
America Fifth Edition] is an awesome work...the most up-to-date
field guide out there...birders can do no better than to tuck this
book in their cars, backpacks, or bike sacks." -Bird Watcher's
Digest "The must-have resource for birders." -Miami Herald "Birders
rejoice! National Geographic has come through once again."
-Booklist, starred review "Libraries should feather their nests
with [this]." -Library Journal "You could do now better than this
thick compendium..." -Chicago Sun Times "The field reference of
choice for serious birders...Beginners and experts alike will flock
to this handy field guide." -Amazon.com "Particularly good in
making the difficult identification process easier." -The Star
Ledger (Newark)
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