National Geographic field guide to the birds of North America

Corporate Authors:	National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Other Authors:	Dunn, Jon L. 1954-, Alderfer, Jonathan K.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2006.
Edition:	5th ed.
Subjects:	Birds > North America > Identification.

Item Description:	Includes index.
Physical Description:	503 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	0792253140 9780792253143
Author Notes:	Jon L. Dunn, a leading expert on the identification and distribution of North American birds, has served as chief consultant on all four previous editions of this book. He is also a consultant for the American Birding Association magazine, Birding, and the former chair of the ABA Checklist Committee, as well as a member of the California Bird Records Committee and the AOU Committee on Taxonomy and Nomenclature. He lives in Bishop, California. Jonathan Alderfer, chief consultant for National Geographic's Birding Program, is a widely published author and field guide illustrator. One of the nation's foremost birding artists, he is well known for his expertise as a field ornithologist and an authority on North American birds. He was a general consultant, art consultant, and contributing artist for the NG Field Guide to the Birds of North America 3rd and 4th editions, and the lead editor of NG's Complete Birds of North America. A former Associate Editor of Birding, the ABA magazine, he also served on the Maryland/D.C. Bird Records Committee. He lives in Washington, D.C.