Birds of Indiana Field Guide

Wonderful photos, easy to use color guides. I really love the quick info on how to tell the difference of similar birds. My 8 year old son and I checked this book out of the library first to be able to identify our backyard visitors but loved it so much and he quickly was able to use it we just had to buy our own copy. I would highly recommend it.

This is a well organized, easily accessible guide covering the most commonly encountered birds. Something like The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America might be in order as a supplement to this fine volume, but on the whole Birds of Indiana will suffice for most backyard bird watching. A great gift for the budding ornithologist, or just to learn what that bird is you see at the feeder so often.

My 12 year old son wanted this because he started watching birds in our backyard. It seems to cover all the birds in our area, and it was easy for him to understand. It included a checklist of birds sighted, which is really fun for him. I would say this is a perfect book for anyone who likes to watch and identify birds.

This guide is wonderful! Organization of the book is well done and there are large full-color photos of each bird that makes them easily identifiable. I would definitely recommend this field guide for every beginner and enthusiast.

Two years ago my family and I moved from Costa Rica to Indianapolis. From one of the world's great bird paradises to an endless succession of corn field bejeweled with a gray ring road. Or so we thought. 'Truth be told, America's Heartland is a great place to live. This extends even to backyard birding. We live across the street from a marvelous park, half of which is kept in forest and meadow. The good folks at the local Wild Birds Unlimited are just a short drive away, which makes running out of saffron seed something less than a tragedy. And Stan Tekiela's BIRDS OF INDIANA FIELD GUIDE is on my den shelf, where it's stunning photos and one-page-per-bird descriptions provide instant identification when a first-time guest arrives at my feeders. I pair Tekiela's work with the Peterson Field Guide for this part of the country. Tekiela's photos are a stunning complement to Peterson's drawings. I also appreciate Tekiela's seasonal habitation map for each bird, which appears in the upper left corner of each description page. Finally, he pulls a 'birding for dummies' move that I appreciate by arranging the birds by color. This makes it easier to locate a bird's identity when all you know is what you *see*. This well-done work should be in every Hoosier birder's home.