Birds of the Carolinas Field Guide

Got this book for my father as he didn't have internet to look up the different birds he was seeing in his yard. He has been telling me all the different birds he sees now using the color tabs to help identify the birds. As I looked through it I really liked how they gave information on the behavior and described their calls. We even found out some of the birds we were seeing were actually here only during the winter months and why we only saw males in a group. Highly recommended book for sure.

We have two dozen field guides and identifiers for birds - this one book is faster than all the rest to identify what is at our feeder, on the trail or along the road. It almost seems too simple - why don't all the other guides we have go by ... color ... seems too simple right? D'oh. I almost feel like I'm cheating when I use this book - other books seem too snobberish - read: if you are a *real* birder, use our complete guide. Find a bird, lookup the color or color combination, look through 10 pages and presto - identified. How hard can that be? If you could only get one birding book ... get this one. Or, in my case, if I only have room to pack one book, I always pack this one. Side-note: The companion CDs are great too, and they match the pages up nicely to the book, but frankly I can't identify by ear - maybe I' tone deaf ... but they are nicely arranged discs. My wife likes them more.

This book is perfect for rookies. The color coded tabs helped me to quickly look up the bird's that were clustering at my new feeder. I just wanted to know a little bit about each species to better enjoy them. I now keep this the book near my window, so that I can idententify all types of birds that flock in and around my yard. This book is most definately a great investment. (I love the compact size)

I have always been frustrated by bird books -- either I can't locate anything that resembles the feathered creature in front of me, or I identify the perfect match ... only to discover that the bird I claim to have seen has never been spotted within a thousand miles of my locale. Stan Tekiela's book takes care of everything: The title says it all! There's no way you can foolishly identify the rare Didgerywhatsit, which nests only in the Rocky Mountains -- if the bird isn't found here in the Carolinas, it's not within these pages; The photographs actually look just like the real, live birds (why haven't others managed this??); and It is organized by colour, so it is as easy to identify the relatively drab females as it is the showier males. We have had enormous fun with this little volume, and can't recommend it too highly.

This little book has covered every bird we've seen at our Charleston, SC feeder. Nice photos, good descriptions and durable book construction make this a nice take along guide.

Having just started bird watching as a hobby, I found the 'Birds of the Carolinas Field Guide' to be my most used birding book. While birding in North/South Carolina why thumb through a book of all North American birds? This book has the birds of the Carolinas sectioned by color making identification easier. The photos are clear with helpful text to help with identification. I also bought the companion CDs with the sounds of the birds as well. Though the CDs are great reference (and I will undoubtably use them more as I learn more about birds), this book is where I spend much of my time.