An entirely updated edition of the classic bestselling regional bird field guide from National Geographic, covering the U.S. and Canada east of the Rockies.
Provides ID information, data-driven maps, and annotated illustrations of more than 800 bird species.
Backyard beginners and dedicated life-listers alike will love the expanded new edition of this trusted guide to the birds of eastern United States and Canada. With new text, revised art, and data-derived range maps, this valuable resource complements the apps and online resources used by birders today.
Groundbreaking new features join tried-and-true traditions. This field guide offers:
More pages, more species than the first edition
More than
800 species
, including 586 likely to be observed and 240 that occur more rarely
Organized according to
current taxonomy
Informative
notes
explaining evolution, etymology, and more
User-friendly format with
explanatory text
on the left and matching
annotated art
on the right
Easy-to-carry paperback with
thumb tabs
and a
visual index
All-new maps
based on crowd-sourced data from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's
eBird
, the world's top database of bird observations
All told, this second edition of the
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of the United States and Canada—East
(2nd edition) is a must-have guide for birders young and old, avid and beginner.