A revolution in birding and field guides
This stunningly illustrated book from acclaimed birder and photographer
Richard Crossley revolutionizes field guide design by providing the
first real-life approach to identification. Whether you are a beginner,
expert, or anywhere in between, The Crossley ID Guide will vastly
improve your ability to identify birds.
Unlike other guides, which provide isolated individual photographs or
illustrations, this is the first book to feature large, lifelike scenes
for each species. These scenes--640 in all--are composed from more than
10,000 of the author's images showing birds in a wide range of
views--near and far, from different angles, in various plumages and
behaviors, including flight, and in the habitat in which they live.
These beautiful compositions show how a bird's appearance changes with
distance, and give equal emphasis to characteristics experts use to
identify birds: size, structure and shape, behavior, probability, and
color. This is the first book to convey all of these features
visually--in a single image--and to reinforce them with accurate,
concise text. Each scene provides a wealth of detailed visual
information that invites and rewards careful study, but the most
important identification features can be grasped instantly by anyone.
By making identification easier, more accurate, and more fun than ever
before, The Crossley ID Guide will completely redefine how its users
look at birds. Essential for all birders, it also promises to make new
birders of many people who have despaired of using traditional guides.
- Revolutionary. This book changes field guide design to make you a
better birder
- A picture says a thousand words. The most comprehensive guide: 640
stunning scenes created from 10,000 of the author's photographs
- Reality birding. Lifelike in-focus scenes show birds in their
habitats, from near and far, and in all plumages and behaviors
- Teaching and reference. The first book to accurately portray all the
key identification characteristics: size, shape, behavior,
probability, and color
- Practice makes perfect. An interactive learning experience to sharpen
and test field identification skills
- Bird like the experts. The first book to simplify birding and help you
understand how to bird like the best
- An interactive website--www.crossleybirds.com--includes expanded
captions for the plates and species updates
