1. The Sibley Guide to Birds
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... the Sibley guide gives the user some of what Kenn Kaufman's Advanced Birding, Jack Connor's The Complete Birder and the American Birding Association's Birding magazine provide. It falls short of perfection ...

2. National Geographic
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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Fifth Edition The Best of a Fine Set of Choices For birders, there's never been a better time to find a field guide. Sibley and Kauffman ...

3. Birds of Eastern and Central North America
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Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Sixth Edition With all-new range maps, updated text, and 40 new paintings, the completely revised editions of two classic Peterson ...