monstermoose78 Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Looking to get a family member a bird book that has all the birds of Minnesota and includes birds that migrate through. Any great idea people? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 I have Birds of North America field guide to identification . Golden Press - New York . ISBN O-307-33656-5 eyeguy 54 and monstermoose78 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstermoose78 Posted November 26, 2016 Author Share Posted November 26, 2016 Looking for something with not so many birds but just the Minnesota birds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeguy 54 Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Birds of Minnesota, Midwestern Birds, We have one called Field Guide to the birds. Old book and a dandy but lottsa birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dotch Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 I don't have it but we gave one to a friend as a gift. It's called "Birds of MN Field Guide-2nd Edition" by Stan Tekiela. Looked like something you might be interested in. Another one might be "Wild About MN Birds" by Adele Porter. Have not seen this one personally but might be worth a look. I have a couple Sibley's, a Peterson and a Birds of North America. As you say, they include a lot of stuff we don't routinely see although that's one of the reasons I have them.We see oddballs from time to time. eyeguy 54 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeguy 54 Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 welcome to HSO tinker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HNTNBUX Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 I second the Birds of Minnesota book by Stan Tekiela. We use ours all the time to ID birds. monstermoose78 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Almquist Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Stan's book is good for year round birds. The problem is when you want to ID something you don't recognize and you don't find it in the book and its passing thru. I first bought Stan's and then got a Sibley's. Now I have 3 on my phone and now have the ability to hear all of the types of calls as well as pictures and different ways to start IDing by size, color or shape. monstermoose78 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstermoose78 Posted November 26, 2016 Author Share Posted November 26, 2016 Thanks guys. Got the birds of Minnesota at big book store eyeguy 54 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeguy 54 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Something fun we do is put a small dot with magic marker by the bird in the book when we see the bird. Just birds we have seen in the yard. monstermoose78 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstermoose78 Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 Great idea eyeguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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