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Summary: Once very good, now out of date
Review: Despite the pitfalls of trying to accurately and completely represent a bird species using just one or two photographs, the original 3-volume Audubon Master Guide was a ground-breaking resource for intermediate to advanced birding, with information on many rare and/or hard-to-identify species. Unfortunately, the guide is really showing its age. I used to use it on every birding trip, but so many new species have been recorded, so many names have changed, and so many new resources have become available that the Master Guide has been collecting dust on my bookshelf for several years now. I now rely on such specialty guides as A Field Guide to Advanced Birding, A Guide to the Identification and Natural History of Sparrows of the United States and Canada, A Photographic Guide to North American Raptors, and A Field Guide to Warblers. I'm also anxiously awaiting the release this year of the Audubon Master Guide by David Sibley (which despite its name will bear very little resemblance to this 3-volume set) and the forthcoming "back-to-basics" field guide by Ken Kaufman.
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Summary: Once very good, now out of date
Review: Despite the pitfalls of trying to accurately and completely represent a bird species using just one or two photographs, the original 3-volume Audubon Master Guide was a ground-breaking resource for intermediate to advanced birding, with information on many rare and/or hard-to-identify species. Unfortunately, the guide is really showing its age. I used to use it on every birding trip, but so many new species have been recorded, so many names have changed, and so many new resources have become available that the Master Guide has been collecting dust on my bookshelf for several years now. I now rely on such specialty guides as A Field Guide to Advanced Birding, A Guide to the Identification and Natural History of Sparrows of the United States and Canada, A Photographic Guide to North American Raptors, and A Field Guide to Warblers. I'm also anxiously awaiting the release this year of the Audubon Master Guide by David Sibley (which despite its name will bear very little resemblance to this 3-volume set) and the forthcoming "back-to-basics" field guide by Ken Kaufman.
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Summary: Where's volume 1 and 2?
Review: Every serious birder should have the Master Guide. Unforntunately it is out of print and until the publisher decides to release it again so that one can have the complete set of all three volumes, it will leave a void in one's birding library. It might be out of date (1983), but the photographs for the most part as well as the text are extremely helpful when used in conjunction with other field guides. Sometimes it is the guide that will finally answer the question of what bird was that when the other guides have left you guessing. Here's hoping the publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, will release all three volumes again real soon! stormpetrel@msn.com
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Summary: Best on the market!
Review: I looked for a long time for the best book with photos not someones idea what the birds look like. Also it gives excellent data on identification, breeding, habitat and comparisons
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Summary: Searching for Vol. 2
Review: If you have a copy of Volume 2 (Gulls, Terns and Skimmers) for sale, please notify me.Kasieluka@aol.com
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Summary: Best on the market!
Review: the best of the best, be sure to get all three volumes, i have found these books to be the most accurate from florida to canada, and new jersey to california
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Summary: best of any bird identification book on the market (3 vols)
Review: the best of the best, be sure to get all three volumes, i have found these books to be the most accurate from florida to canada, and new jersey to california
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