Title: Very good field guide for beginner bird watchers
Product review: Make no mistake that this is not a reference book, but a field guide for beginners. It's very easy to use and carry. Excellent pictures throughout to identify the birds, presumably taken by the author. There are 140 birds listed, a very small number for Florida.It has a good introduction and adequate bird data. The birds are sorted by their colors only. When the male and female species are significantly different than each other, they are covered in two different pages. This practice makes the book thicker, but also makes it easier to identify an unknown bird. It also has smaller pictures to help identify some of the birds in flight, etc.If you've been bird-watching for a year or so, you're possibly outgrown this book. But if you're a complete beginner or a casual birder, it's an excellent no-frustration field guide to start with, and then to hand it down to another beginner when you're experienced enough.
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