Birds(Fandex Family Field Guides)

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Book Description
Combining 50 individually die-cut cards with full-color illustrations, plus hundreds of intriguing facts, stories, statistics, and trivia, Fandex is the newest breakthrough in information-packed, family publishing.

With its large images, bright colors, and die-cut profiles unmistakable the bird and the bird card could almost be one and the same. Birds: Wild Birds of North America is the ideal way to learn about North America's songbirds, backyard birds, shore birds, and birds of prey. From the diminutive Indigo Bunting, which navigates by starlight during its long migrations, to the fearsome Red-Tailed Hawk, Birds introduces 47 species and covers their habitat, range, diet, nests, eggs, and up-to-date conservation status.

Card catalog description
An illustrated guide to the identification of 129 common birds in the United States and southern Canada, describing their physical characteristics and habitats. Includes a table listing migration dates and nesting and feeding habits.


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Fifty die-cut cards held together at the bottom depict the nation's most common bird species. The major bird families are represented, in the order in which they usually appear in more complete field guides. Each card is topped with a photo of the bird in question, which also helps the reader appreciate the expected silhouette and details such as bill shape. What is lost, however, is scale as each bird is presented at the same size. The card includes a range map, field notes and a narrative paragraph highlighting important features. Species from throughout the country are depicted, so there is no need to purchase a different guide for different regions. This might be a fun way to teach kids the names of common birds as it can be easily adapted into a flashcard game and the tactile nature of the product will make it appealing to young naturalists.


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