Alabama has long been a popular spot for birders. With over 350 species commonly found in the state it's easy to see why.
Now Alabama birders have a new resource on which they can rely to assist them in their forays into the woods and fields. Birds of Alabama focuses the spotlight on Alabama birding, helping birders to locate and identify Alabama's birds.
With the success of this spring's inaugural North Alabama Birding Festival and the growing popularity of the upcoming 2006 Alabama Coastal Birdfest, this new field guide is certain to be a hit.
‘Birds of Alabama’ offers expert insight into state’s avifauna
Stan Tekiela has created the perfect companion for the new North Alabama Birding Trail.
The field guide "Birds of Alabama" makes identifying birds along the trail simple.
The guide classifies birds by color, which can quickly elevate a novice watcher into something of an expert.
With Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge and several birding trail stops in our backyard, the field guide should become popular here.
Buyers have the option of buying a leather set, which includes the field guide and audio CDs of bird sounds set in a leather cover, for $31.95. The guide and CDs sell separately for $14.95 each.
Tekiela is a naturalist, author and wildlife photographer. He studies and photographs plants and wildlife throughout the U.S. His syndicated column appears in more than 20 cities.
He writes that more than 350 kinds of birds have been recorded in Alabama. He included 140 of the most common and easily seen birds.
The field guide covers every region from the Gulf Coast to our own Tennessee Valley.
"Alabama is one of the best places in North America to see a wide array of birds," Tekiela writes.
Did you know that bluebirds raise two sets of young each year? Or that they eat both insects and fruit?
This is the type of information the field guide provides for each bird. Through the audio CDs, readers learn how to identify birds by their sounds.