- Turtleback: 448 pages
- Publisher: Alfred A Knopf; 1 edition (1 May 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0679446761
- ISBN-13: 978-0679446767
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 9.7 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,338,816 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Filled with concise descriptions and stunning photographs, the National Audubon Society Field Guide to New England belongs in the home of every New England resident and in the suitcase or backpack of every visitor. This compact volume contains:
An easy-to-use field guide for identifying 1,000 of the region's wildflowers, trees, mushrooms, mosses, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, butterflies, mammals, and much more;
A complete overview of New England's natural history, covering geology, wildlife habitats, ecology, fossils, rocks and minerals, clouds and weather patterns and night sky;
An extensive sampling of the area's best parks, preserves, beaches, forests, islands, and wildlife sanctuaries, with detailed descriptions and visitor information for 50 sites and notes on dozens of others.
The guide is packed with visual information -- the 1,500 full-color images include more than 1,300 photographs, 14 maps, and 16 night-sky charts, as well as 150 drawings explaining everything from geological processes to the basic features of different plants and animals.
For everyone who lives or spends time in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, or Vermont, there can be no finer guide to the area's natural surroundings than the National Audubon Society Field Guide to New England.
An easy-to-use field guide for identifying 1,000 of the region's wildflowers, trees, mushrooms, mosses, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, butterflies, mammals, and much more;
A complete overview of New England's natural history, covering geology, wildlife habitats, ecology, fossils, rocks and minerals, clouds and weather patterns and night sky;
An extensive sampling of the area's best parks, preserves, beaches, forests, islands, and wildlife sanctuaries, with detailed descriptions and visitor information for 50 sites and notes on dozens of others.
The guide is packed with visual information -- the 1,500 full-color images include more than 1,300 photographs, 14 maps, and 16 night-sky charts, as well as 150 drawings explaining everything from geological processes to the basic features of different plants and animals.
For everyone who lives or spends time in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, or Vermont, there can be no finer guide to the area's natural surroundings than the National Audubon Society Field Guide to New England.
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A New Guide Series Offers Detailed Tour of the Natural World
The Boston Globe (5/24/98) -- While the concept of a regional field guide is not new, what Peter Alden has done is different. He is systematically covering the country with regional guides. Each guide uses color photos as the centerpiece to tight, pithy species descriptions. Alden calls the flagship New England guide the "social register of 1,000 successful plant and animal species commonly seen in New England, selected from a list of 10,000 or more." Along with the New England guide comes guides to Florida, California, and the Pacific Northwest. A second release of guides to the Southeast, mid-Atlantic, Southwest, and Rocky Mountain regions is slated for spring of 1999. Eventually, the series will cover 16 North American regions. The series of guides appears at an opportune time. Many birders who once focused narrowly on feathered species have now cast wider nets. Eclectic interests have expanded to butterflies, dragonflies, flowering plants -- practically any non-microscopic lifeform. While many people who once ventured out to exclusively bird have in turn become experts in identifying other creatures, Alden hopes his books will appeal to the beginning naturalist. "This guide could be like a textbook that goes with you through life. I want people to use permanent black pen to record dates and places of their sightings." A small area of blank space around each depicted species allows for such notes. "I'm a catalyst, an organizer of information, but I'm at the beginning stages of this. I'm at the same place my readers are," he said. Perhaps. But don't underestimate Alden's acuity in the natural world. He's led bird tours to more than 100 countries over 35 years. His brain seems to operate a few twitches faster than most. The guide series will appeal to all ages. Concise writing, liberal use of sharp, colorful photographs, drawings, and maps, and logical inclusions of representative species, weather, and habitats found in the region make the guides real hori! zon expanders -- particularly for visitors to a new part of the country. For some this might be the patch of woods behind their house. For others, it might be their first visit to the Everglades. These guides could very well expand the base of people who are interested in and knowledgeable about the natural world. Alden hopes newcomers to natural history will use the guides as a bridge to more complete field guides as well as a link to conservation groups such as the Massachusetts Audubon Society, New England Wild Flower Society, and Nature Conservancy. "These books will hopefully be the first word for tens of millions of people -- an entry-level vehicle," said Alden.
The Boston Globe (5/24/98) -- While the concept of a regional field guide is not new, what Peter Alden has done is different. He is systematically covering the country with regional guides. Each guide uses color photos as the centerpiece to tight, pithy species descriptions. Alden calls the flagship New England guide the "social register of 1,000 successful plant and animal species commonly seen in New England, selected from a list of 10,000 or more." Along with the New England guide comes guides to Florida, California, and the Pacific Northwest. A second release of guides to the Southeast, mid-Atlantic, Southwest, and Rocky Mountain regions is slated for spring of 1999. Eventually, the series will cover 16 North American regions. The series of guides appears at an opportune time. Many birders who once focused narrowly on feathered species have now cast wider nets. Eclectic interests have expanded to butterflies, dragonflies, flowering plants -- practically any non-microscopic lifeform. While many people who once ventured out to exclusively bird have in turn become experts in identifying other creatures, Alden hopes his books will appeal to the beginning naturalist. "This guide could be like a textbook that goes with you through life. I want people to use permanent black pen to record dates and places of their sightings." A small area of blank space around each depicted species allows for such notes. "I'm a catalyst, an organizer of information, but I'm at the beginning stages of this. I'm at the same place my readers are," he said. Perhaps. But don't underestimate Alden's acuity in the natural world. He's led bird tours to more than 100 countries over 35 years. His brain seems to operate a few twitches faster than most. The guide series will appeal to all ages. Concise writing, liberal use of sharp, colorful photographs, drawings, and maps, and logical inclusions of representative species, weather, and habitats found in the region make the guides real hori! zon expanders -- particularly for visitors to a new part of the country. For some this might be the patch of woods behind their house. For others, it might be their first visit to the Everglades. These guides could very well expand the base of people who are interested in and knowledgeable about the natural world. Alden hopes newcomers to natural history will use the guides as a bridge to more complete field guides as well as a link to conservation groups such as the Massachusetts Audubon Society, New England Wild Flower Society, and Nature Conservancy. "These books will hopefully be the first word for tens of millions of people -- an entry-level vehicle," said Alden.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Turtleback
Imagine my delight in carrying this little book into the woods with my children and being able to share information about so many living things with them. I recommend this book to anyone fascinated by the often overlooked and unappreciated treasures of New England. The photography is great and the comprehensiveness is impressive.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Turtleback
I've been searching for a book like this for the past two years. It contains information on the different types of habitats, birds, insects, reptiles, amphibians, trees, lichen, wildflowers, mammals (...the list goes on) found in the New England area. It even has a collection of star maps for people who are also interested in the New England night sky. The information is well laid out and easy to read and is accompanied by detailed color diagrams and photos. What I like best about this book though is I no longer have to carry around 5 different field guides when I go out hiking now. I only need to carry this one.
Format:Turtleback
This fieldguide covers more topics and includes more photos than you might think. Everything from Astronomy to flora/fauna to geology, etc. Since the descriptions are short, but the photos are plentiful, it is a good book to combine with the Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock (Cornell Univ. Press). Botsford's book is heavy on the descriptions, but short on photos. With these two books, you have everything you need for a comprehensive course on Natural History.
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