Birds of Minnesota Field Guide

by Stan Tekiela

Make bird watching in Minnesota even more enjoyable! With Stan Tekiela’s famous field guide, bird identification is simple and informative. There’s no need to look through dozens of photos of birds that don’t live in Minnesota. This book features 111 species of Minnesota birds, organized by color for ease of use. Do you see a yellow bird and don’t know what it is? Go to the yellow section to find out. Fact-filled information, a compare feature, range maps, and detailed photographs help to ensure that you positively identify the birds that you see. Plus, with Stan’s naturalist insights on everything from nests and eggs to food and migration, you’ll become a birding expert in no time!

Genres: Nature, Reference, Nonfiction, Science, Birds, Guidebook, Field Guides

296 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1998

About the author

Author, naturalist and wildlife photographer Stan Tekiela is the originator of the popular state-specific field guide series and many easy-to-use identification guides for the U.S. Over the last 30 years he has authored around 200 field guides, quick guides, nature books, children's books, wildlife audio CDs, puzzles and playing cards, presenting many species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, trees, wildflowers and cacti found across the U.S. and in Canada.

Stan has a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural History from the University of Minnesota, and he has received national and regional awards for his books and photography. Also a well-known columnist and radio personality, his syndicated column appears in more than 25 newspapers and his wildlife programs are broadcast on a number of Midwest radio stations.

Stan leads instructional photo workshops and wildlife tours across the U.S. for both beginner and advanced photographers. He also gives detailed presentations about wildlife, complete with his award-winning photographs, to audiences of all sizes across the country.

Reviews

[Jordan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this book so much I had to rate it on goodreads

[amna m · Rating 5 out of 5]

i love birds

[LJ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent pocket book with the main basic birds in MN.

[Becky Loader · Rating 5 out of 5]

I saw an article about Mr. Tekiela in last week's newspaper, so I had to request a few of his books. Oh, my, gosh! I love his guides. He has a small paragraph by each bird that has a special comment from him about the bird. I have to buy this one for my personal collection.

[Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

much better than the other book I looked at on the subject. Better pictures & descriptions.

[Sarah Corrieri · Rating 4 out of 5]

This informational text about Birds of Minnesota is very user-friendly for all ages. The birds are categorized by their main color and make it very easy to look for a bird in the book by what it looks like. The photographs of the birds are very clear and you can easily distinguish unique features of the birds. Children at home and in their classrooms could easily use the guide to locate a bird in the book they have seen outside. They could proceed to draw a picture of the bird, read the facts about the bird and write sentences in their own words to describe the bird.

[ARB · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book will always hold a special place in my heart. It was gifted to me for one of my childhood birthdays and was the first of Stan Tekiela's books I'd read. It's absolutely brilliant.
All of Stan Tekiela's field guides are. No other field guides compare, IMO.

[XxAnubisxX · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a nice, quick book to teach you about birds local to Minnesota. But it does just have basic information so if your looking for a ton of information this isn't probably going to be your book but for out in the field, it's a nice pocket size book that's helpful for quick identification.

[Cumtopilous · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was very helpful to me.

[Ash · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helped me start birdwatching, I’m still not very good at identifying birds

[Andry DeJong · Rating 3 out of 5]

Happy to have a guide for MNs birds, but sorely lacking. Why organize by colour and not sub species? Why only show migration but not popular distribution? Sketches are also more easy to identify than photographs…

[Kelsey Grachek · Rating 5 out of 5]

Weekend in the woods read!

[Amanda up North · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stan Tekiela's Field Guides for birds and wildflowers of Minnesota are some of the most well worn books in our home. Whenever I find this one sitting out, I know someone has spotted a new and unusual bird that they are trying to identify - which makes me very happy. :)

[Lanae · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got this book when it was first published and still use it to this day. It is very helpful in identifying birds in my backyard and learning a little bit about them too. I would recommend it to any Minnesotan.