Birds of Utah Field Guide

by Stan Tekiela

Go Birding with Utah’s Best-Selling Bird Guide! Learn to identify birds in Utah, and make bird-watching 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 your area. This book features 130 species of Utah 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. Book Features:
This field guide includes the most common and important species to know, professional photographs and range maps, relevant information, and plenty of Stan’s expert insights. So grab Birds of Utah Field Guide for your next birding adventure―to help ensure that you positively identify the birds that you see.

Genres: Birds, Nonfiction

328 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2003

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

[Daniel Thurston · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent book for a novice to birdwatching in Utah. Organized by color, this book makes it easy to identify the bird you just saw outside. My favorite feature might be the index; not only does it list each bird in the book, but each has a checkbox so you can keep track of the birds you've seen.

After seeing this in Provo City Library's Special Collections, I just had to buy myself a personal copy to mark up. (Friends don't let friends write in library books.)

[Kinzlie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book even if I can't figere out what birds are what

[Rachel Fisher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Apparently Golden Eagles often make their nests with bones and barbed wire. If that’s not the most badass thing you’ve ever heard idk what to tell you.

[Robert Banghart · Rating 5 out of 5]

I moved to Utah earlier this year. I wanted to see which birds that are mentioned in Henry David Thoreau's writings are found in Utah. Having only a cursory knowledge of birds, I choose this book as my starting point.

It is well-written, informative, and has great pictures.

[Richard · Rating 2 out of 5]

While this is a pocket sized book full of color photos and detailed information, I've found several inaccuracies, and it is by no means complete. This might be a good book for kids or beginning birders. It would be nice to find a more comprehensive book of this nature written by a Utah birder.

[Austin Maughan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is also a great field guide. It shows what type of food the bird you want to attract likes. This gives more details than birds of north america does but it doesn't have near as many species. But all in all it was a darn good bird book.

[Greta · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've actually referred to this bird book many times, however, I just noticed that I had recorded as having read it until today. It's a great bird identifier book and it has been fun to get into the activity of bird watching of late. There are some amazing biodiversity creatures out there!

[Ruth · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had fun running through this book. As I am not a native of Utah, I have often wondered what kinds of birds chirp in our bushes. Perhaps I will recognize of few more now.