Birds of Kansas Field Guide

by Stan Tekiela

Go Birding with Kansas’s Best-Selling Bird Guide! Learn to identify birds in Kansas, 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 115 species of Kansas 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
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 Kansas Field Guide for your next birding adventure―to help ensure that you positively identify the birds that you see.

Genres: Nature, Nonfiction, Birds

300 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

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

[Ami Morrison · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the best bird ID books I've seen. The pictures are very crisp and clear. Nice close ups of each bird. There were also pictures of the different looks of the female and male bird, as well as the juvenile bird. The birds of prey had pictures from when they are standing and when they are soaring so you could see under wing markings and shape. Also gives you lots of information about the bird, such as what time of year you will see it, size, and checklist. Great book. Very worth picking up.

[Jesse Dirks · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great resource for the casual know-nothing when it comes to bird watching. Well, I'll call it bird "spotting." "Watching" makes it sound like my hobby, like I go out with binoculars and a hat that makes me look like the host of a discovery channel show. What I actually do is just look up and point like a moron. So for someone like myself, this book easily breaks down several identifying factors, giving you a short vocab list to know what to look for, including nest types, beak types, and the names of different areas on a bird to know how to better describe their colors.

I got this book because my awesome third floor apartment window looks out over my awesomer neighbors big bad yard FULL of bird feeders. Thanks to this handy little book, I've identified many species, and there's always a sense of satisfaction in knowing what you're looking at.

This book is cleverly organized by colored tabs at the side of the page that facilitate one quickly finding a bird based on what colors it has on it. It's served me well as a good "birds 101." I made the mistake of checking this out from the library. Bad idea, as it's not a cover to cover read, but a resource one should have near their window, or wherever. Better to just buy this or something like it at a used book store. If you can find this particular book, I can attest for it's usefulness and organization.

I will say that I'm returning it knowing more than I did when I checked it out, which is a very good thing. :)

[Roxanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book. I am new to Kansas and I have never seen so many birds. Most of them are in my front yard where i feed them. So I wanted to find out what they are called. We have finches, sparrows, black birds, doves, orioles (my fav) blue jays, robins and cardinals. I could bird watch for hours.