Download or read book The Eastman Guide to Birds written by John Eastman and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 953 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available for the first time in an electronic format, this volume contains three classic guides to birds: Birds of Forest, Yard, and Thicket; Birds of Lake, Pond, and Marsh; and Birds of Field and Shore. These books pick up where the typical field guide leaves off, covering each species close relatives, typical behaviors through the year, and place in the local ecology. Readers will learn how the 151 birds covered in these guides nest, mate, feed, and migrate, and when and where to observe them. Exquisite line illustrations instruct and delight.