National Geographic Guide to Birding Hot Spots of the United States - Softcover

Beginners and casual birders will appreciate the introduction on birding basics, which offers expert advice on how to prepare for the field. Then it's on to the heart of the book, organized into thirteen regions from New England to the Southwest.

Mel White, a contributing editor to National Geographic Traveler, has been a birder for forty years and is the author of the American Birding Association A Birder's Guide to Arkansas, among other books. Paul Lehman, an ornithologist and avian mapping expert, was chief mapping consultant for the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America and the National Geographic Atlas to the Birds of North America. Jonathan Alderfer, chief consultant for the National Geographic Birding Program, is a respected field ornithologist and one of America's foremost birding artists.