Ducks, Geese, and Swans of North America: 2-vol. set

Surprisingly large, beautiful set of two books in a sturdy slip case. Extremely thorough and detailed information about the listed bird species and subspecies. I couldn't have asked for a better reference guide! Also bought this item at a very good bargain price from one of the Amazon sellers. Look for that!

We have throughly enjoyed learning about the enormous species of ducks in North America. Very through, and at a great price.

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For this price it would just be silly not to buy this set. Although it is about 10 years old as far as the cited studies go, it has tons of great info for each species mostly touching on migration, feeding ecology, and breeding habits. The only disappointment is that there is little technical info on sexing and aging the individual species (just a few graphics for each species would have been nice); that addition would have made it pretty comprehensive as far a being a single source for quick reference. Highly recommend for any other biologists that work with waterfowl in any capacity.

Worth every penny, if you have a serious interest in waterfowl. First, The binding, printing, and overall fit-and-finish are top-notch, and without even considering the content inside are almost worth $50 for such a well-bound set of books. However, the content is really incredible. This set contains over 1,000 pages on ducks, geese, and swans. I was really blown away by the amount of information on each species, presented in an understandable format for a non-biologist. Identification is certainly not the primary focus, but this series contains more than enough to help the reviewer work out differences between ross's/snow geese and greater/lesser scaup, if desired. The combination of illustrations and pictures is superbly done for each species, although my only complaint is that there aren't more pictures or appendix-type comparison material (there is an appendix comparing ducklings, goslings, and cygnets, which is quite amazing). However, this book isn't for the casual observer, and I wouldn't call it a coffee-table book either. It is the ultimate authority for the serious birder or hunter interested in ducks, geese and swans.

I am thrilled with the amount of information that is provided concerning many, MANY, types of ducks, geese and swans. This set of books is a fantastic reference source for this information.

I used the original one back in high school in the mid 50s. My 10th grade biology class was taught by a duck hunter (he was also a hand-loader of shotgun shells and got me started doing the same when I was 15 years old). We spent six weeks learning everything about ducks. The final exam consisted of 100 slides and each was viewable for a very short period, two or three seconds as I recall). I believe I missed one for a 99. This new two volume edition is updated with even more information. This is a valuable resource to anyone with an interest in birds in general or specifically, ducks Geese and swans.

As a collector of waterfowl, I purchased the books for insight on locating species and subspecies of ducks and geese in North America. It has help my focus on geographical areas of the country to hunt these selective birds. Overall, as a birder or hunter or a lover of nature, this book set is worth the money.

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Great reference book - Too bad that the covers on mine are upside down from the pages inside

Based on reading one of the species accounts (HADU), I am very impressed with the level of detail and thorough literature review that this must have entailed. Guy is to be commended and sorry he is not around to hear the feedback.

An outstanding synthesis of the relevant literature on these birds.