National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mammals (National Audubon Society Field Guides)

I like any of the Audubon Field Guides. This one about mammals is very helpful. I can now identify the critter that’s been stealing my tomatoes. I can also spot the bigger mammals I need to avoid.

*Any* kind of traveling into the Country, the Plains, Mountains, and/or West requires this *compleat* reference in your to-go material, especially if you have children, who will *greatly* enjoy knowing more about the critters of our natural world! Additionally, having this *trusty* guide handy at home also opens up discussions about animals commonly seen, even in cities, such as raccoons, possums, and, yes, even skunks! The representative photos are most helpful in differenting one type of animal spotted from another, to arrive at a sure identification--and are fascinating to look at too! Altho' we reveled in our Southern California home about seeing (*really*!) coyotes (especially on golf courses) and foxes, latter of which regularly came into our yard, even with their pups, we've been *awed* at the new animals we're seeing in our retirement location elsewhere in the West: badgers, yellow-bellied marmots, covies of quail (which weren't as plentiful in our SoCal neighborhoods), chukkars, and plentiful black bear (a species also not rarely found in outskirts of Southern California cities and towns)! Obtaining this exhaustive reference was our answer and now we wonder *why* didn't we secure one before now in our lives!?! You'll love it and learn a *great* deal from it too!

Truthful description, fast delivery, very happy!

...and still fit in my backpack with the other four field guides that I carried "into the wild"! I have the 1997 printing of this guide, with the gold vinyl cover. It measures 4" by 7.5" by 1.5", and consists of more than 900 pages of photos, drawings, maps and text; all I needed to identify all the mammalian species that I encountered during a part-time, two-year volunteer program with an environmental watch group. Combined with the National Geographic "Field Guide to the Birds of North America", all the fauna in my research area were recognizable without too much trouble.The Track Guide (footprints) was very helpful, since many animals prefer to see without being seen. I was even able to locate and positively identify wild mink, which were previously thought to be long gone from the area that I was exploring.The paper in this Guide is little heavier than that of a pocket Bible, and the text and symbols are not at all difficult for my eyes, even with bifocals.For anyone contemplating a similar venture to mine, I suggest that you seriously consider the purchase of this book!

Fun book and very easy to identify critters w this book

I use these guides for reference. Love the size, binding, format and pictures in Audubon guides. So far all of the used guides that I have purchased have been in excellent condition.

I purchased this to start a set of guides for my Grandson who is a nature lover!

This is a replacement for the same book that was used till it fell apart after many years. There's none better.

Good book made in China. thin pages

Except the pages contained photos, the remaining paper of the book is very low quality, like onion wraps though the information is good.price is high compared with quality of the book.

Very good book for people who love the outdoors and mammals!

Excellent. I have a copy and this one is for my nephew who constantly reads mine.

An Excellent Book for reference