<p><b>Sparrows and Finches</b> offers birders information on this rich variety of species right in their own backyard. It's hard to keep all those little brown birds apart. This handy, bring-along guidebook is designed to help beginner and advanced birders to identify accurately over 48 types of sparrows, finches, and their look-alikes.</p><p><b>Sparrows and Finches</b> focuses only on these two families within a defined geographical location: the Great Lakes and eastern North America. As result, it offers comprehensive coverage in a small, convenient format.</p><p>The book is heavily illustrated with 220 full-color photographs taken by award-winning photographers that show these birds in their natural habitats. Comparison pages group similar-looking birds on a single spread for quick reference. Concise and accurate information on each bird includes:<ul><li />Common name<li />Biological classification<li />Song description<li />Identifying features<li />Seasonal changes to plumage color</ul></p><p><b>Sparrows and Finches</b> will prove indispensable to naturalists, students, and birders at all levels of experience. A special section entitled <i>What Can I Do to Help the Sparrows</i> offers simple ways to attract sparrows and finches to your own backyard. This is an engaging and friendly guide that reveals the rich diversity among a seemingly common family of birds so often taken for granted.</p>