Written in collaboration with the National Audubon Society, renowned wildlife conservationists for over 100 years, this is the definitive visual bird guide with 1,500 color photographs. The book profiles 1,400 birds from around the world, photographed in their native environment to provide a vivid, richly detailed visual guide of birds whose habitats range from tropical rain forests to the Antarctic Circle. Each photograph is accompanied by in-depth text that examines the species' plumage, feeding habits, nesting rituals, migration, and native habitats. The included CD has 60 bird songs recorded in the field by the renowned Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, including the rarely heard territorial defense call of a Common Potoo and the male advertising hoot of a Great Gray Owl. Hardcover; 512 pages. 12" H x 10 1/3" W. (6 lbs.)