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Simply put, there are better guides out there. After all I read about Stokes guides, this Stokes guide was a big disappointment. Most of the photos are blurry, grainy, terrible! Many photos are very small. Also, for many birds, there is only one photo per bird, so there is no juvenile, female, variations. And many of the photos show odd angles and/or lighting. I did like the layout of the information and the way you can find birds by color, but found it to be more useful, after you ID the bird, using another field guide. This book does have interesting tidbits about a birds habits/lifestyle. There is not much ID/field mark info. This should not be called a "field guide", but maybe a reference book. Hope this helps...