Favorite Field Guides: Butterflies, Birds, Insects, More!

Field guides make the perfect gift for butterfly and pollinator gardeners and nature lovers of all types. Whether a person is into birds, butterflies, moths, beetles, or even reptiles and amphibians, there is a field guide they will find useful, informative, and fun! In this gift guide I discuss some of the field guides to critters common to backyards that Shannon and I use daily to identify critters on the farm and in our travels.

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Links to purchase products mentioned in the video:

Audible free trial: https://amzn.to/3O9ZgpT

Amazon Prime free trial: https://amzn.to/3Eie01r

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 7th edition: https://amzn.to/3At8JD1

Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America, 7th edition: https://amzn.to/3i2uCTm

Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Western North America, 5th edition: https://amzn.to/3TX5kDj

The Warbler Guide: https://amzn.to/3U360Hu

The Warbler Guide (Kindle): https://amzn.to/3hYaYrt

Stokes Field Guide to Bird Songs: Eastern Region (CD): https://amzn.to/3Es0ZlI

Stokes Field Guide to Bird Songs: Eastern Region (Audio book): https://amzn.to/3gpB8ms

Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians Eastern and Central North America: https://amzn.to/3EMXNCC

Peterson Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians: https://amzn.to/3UWNwcH

Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America: https://amzn.to/3tOVh8C

Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America: https://amzn.to/3ERqlLw

Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Southeastern North America: https://amzn.to/3hQ8TxG

Caterpillars of Eastern North America: A Guide to Identification and Natural History: https://amzn.to/3OsOQBU

Caterpillars of Eastern North America: A Guide to Identification and Natural History (Kindle): https://amzn.to/3V0ePD1

The Bees in Your Backyard: A Guide to North America's Bees: https://amzn.to/3EMvhkG

The Bees in Your Backyard: A Guide to North America's Bees (Kindle): https://amzn.to/3VjeiMl

Wasps: Their Biology, Diversity, and Role and Beneficial Insects and Pollinators of Native Plants: https://amzn.to/3OsfrPy

Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America: https://amzn.to/3i2GBAl

Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America (Kindle): https://amzn.to/3tQ476i

The Beetles of North America: Peterson Field Guide: https://amzn.to/3Es1ufz

Fireflies, Glow-worms, and Lightning Bugs: Identification and Natural History of the Fireflies of the Eastern and Central United States and Canada: https://amzn.to/3AyJTSc

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Chapters:
0:00 Field Guides – The Perfect Gift For Nature Lovers!
0:38 National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America
1:00 Peterson Field Guide to Birds
1:28 The Warbler Guide
2:00 Stokes Field Guide to Bird Songs
2:33 Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians
3:21 Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America
3:45 Peterson Field Guide to Moths
4:04 Caterpillars of Eastern North America
4:38 The Bees In Your Backyard
5:11 Wasps a Guide for Eastern North America
6:03 Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America
6:48 Peterson Field Guide to Beetles of North America
7:16 Fireflies, Glow-worms, and Lightning Bugs