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Pete Dunne Hardcover710 pages, 7 1/4 x 9 1/4 Houghton Mifflin Co. May 2006 ISBN 0-618-23648-1Pete Dunne boils down a lifetime of firsthand observation into an essential reference for identifying North American birds.In this book, bursting with more information than any field guide could hold, the well-known author and birder Pete Dunne introduces readers to the “Cape May School,” or GISS (General Impression of Size and Shape) method of identification, which focuses on a bird holistically, giving more weight to the general impression of the bird than to specific field marks.After determining the most likely possibilities by considering such factors as habitat and season, the birder uses characteristics such as size, shape, behavior, flight pattern, and vocalizations to identify a bird. The book provides an arsenal of additional hints and helpful clues to guide a birder when, even after a review of a field guide, the identification still hangs in the balance.This supplement to field guides shares the knowledge and skills that expert birders bring to identification challenges.
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