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Field Guide to North American Flycatchers

By Cin-Ty Lee, illustrated by Andrew Birch, Princeton University Press, 2023, paperback, 168 pages, $19.95.

A daunting bird-ID challenge just got a bit easier. This essential new guide to flycatchers and pewees, which is compact and field-friendly, trains readers to observe subtle differences in structure, color patterns, and vocalizations before delving into the finer details of a particular species. Because the plumages of flycatchers are so similar, the guide uses illustrations that highlight slight variances among species that photos often miss. One of the last frontiers of bird identification is now accessible to everyone, once one

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