First in a series of beginner to novice birding books based on the #1 birding website (12MM unique users each year),AllAboutBirds.org from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the leading authority and voice for birders.All About Backyard Birds builds on the huge success of the Cornell Lab's renowned website to translate and deliver best-in-class content and proven user-friendly formats into print. East and West North American versions each provide 120 of the most popular species in each region, filled with beautiful hand illustrations by Pedro Fernandes, charts and maps, and other easy tools that makeAll About Backyard Birds more approachable than other birding books to beginner and novice birders.All About Backyard Birds also includes a free download and tutorial of MERLIN? an interactive GPS-based bird identification multimedia App, available on iTunes and Android stores (and already used by more than 600,000 birders).