The 9 Best Florida field Guides (2023 reviews)

The latest stan tekiela florida field guide is an absolute beast in terms of its features, and rightfully takes the top spot with ease. It avoids the frustration that a beginner might encounter in a traditional field guide. It has so many different birds and is very colorful. It retains its usefulness with two gimmicks. It is simple and fun with species organized by color. It is easy to take it with you on a hike through the jungle. It’s a perfect size to fit into a purse or travel bag. The book is helpful and small enough to take everywhere. It is perfect for carrying in a backpack.

Why We Like This:

Handy, pocket sized guide makes it easy to identify local birds
Thick pages, colorful pictures, helps to identity birds of florida
Remarkably easy and full of info and tips
Very thorough, the color coded pages are really handy

Best For bag reference: National Audubon Society Florida field Guide

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The national audubon society florida field guide might be a relatively new release, but it's still nothing short of impressive this year, thanks to multiple price cuts and added new features over the past few months. If you live or vacation in Florida, this book is an absolute "must have" reference. It provides a good overview of flora/fauna of florida. It identifies virtually every flower, tree, bird, fish, reptile, and mammal you are likely to encounter. It fits in a pocket and is easy to use, giving pertinant infomation about organisms at the point of the photo, no flipping of pages necessary.

It can give this tree at least a half a page, otherwise, it is a great florida flora/fauna reference. It includes topography, geology, habitats, conservation, ecology, weather, parks, preserves, maps, night sky & index.

Why We Like This:

Gorgeous photos, concise descriptive text of plants & animals
Fantastic book covering all florida wildlife
Well organized, informative, helpful photos, and easy to find what your looking for
Very useful for new & old floridians & visitors

Best For planning A Trip: Primeveler Florida field Guide

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The florida bucket list guide would make a great gift for the person wanting to go to florida on vacation. This ‘tour guide’ is a great resource for anyone who is interested in visiting Florida, but is not sure exactly what they want to see or where exactly they want to go. It is literally a guidebook of what to do in this spectacular place. The guide beautifully lays out every little detail needed to plan everything while traveling to any new venture in florida.

This book is informative, easy to read, and packed with great tips and advice. It is a perfect itinerary to explore new places and experience new adventures with your friends and family. For tourists and outsiders, this guide is a holy grail of information.

Why We Like This:

A fair deal to bring some zeal to your boring life schedules
A must for anyone planning to travel to florida
A must-read for everyone heading out to florida and wishing to explore it all

Best For taking into The field: Stan Tekiela red bird

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Compared with other guide in this category, the stan tekiela red bird has a convenient design. It is a beautiful reminder of home. It has most of the gorgeous birds you'll find in florida and the range maps are super easy to help determine what birds you see. It's a great little book to grab and quickly look up a bird. The best feature of this field guide is the color coded pages that correspond to the bird's color.

This book is great and a companion audio CD is available to help identify bird calls if you can still hear. The book's color photos are beautiful and its small size permits you to tuck it into a pocket while hiking. They are also coded by color which makes identification even easier. This is a beautiful reminder of home.

Why We Like This:

Easy to use by bird color
Color coding on side of pages is a great reference and speeds identification
Good, very basic reference book for birds

Best For Great vacation: Daniel Davids Florida field Guide

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The daniel davids florida field guide's superior materials makes sure that it ages well with use. If you're planning a trip to florida, this guidebook should be at the top of your packing list. It has coordinates, a map showing the spot, and clear directions. There is a good mix of places to visit like islands, beaches, lakes, state parks, etc.

If you want to have an unforgettable soul of natural experiences follow the advice in this book and travel to these locations. The author includes prompts and spaces for readers to document their own experiences, making it a great keepsake for your trip. There are only so many times you can go to theme parks.

Why We Like This:

Explore every corner of florida without ever getting lost
Great book for tourists and tenant’s
Good brand reputation

Best Guide: James Kavanagh Nice pocket Guide

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Whether you're on a nature hike or in your own backyard, you'll want to take along a copy of this indispensable guide. This is a handy guide to slip in your pocket, but it would be more useful if it included at least the size of the bird. Each pocket-sized, folding guide highlights up to 150 species and most feature a map highlighting prominent sanctuaries and outstanding natural attractions. It fits in a pocket or purse.

Why We Like This:

Easy to use and great photos
Great use for guides or parents
A handy and easy pocket guide for birding

Best With town: Mike Miller Florida field Guide

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Compared with other guide in this category, the mike miller florida field guide has a convenient design. It is loaded with tons of useful information, well organized and very interesting facts. It's also very informative as it describes the history of towns, how some of them got their names, and a LOT of useful information. This gives you a great start and throws out a hook that just might make you want to go deeper into a time when this state is as wild and crazy as the real wild west. It is a must read for any adventuresome or curious visitor to florida and for those who live here and haven't gone exploring.

Why We Like This:

Must have website and book for florida residents visitors
Includes interesting places not usually found in other books
Good investment for long term

Best Book: Jaret C Daniels Florida field Guide

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The jaret c daniels florida field guide is suitable and reliable and fits well with your daily purpose. This is the perfect guide for identifying wildflowers. It is made up of 5 scoop-shaped “hoods” and 5 inward-curving, beak-like “horns.” It has color tabs on the side. It includes a paragraph or two about each plant. The notes are very helpful to determine which is toxic, attracts wildlife or insects including bees & butterflies. It is easy to carry on hikes.

The pictures are large enough and clear enough to be useful. It is easy to use and has good information about each flower. It's a handsome and useful book.

Why We Like This:

A must for any one who loves wild flowers
Color coding makes the search for identifying a flower much easier
Lot of satisfied buyers

Best field Guide: James Kavanagh Florida field Guide

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Clear, compact, inexpensive, light weight, easy to use, and having the ability to resist water these brochure guides are a gateway to bigger better guides. Whether you're on a nature hike or taking a stroll in your neighborhood, you'll want to take along a copy of this indispensable guide. Each pocket-sized, folding guide highlights up to 150 species and most feature a map identifying prominent sanctuaries and outstanding natural attractions.

Clear pictures with names and general markings, this guide enables the beginning naturalist to do a general identification, so later they can look up for more detail using other more detailed field guides.

Why We Like This:

Fun to use for kids, too
New and hot release

The 9 Best Florida field Guides (2023 reviews)

Our Top Picks:

Best Overall: Stan Tekiela Florida field Guide

Best For bag reference: National Audubon Society Florida field Guide

Best For planning A Trip: Primeveler Florida field Guide

Best For taking into The field: Stan Tekiela red bird

Best For Great vacation: Daniel Davids Florida field Guide

Best Guide: James Kavanagh Nice pocket Guide

Best With town: Mike Miller Florida field Guide

Best Book: Jaret C Daniels Florida field Guide

Best field Guide: James Kavanagh Florida field Guide

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