Better Birding is an unusual book. Not quite a manual of tips for birders, not quite a photographic field guide, and not an in-depth guide to a single group of birds, this book falls somewhere in the intersection of these three styles. Its main goal is to foster better birding by instructing birders in learning the ins and outs of identification of select groups of birds, so that they can apply the practice of knowing a group intimately more broadly. This is accomplished by providing information not only on field marks but also on behavior, habitat, taxonomy, and other facets of identification that are not often covered in depth in other identification guides. At its heart, this is a guide to really getting to know the birds.