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Illustrated birds of North America / Jon L. Dunn and Jonathan Alderfer.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2009.Edition: Folio edDescription: 502 p. : col. ill., maps (chiefly col.) ; 31 cmISBN:
  • 1426205252 (trade hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 1426205775 (deluxe hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9781426205255 (trade hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9781426205774 (deluxe hardcover : alk. paper)
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Contents:
Ducks, Geese and Swans -- Curassows and Guans -- Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, and Old World Quail -- New World Quail -- Loons -- Grebes -- Albatrosses -- Shearwaters and Petrels -- Storm-Petrels -- Frigatebirds -- Tropicbirds -- Boobies and Gannets -- Pelicans -- Darters -- Cormorants -- Herons, Bitterns, and Allies -- Storks -- Flamingos -- Ibises and Spoonbills -- New World Vultures -- Hawks, Kites, Eagles, and Allies -- Caracaras and Falcons -- Limpkins -- Rails, Gallinules, and Coots -- Cranes -- Lapwings and Plovers -- Jacanas -- Oystercatchers -- Stilts and Avocets -- Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies -- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers -- Skuas and Jaegers -- Auks, Murres, and Puffins -- Pigeons and Doves -- Lories, Parakeets, Macaws, and Parrots -- Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis -- Owls -- Goatsuckers -- Swifts -- Hummingbirds -- Trogons -- Kingfishers -- Woodpeckers and Allies -- Tyrant Flycatchers -- Shrikes -- Vireos -- Crows and Jays -- Larks -- Swallows -- Babblers -- Chickadees and Titmice -- Penduline Tits and Verdins -- Long Tailed Tits and Bushtits -- Creepers -- Nuthatches -- Wrens -- Dippers -- Kinglets -- Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers -- Old World Flycatchers -- Thrushes -- Mockingbirds and Thrashers -- Bulbuls -- Starlings -- Accentors -- Wagtails and Pipits -- Waxwings -- Silky-Flycatchers -- Wood-Warblers -- Olive Warbler -- Tanagers -- Bananaquit -- Emberizids (Sparrows) -- Cardinals, Saltators, and Allies -- Blackbirds -- Fringilline, and Cardueline Finches and Allies -- Old World Sparrows -- Weavers -- Estrildid Finches -- Accidental and Extinct Species
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Oversize 598.097 D923 Available 33111006486233
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Rescaled and enlarged to 150 percent of original size, the guide's 4,000-plus illustrations of North America's 970 bird species enable readers to appreciate every brushstroke of the beautiful artwork.

Based on: National Geographic field guide to the birds of North America / edited by Jon L. Dunn and Jonathan Alderfer. 2006

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ducks, Geese and Swans -- Curassows and Guans -- Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, and Old World Quail -- New World Quail -- Loons -- Grebes -- Albatrosses -- Shearwaters and Petrels -- Storm-Petrels -- Frigatebirds -- Tropicbirds -- Boobies and Gannets -- Pelicans -- Darters -- Cormorants -- Herons, Bitterns, and Allies -- Storks -- Flamingos -- Ibises and Spoonbills -- New World Vultures -- Hawks, Kites, Eagles, and Allies -- Caracaras and Falcons -- Limpkins -- Rails, Gallinules, and Coots -- Cranes -- Lapwings and Plovers -- Jacanas -- Oystercatchers -- Stilts and Avocets -- Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies -- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers -- Skuas and Jaegers -- Auks, Murres, and Puffins -- Pigeons and Doves -- Lories, Parakeets, Macaws, and Parrots -- Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis -- Owls -- Goatsuckers -- Swifts -- Hummingbirds -- Trogons -- Kingfishers -- Woodpeckers and Allies -- Tyrant Flycatchers -- Shrikes -- Vireos -- Crows and Jays -- Larks -- Swallows -- Babblers -- Chickadees and Titmice -- Penduline Tits and Verdins -- Long Tailed Tits and Bushtits -- Creepers -- Nuthatches -- Wrens -- Dippers -- Kinglets -- Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers -- Old World Flycatchers -- Thrushes -- Mockingbirds and Thrashers -- Bulbuls -- Starlings -- Accentors -- Wagtails and Pipits -- Waxwings -- Silky-Flycatchers -- Wood-Warblers -- Olive Warbler -- Tanagers -- Bananaquit -- Emberizids (Sparrows) -- Cardinals, Saltators, and Allies -- Blackbirds -- Fringilline, and Cardueline Finches and Allies -- Old World Sparrows -- Weavers -- Estrildid Finches -- Accidental and Extinct Species

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