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Into the nest : intimate views of the courting, parenting, and family lives of familiar birds / Laura Erickson & Marie Read.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2015]Description: 207 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 x 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1612122299 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781612122298 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s):
Contents:
The facts of bird life -- Courting and mating -- Nesting and parenting -- The family lives of individual birds -- Mallard -- Great blue heron -- Diurnal raptors : red-tailed hawk, bald eagle, turkey vulture, and peregrine falcon -- Killdeer -- Herring gull -- Rock pigeon and mourning dove -- Great horned owl -- Ruby-throated, Anna's, and Rufous hummingbirds -- Woodpeckers : downy and hairy woodpeckers, northern flicker -- Phoebes -- Jays and crow : Steller's jay, blue jay, western scrub-jay, and American crow -- Tree swallow and barn swallow -- Chickadees and nuthatches : Carolina and black-capped chickadees, tufted titmouse, and red-breasted and white-breasted nuthatches -- House wren -- Thrushes : bluebirds, American robin -- Northern mockingbird -- Cedar waxwing -- Yellow warbler -- Chipping, song, and white-crowned sparrows, dark-eyed junco -- Summer, scarlet, and western tanagers -- Northern cardinal -- Blackbirds and orioles : red-winged, yellow-headed, and brewer's blackbirds, common grackle, Baltimore and Bullock's orioles, brown-headed cowbird -- Finches : house finch, American goldfinch -- Resources -- Index.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 598.15 E68 Available 33111008000180
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

See the intimate lives of birds as never before! Laura Erikson and Marie Read document the family lives of more than 50 common North American birds through breathtaking close-up photography. Stunning images of hummingbirds, owls, tanagers, and more showcase different stages of avian development and capture the loving bond that exists within each bird family. Bird enthusiasts of all feathers will cherish these beautiful images of courting, nest construction, eggs, nestlings, feeding time, and much more.

Includes index.

The facts of bird life -- Courting and mating -- Nesting and parenting -- The family lives of individual birds -- Mallard -- Great blue heron -- Diurnal raptors : red-tailed hawk, bald eagle, turkey vulture, and peregrine falcon -- Killdeer -- Herring gull -- Rock pigeon and mourning dove -- Great horned owl -- Ruby-throated, Anna's, and Rufous hummingbirds -- Woodpeckers : downy and hairy woodpeckers, northern flicker -- Phoebes -- Jays and crow : Steller's jay, blue jay, western scrub-jay, and American crow -- Tree swallow and barn swallow -- Chickadees and nuthatches : Carolina and black-capped chickadees, tufted titmouse, and red-breasted and white-breasted nuthatches -- House wren -- Thrushes : bluebirds, American robin -- Northern mockingbird -- Cedar waxwing -- Yellow warbler -- Chipping, song, and white-crowned sparrows, dark-eyed junco -- Summer, scarlet, and western tanagers -- Northern cardinal -- Blackbirds and orioles : red-winged, yellow-headed, and brewer's blackbirds, common grackle, Baltimore and Bullock's orioles, brown-headed cowbird -- Finches : house finch, American goldfinch -- Resources -- Index.

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