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Field guide to birds of North America / written by Edward S. Brinkley ; foreword by Craig Tufts ; photographs supplied by VIREO, the Academy of Natural Sciences.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Sterling Pub. Co., c2007.Description: 527 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 1402738749 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781402738746 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • National Wildlife Federation field guide to birds of North America
  • Birds of North America
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction -- Scope and arrangement of this guide -- Classification -- Parts of a bird -- Plumage and molt -- Immature plumages -- Adult plumages -- Plumage variation -- How to identify birds -- Birds in action -- Identifying birds by ear -- Limits of field identification -- Vagrancy in birds -- Natural history of birds -- Habitats -- Foraging -- Breeding -- Flight -- Migration -- Conservation -- Getting involved in bird conservation -- About the guide -- How to bird -- Getting started -- Binoculars and scopes -- Logistics -- Ducks, geese, and swans -- Scaup, eiders, scoters, goldeneyes -- Mergansers, geese, brant, swans -- Loons and grebes -- Auks, murres, puffins, and kin -- Guillemots, murres, razorbill, murrelets, dovekie, auklets, puffins -- Pelicans, cormorants, boobies, and allies -- Pelicans, tropicbirds, gannet, boobies, frigatebird, cormorants, anhinga -- Tubenoses -- Albatrosses, petrels, shearwaters, fulmar, storm-petrels -- Gulls, terns, skimmer, and kin -- Jaegers, skuas, gulls, kittiwakes, terns, noddies, skimmer --
Wading birds -- Herons, egrets, cranes, bitterns, night-herons, ibises, limpkin, spoonbill, flamingo, stork -- Rails, gallinules, coots, and kin -- Rails, sora, moorhen, coot, gallinule, swanphen -- Quail, grouse, turkey, and kin -- Quail, partridge, ptarmigan, grouse, pheasant, turkey, chachalaca -- Vultures and diurnal raptors -- Vultures, condor, osprey, harrier, caracara, kites, hawks, eagles, falcons -- Shorebirds -- Plovers, oystercatchers, sandpipers, curlews, godwits, pharlaropes, dowitchers, avocet, stilt, and kin -- Pigeons and doves -- Parrots and parakeets -- Cuckoos, ants, and roadrunner -- Owls, nighthawks, and nightjars -- Owls, nighthawks, poorwill, whip-poor-will, nightjars, pauraque -- Kingfishers and trogons -- Kingfishers, trogon, quetzal -- Woodpeckers -- Woodpeckers, sapsuckers, flickers -- Swifts and swallows -- Swifts, swallows, martin -- Hummingbirds -- Tyrant flycatchers -- Flycatchers, pewee, wood-pewees, beardless-tyrannulet, phoebes, kingbirds, becard -- Shrikes -- Vireos -- Chickadees, titmice, and allies -- Titmice, chickadees, nuthatches, wrentit, creeper, bushtit, verdin --
Wrens and dipper -- Warblers, kinglets, gnatcatchers, and allies -- Kinglets, warblers, gnatcatchers, parulas, redstarts, waterthrushes -- Thrushes, mimids, waxwings, and allies -- Thrushes, bluebirds, mimids, thrashers, waxwings, starling, bulbul, phainopepla -- Jays, crows, and kin -- Jays, nutcracker, magpies, ravens, crows -- Blackbirds, orioles, and kin -- Cowbirds, grackles, blackbirds, bobolink, meadowlarks, orioles -- Tanagers, cardinals, and kin -- Tanagers, grosbeaks, buntings, cardinal, pyrrhuloxia -- Finches -- Redpolls, finches, siskin, rosy-finches, goldfinches, brambling, grosbeaks, crossbills -- Sparrows and allies -- Towhees, sparrows, seedeater, juncos, buntings, longspurs, dickcissel, bananaquit -- Pipits, wagtails, and larks -- Acknowledgments -- Photo credits -- Glossary -- Resources and references -- Vagrant, rare, and extinct birds -- Endangered and threatened birds of North America -- Species checklist -- Species index -- Quick index.
Summary: A photographic field guide to North American birds, featuring over 750 species, which covers their habitats, behavior, flight, migration, songs, and plumage and includes distribution maps, a glossary, and bird watching and identification strategies.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

From the National Wildlife Federation® comes the most up-to-date, all-photographic field guide to North American birds. Birders will find it indispensable: this single, portable volume features more than 750 species, along with more than 2,000 stunning images by leading nature photographers showing birds in their natural habitats. Captions highlight important field marks, and comprehensive species accounts describe habitats, behavior, flight, migration, songs, and plumages. Other features include: more than 600 maps showing bird distribution in every season; strategies for watching and identifying birds; a complete species index plus a quick-flip index; a glossary of terms; and a checklist of birds. The guide's unique waterproof cover makes it especially valuable for use in the field.

At head of title: National Wildlife Federation.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 508-509) and indexes.

Introduction -- Scope and arrangement of this guide -- Classification -- Parts of a bird -- Plumage and molt -- Immature plumages -- Adult plumages -- Plumage variation -- How to identify birds -- Birds in action -- Identifying birds by ear -- Limits of field identification -- Vagrancy in birds -- Natural history of birds -- Habitats -- Foraging -- Breeding -- Flight -- Migration -- Conservation -- Getting involved in bird conservation -- About the guide -- How to bird -- Getting started -- Binoculars and scopes -- Logistics -- Ducks, geese, and swans -- Scaup, eiders, scoters, goldeneyes -- Mergansers, geese, brant, swans -- Loons and grebes -- Auks, murres, puffins, and kin -- Guillemots, murres, razorbill, murrelets, dovekie, auklets, puffins -- Pelicans, cormorants, boobies, and allies -- Pelicans, tropicbirds, gannet, boobies, frigatebird, cormorants, anhinga -- Tubenoses -- Albatrosses, petrels, shearwaters, fulmar, storm-petrels -- Gulls, terns, skimmer, and kin -- Jaegers, skuas, gulls, kittiwakes, terns, noddies, skimmer --

Wading birds -- Herons, egrets, cranes, bitterns, night-herons, ibises, limpkin, spoonbill, flamingo, stork -- Rails, gallinules, coots, and kin -- Rails, sora, moorhen, coot, gallinule, swanphen -- Quail, grouse, turkey, and kin -- Quail, partridge, ptarmigan, grouse, pheasant, turkey, chachalaca -- Vultures and diurnal raptors -- Vultures, condor, osprey, harrier, caracara, kites, hawks, eagles, falcons -- Shorebirds -- Plovers, oystercatchers, sandpipers, curlews, godwits, pharlaropes, dowitchers, avocet, stilt, and kin -- Pigeons and doves -- Parrots and parakeets -- Cuckoos, ants, and roadrunner -- Owls, nighthawks, and nightjars -- Owls, nighthawks, poorwill, whip-poor-will, nightjars, pauraque -- Kingfishers and trogons -- Kingfishers, trogon, quetzal -- Woodpeckers -- Woodpeckers, sapsuckers, flickers -- Swifts and swallows -- Swifts, swallows, martin -- Hummingbirds -- Tyrant flycatchers -- Flycatchers, pewee, wood-pewees, beardless-tyrannulet, phoebes, kingbirds, becard -- Shrikes -- Vireos -- Chickadees, titmice, and allies -- Titmice, chickadees, nuthatches, wrentit, creeper, bushtit, verdin --

Wrens and dipper -- Warblers, kinglets, gnatcatchers, and allies -- Kinglets, warblers, gnatcatchers, parulas, redstarts, waterthrushes -- Thrushes, mimids, waxwings, and allies -- Thrushes, bluebirds, mimids, thrashers, waxwings, starling, bulbul, phainopepla -- Jays, crows, and kin -- Jays, nutcracker, magpies, ravens, crows -- Blackbirds, orioles, and kin -- Cowbirds, grackles, blackbirds, bobolink, meadowlarks, orioles -- Tanagers, cardinals, and kin -- Tanagers, grosbeaks, buntings, cardinal, pyrrhuloxia -- Finches -- Redpolls, finches, siskin, rosy-finches, goldfinches, brambling, grosbeaks, crossbills -- Sparrows and allies -- Towhees, sparrows, seedeater, juncos, buntings, longspurs, dickcissel, bananaquit -- Pipits, wagtails, and larks -- Acknowledgments -- Photo credits -- Glossary -- Resources and references -- Vagrant, rare, and extinct birds -- Endangered and threatened birds of North America -- Species checklist -- Species index -- Quick index.

A photographic field guide to North American birds, featuring over 750 species, which covers their habitats, behavior, flight, migration, songs, and plumage and includes distribution maps, a glossary, and bird watching and identification strategies.

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