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The National Audubon Society field guide to North American birds. Eastern region / John Bull and John Farrand, Jr. ; revised by John Farrand ; visual Key by Amanda Wilson and Lori Hogan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: National Audubon Society field guidesPublication details: New York : Knopf ; Distributed by Random House, 1994.Edition: Rev. ed., 2nd ed., fully revDescription: 796 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0679428526
  • 9780679428527
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
INTRODUCTION: Parts of a bird -- How to use this guide
PART ONE: Color key -- Color plates -- Long-legged waders -- Gull-like birds -- Upright-perching water birds -- Duck-like birds -- Sandpiper-like birds -- Chicken-like marsh birds -- Upland ground birds -- Owls -- Hawk-like birds -- Pigeon-like birds -- Swallow-like birds -- Tree-clinging birds -- Perching birds
PART THREE: Appendices: List of accidental species -- Bird-watching -- Glossary -- Conservation status of Eastern birds.
Summary: Provides identification information and color photographs of 508 birds of eastern North America.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 598.297 B935 Checked out 05/11/2024 33111008805141
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Virtually every bird found in eastern North America is brought to life in this portable guide, an essential companion in the field and a staple in any birdwatcher's library--a birding bible for more than four million enthusiasts!

This bestselling field guide features a durable vinyl binding and brilliant full-color photographic identification pictures arranged for quick access and definitive text, including information on the bird's voice, nesting habits, habitat, range, and interesting behaviors. Accompanying range maps; overhead flight silhouettes; and sections on bird-watching, accidental species, and endangered birds make the National Audubon Society's Field Guide to North American Birds the most comprehensive available.

Note: the Eastern Edition generally covers states east of the Rocky Mountains, while the Western Edition covers the Rocky Mountain range and all the states to the west of it.

Rev. ed. of: The Audubon Society field guide to North American birds. 1977.

Includes index.

Provides identification information and color photographs of 508 birds of eastern North America.

INTRODUCTION: Parts of a bird -- How to use this guide

PART ONE: Color key -- Color plates -- Long-legged waders -- Gull-like birds -- Upright-perching water birds -- Duck-like birds -- Sandpiper-like birds -- Chicken-like marsh birds -- Upland ground birds -- Owls -- Hawk-like birds -- Pigeon-like birds -- Swallow-like birds -- Tree-clinging birds -- Perching birds

PART THREE: Appendices: List of accidental species -- Bird-watching -- Glossary -- Conservation status of Eastern birds.

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