| Description |
448 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm |
| Note |
Revision of: A field guide to advanced birding. 1990 |
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Includes index. |
| Summary |
Presents a resource that examines the basics of each major bird group and the variations of identification, covering such topics as plumage, body shape, songs, bill size, wing structure, and the behavior of each species. |
| Contents |
An integrated approach to field identification of birds -- Principles and pitfalls of field identification -- How birds are built: terminology and bird topography -- Plummages, molt, and wear: understanding what you see -- Behavior and voice: understanding and using them in identification -- Identification beyond the species level -- Techniques and resources for learning bird identification -- Learning to identify waterfowl -- The scaup -- The winter loons -- Learning to identify seabirds -- Learning to identify herons and egrets -- Learning to identify the diurnal raptors -- The accipiters -- Learning to identify shorebirds -- The small calidris sandpipers -- Learning to identify gulls -- Learning to identify terns -- The medium-sized terns -- The jaegers -- Learning to identify owls -- Learning to identify hummingbirds -- Learning to identify woodpeckers -- Learning to identify tyrant flycatchers -- The empidonax flycatchers -- Learning to identify swallows -- Learning to identify warblers -- The blackpoll trio -- Learning to identify sparrows -- The spizella sparrows. |
| Subject |
Birds -- North America -- Identification.
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Bird watching -- North America -- Guidebooks.
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| Added Author |
Kaufman, Kenn.
Field guide to advanced birding.
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| Added Title |
Field guide to advanced birding |
| ISBN |
9780547248325 |
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0547248326 |
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