| Description |
xiv, 299 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm. |
| Series |
The Peterson field guide series ; 39 |
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Peterson field guide series ; 39.
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| Note |
Cover title: Advanced binding. |
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Sponsored by the National Audubon Society, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-291) and index. |
| Contents |
Editor's note -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Challenges in birding and how to approach them -- 2. The winter loons -- 3. The western grebe complex -- 4. Medium-sized white herons -- 5. The dark ibises -- 6. The Scaup -- 7. Brief notes on other ducks -- 8. The accipiters -- 9. Basics of shorebird identification -- 10. The dowitchers -- 11. Sharp-tailed and pectoral sandpipers -- 12. Semipalmated and western sandpipers -- 13. The jaegers -- 14. Basics of learning the gulls -- 15. Franklin's and laughing gulls -- 16. The Thayer's gull complex -- 17. Brief notes on other gulls -- 18. The medium-sized terns -- 19. Brief notes on other terns -- 20. The screech-owls -- 21. Hummingbirds -- 22. The yellow-bellied sapsucker complex -- 23. The wood-pewees -- 24. The Empidonax flycatchers -- 25. The chickadees -- 26. Bendire's thrasher -- 27. The Philadelphia vireo complex -- 28. Tips for identifying fall warblers -- 29. The Blackpoll trio -- 30. The waterthrushes -- 31. Notes on other warblers -- 32. Identifying sparrows : the generic approach -- 33. Cassin's and Botteri's sparrows -- 34. The Spizella sparrows -- 35. The Carpodacus finches -- Annotated bibliography -- Index. |
| Subject |
Birds -- North America -- Identification.
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Bird watching -- North America -- Guidebooks.
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| Added Author |
National Audubon Society.
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National Wildlife Federation.
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Roger Tory Peterson Institute.
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| Added Title |
Advanced birding |
| ISBN |
0395535174 |
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9780395535172 |
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0395533767 paperback |
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9780395533765 paperback |
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039552282X paperback : prepack |
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9780395522820 paperback : prepack |
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039597500X paperback |
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9780395975008 paperback |
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