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Identify yourself, the 50 most common birding identification challenges, Bill Thompson III ... [et al. ; and the editors of the Bird Watcher's digest] ; illustrated by Julie Zickefoose

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Identify yourself, the 50 most common birding identification challenges, Bill Thompson III ... [et al. ; and the editors of the Bird Watcher's digest] ; illustrated by Julie Zickefoose

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 370-375) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Identify yourself

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

57373669

Responsibility statement

Bill Thompson III ... [et al. ; and the editors of the Bird Watcher's digest] ; illustrated by Julie Zickefoose

Sub title

the 50 most common birding identification challenges

Summary

Offers information on how to identify many North American birds which are difficult to distinguish. Focuses on fifty most common bird identification problems such as specific hawks, swallows, sparrows, and shore birds

Table Of Contents

Getting started: top 20 rules of the bird identification game -- Bird topography: the parts of a bird -- Waterfowl : Mergansers ; Scoters ; Grebes ; Ring-necked duck and scaup ; Teal ; Winter loons -- Wading birds : Brown herons ; White herons ; Dark ibises -- Hawks : Basics of hawk ID ; Soaring buteos ; Falcons ; Accipiters ; Eagles -- Shorebirds : Basics of shorebird ID ; Yellowlegs ; Plovers ; Medium probing shorebirds -- Gulls and terns : Basics of gull ID ; Hooded gulls -- Medium-sized terns ; Large crested terns -- Cuckoos -- Owls -- Woodpeckers : Hairy and downy woodpeckers -- Flycatchers -- Shrikes -- Vireos : Plain-winged vireos ; "Spectacular" vireos -- Corvids -- Swallows : Basics of swallow ID ; Green swallows ; Rusty swallows -- Drab swallows -- Chickadees -- Wrens and kinglets : Small wrens -- Kinglets -- Thrushes : Bluebirds ; Brown thrushes -- Waxwings -- Warblers : Basics of warbler ID ; Confusing spring warblers ; Confusing fall warblers ; Streaky fall warblers ; Plain fall warblers -- Tanagers and buntings : Tanagers ; Buntings ; Sparrows : Basics of sparrow ID ; Songlike sparrows ; Spizella sparrows ; Ammodramus sparrows ; Crowned sparrows -- Blackbirds and orioles : Female blackbirds -- Female orioles -- Finches : Small red finches -- Common and scientific names of birds

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