Birds of the Cottage CountryBirds of the Cottage Country is a virtual storybook account of the author’s personalized observations throughout Ontario’s cottage playground. It clearly illustrates the downright fun, vast beauty, and consuming involvement of bird watching – even for the most skeptical of laymen. Bill Mansell’s daily experiences at birding, spread over a period of sixty-five years, result in such a familiarity with his subject that the reader is drawn as a participant into a delicately beautiful intimacy with avian nature. Birds of the Cottage Country will be read by some solely for its humour and humanistic style; yet serious birdwatchers will also find it a refreshingly new guide and reference tool. |
Contents
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4 The Hawks Falcons and Vultures | 26 |
5 The Grouse Quails and Pheasants | 33 |
6 The Cranes and Rails | 40 |
7 The Shorebirds | 42 |
14 The Jays Magpies Crows and Ravens | 84 |
15 The Chickadees Nuthatches and Creepers | 90 |
16 The Wrens Kinglets and Gnatcatchers | 94 |
17 The Thrushes | 99 |
18 The Mimids Larks Pipits Waxwings Shrikes and Starlings | 116 |
19 The Vireos | 124 |
20 The Wood Warblers | 129 |
21 The Tanagers and Cardinal Grosbeaks | 152 |
8 The Gulls Terns Jaegers and Murres | 49 |
9 The Pigeons Cuckoos and Owls | 55 |
10 The Nightjars Swifts Hummingbirds and Kingfishers | 61 |
11 The Woodpeckers | 67 |
12 The Tyrant Flycatchers | 73 |
13 The Swallows | 79 |
22 The Buntings | 159 |
23 The Troupials | 180 |
24 The Finches | 191 |
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