A Field Guide to Western Birds' Nests: Of 520 Species Found Breeding in the United States West of the Mississippi RiverText and photographs explain how to identify the nests of 520 species of birds. |
Contents
Species Descriptions | 1 |
BlackandWhite Plates | 35 |
Map of Area Covered by This Book xxxii | 202 |
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A Field Guide to Western Birds' Nests: Of 520 Species Found Breeding in the ... Hal H. Harrison No preview available - 1979 |
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American Crow areas Arizona Bank Swallow bark Birds bluish white Breeding range brood Brown-headed Cowbird buff built Bulky bushes California cattails cliffs clutch colonies Colorado commonly conifer coniferous coniferous forests creamy white Crested Flycatcher Dakota deciduous depth dotted EASTERN MEADOWLARK eggs indistinguishable feathers Female builds fibers Field Guide FLYCATCHER forb stems grasses gray greenish ground Habitat hair heavily marked height HUMMINGBIRD Idaho Incubating bird Incubation by female Indistinguishable from eggs inside diam Kansas lined Louisiana male marshes mesquite Mexico Minnesota Montana moss Nebraska nest Nevada Notes Oklahoma Oregon Oval to long-oval Oval to short-oval Pale bluish plant prairies rarely rocky rootlets Shell smooth shrubs slight gloss Slightly glossy sometimes south to Mexico SPARROW species spider silk spotted Swallow Texas thickets tree twigs typically unmarked usually Utah vegetation Vireo WARBLER Washington western Western Kingbird woodlands woodpecker woodpecker holes woods WREN