Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion: A Comprehensive Resource for Identifying North American BirdsFrom the award-winning birder and author of Birds of Prey, an authoritative, information-packed guide to distinguishing North American birds. In this book, bursting with more information than any field guide could hold, the well-known author and birder Pete Dunne introduces readers to the “Cape May School of Birding.” It's an approach to identification that gives equal or more weight to a bird's structure and shape and the observer's overall impression (often called GISS, for General Impression of Size and Shape) than to specific field marks. After determining the most likely possibilities by considering such factors as habitat and season, the birder uses characteristics such as size, shape, color, behavior, flight pattern, and vocalizations to identify a bird. The book provides an arsenal of additional hints and helpful clues to guide a birder when, even after a review of a field guide, the identification still hangs in the balance. This supplement to field guides shares the knowledge and skills that expert birders bring to identification challenges. Birding should be an enjoyable pursuit for beginners and experts alike, and Pete Dunne combines a unique playfulness with the work of identification. Readers will delight in his nicknames for birds, from the Grinning Loon and Clearly the Bathtub Duck to Bronx Petrel and Chicken Garnished with a Slice of Mango and a Dollop of Raspberry Sherbet. |
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... Coast breeder from the Atchafalaya R. in La . to s . Tex . and coastal Mexico . Also found in se . and e : cen . Fla . ( absent along the Gulf Coast ) and a regular visitor to the Salton Sea in Calif . Fla . birds are resident . Gulf Coast ...
... Coast; common to fairly common but less numerous than Snow Goose; along the Atlantic Coast, uncommon to rare. DISTRIBUTION: Arctic and subarctic breeder characterized by isolated and somewhat limited nesting areas. Nests primarily in ...
... coastal Alaska and the Aleutian Is., across the arctic coastal plain of n. Alaska, east to Baffin I. and the west coast of Hudson Bay. Winters primarily in the Willamette River Valley and the lower Columbia River Valley south into the ...
... coast (in the breeding season), Brant nests (often in colonies) in coastal estuaries and adjacent marshland as well as on gravel islands in deltas and lakes. Winters in marine waters along both coasts: the Atlantic subspecies from Mass ...
... Coast). FLIGHT: Compact, with fairly slender wings and a distinctly long acutely pointed tail. Holds level in flight ... Coastal. Shadow. Mallard. STATUS: Common Northeastern breeder and eastern wintering species; particularly common in ...
Contents
LOONS | |
ALBATROSSES | |
STORMPETRELS | |
PELICANS | |
HERONS EGRETS AND IBIS | |
STORKS VULTURES AND FLAMINGOS | |
RAILS COOTS LIMPKIN AND CRANES | |
SHOREBIRDSPLOVERS AND SANDPIPERS | |
SKUAS AND JAEGERS | |
TERNS AND SKIMMER | |
ALCIDSAUKS MURRES AND PUFFINS | |
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