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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... PERTINENT PARTICULARS: Many of the species accounts conclude with “pertinent particulars,” which sometimes summarize key points, sometimes compare similar species, and sometimes offer a tidbit related to the finding or identifying of a ...
... Pertinent Particulars”). Outside the breeding season, often found in small to large groups (in coastal bays may number several hundred individuals). Very territorial during the nesting season (and sometimes in winter). The threat ...
... PERTINENT PARTICULARS: A last hint for separating Tundra and Trumpeter Swans. On Trumpeter, the black base of the bill seems to envelope the eye; on Tundra, the eye is tangent but distinct. If you can see the.
... ” The greeting call is a descending and accelerating “QUAAACK ... Quack, Quack, Quackquack” The feeding call is a gargled chuckling sound. PERTINENT PARTICULARS: There are two important considerations for identification. First,
A Comprehensive Resource for Identifying North American Birds Pete Dunne. PERTINENT PARTICULARS: There are two important considerations for identification. First, along the Texas and New Mexico border with Mexico, Mexican Duck, a ...
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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