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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... STATUS , DISTRIBUTION , HABITAT , COHABITANTS , and MOVEMENTS / MIGRATION . STATUS relates to the bird's numeric abundance and condition of residency ( whether it is a permanent resident , a summer or winter resident , a visitor , or a ...
... STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION: Although domestic stock are widespread and common, wild Muscovies are found only along the lower Rio Grande from San Ygnacio to McAllen, Tex., where they remain scarce to rare. Range extends to South America ...
... STATUS: Uncommon in the Northeast; more widespread in the Northwest; fairly restricted in its breeding and winter range, which is divided into Atlantic and Pacific populations. DISTRIBUTION: In e. North America, breeds close to ...
... STATUS: Variously common to uncommon widespread resident. The declining populations in many places are augmented through the stocking efforts of state game agencies and private hunting clubs. DISTRIBUTION: Scattered throughout much of ...
... STATUS: Uncommon habitat-restricted resident of the intermountain West. DISTRIBUTION: Found in extreme se. Alta, and sw. Sask. (though very scarce now), se. Wash., e. Ore., ne. Calif., all but s. and w: cen. Nev., all but nw. Mont ...
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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