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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... resident , a summer or winter resident , a visitor , or a vagrant ) . You are likely to see birds that enjoy large populations and less likely to see those whose populations are small . The terms " common , " “ uncommon , ” and “ rare ...
... resident; increasingly a ubiquitous and widespread resident. DISTRIBUTION: Breeds through virtually all of Canada, from the western and central interior of Alaska to Lab. and Nfld. A widespread, primarily northern breeder in the U.S. ...
... resident along rocky northern coasts. Uncommon coastal winter resident south of its breeding range. DISTRIBUTION: Breeds from w. Alaska across n. Canada and Greenland south to Mass. and (rarely) R.I. and Long Island. Winters in w ...
... resident species with a very limited distribution in the U.S.; a native population is limited to the lower Rio Grande Valley of Tex. Stable, introduced populations are found on Sapelo I. off the coast of Ga. and in San Patricio Co., Tex ...
... resident introduced into the Ruby Mts . of ne . Nev . , where the species became established in the 1980s . HABITAT : Found in alpine and subalpine meadows at elevations of 9,000-11,000 ft . surrounded by rocky ridges and protective ...
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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