General introduction -- How to use this book -- Ruby-throated hummingbird -- Costa's humminbird -- Anna's hummingbird -- Golden-crowned kinglet -- California gnatcatcher -- American bushtit -- Townsend's warbler -- Black-and-white warbler -- Black-capped chickadee -- White-breasted nuthatch -- American goldfinch -- Feature : a birding primer -- Tree swallow -- Chipping sparrow -- Dark-eyed junco -- Carolina wren -- Sagebrush sparrow -- Red-eyed vireo -- Eastern phoebe -- White-throated swift -- Scarlet tanager -- Eastern bluebird -- Feature : a gallery of nests -- Hermit thrush -- Eastern towhee -- Baltimore oriole -- Cedar waxwing -- Red-winged blackbird -- European starling -- Purple martin -- Northern cardinal -- Evening grosbeak -- Varied thrush -- Feature : birdsongs -- American robin -- Western meadowlark -- Northern shrike -- Northern mockingbird -- Blue jay -- Common grackle -- Steller's jay -- Black-billed magpie -- Feature : bird eggs -- American crow -- Northern raven -- Downy woodpecker -- Red-headed woodpecker -- Red-bellied woodpecker -- White-headed woodpecker -- Pileated woodpecker -- Greater roadrunner -- Mourning dove -- Northern bobwhite -- Ring-necked pheasant -- Wild turkey -- Common nighthawk -- Mississippi kite -- Feature : facing extinction -- Peregrine falcon -- Cooper's hawk -- Red-tailed hawk -- Ospreay -- Bald eagle -- Turkey vulture -- Eastern screech-owl -- Barn owl -- Great horned owl -- Spotted sandpiper -- Virginia rail -- American woodcock -- Black-bellied plover -- Green heron -- Black oystercatcher -- Feature : bird's bills -- Cattle egret -- Black-crowned night heron -- White ibis -- American bittern -- Roseate spoonbill -- Wood stork -- Sandhill crane -- Great blue heron -- American flamingo -- Wilson's storm petrel -- Cassin's auklet -- Atlantic puffin -- Horned grebe -- American coot -- Belted kingfisher -- Black skimmer -- Feature : migration -- Royal tern -- Laughing gull -- Herring gull -- Common loon -- Double-crested cormorant -- Wood duck -- Barrow's goldeneye -- Common elder -- Common merganser -- Snow goose -- Tundra swan.
Summary:
"John James Audubon would be proud to know a life-size bird book still exists in the 21st century. Ninety-five North American species of our feathered friends are contained herein, offering a detailed look at their size, habitat, distribution, and more. Fun facts pepper the pages, and beautiful photographs of their varied plumage accompany each avian. More detailed information on nests, eggs, and migrations appear on featured spreads, and a removable 17” x 21” poster is included. Get an up-close, personal look at the stunning variety of birds that can be found across the entire continent!"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.