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Author:

Burt, William, 1948-

Title:

Rare and elusive birds of North America / by William Burt.

Publisher:

Universe Pub.,

Copyright Date:

2001

Description:

208 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Photography of birds--North America.
Rare birds--North America--Pictorial works.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 7 IV. GRASS, SKY, SONG -- Two Wisps Of The Plains Past 90 -- INTRODUCTION Baird's Sparrow -- The Birds 11 Sprague's Pipit -- The Stories, and About the Book 13 -- Places 15 V. NIGHTJARS Those Voices, and Those Eyes 112 -- The Photographs 12 Common Parauque -- Whip-poor-will -- I. RAILS The Shadow Birds 15 Chuck-will's-widow -- Black Rail Common Poor-will -- Virginia Rail -- King Rail VI. SOME WARBLERS Some Nasty Places 138 -- Clapper Rail Swainson's Warbler -- Yellow Rail Yellow-breasted Chat -- Sora -- VII. BOGS Some Lovely Places 162 -- II. BITTERNS The Other Marsh Magicians 58 Connecticut Warbler -- Least Bittern Yellow-bellied Flycatcher -- American Bittern -- PHOTOGRAPHY -- III. MEADOWS Mystery Birds 74 What Worked, and What Did Not 187 -- Henslow's Sparrow Blinds, Nests, and Concern for the Birds 190 -- Sedge Wren Cameras, Films, Etcetera 192.

ISBN:

9780789306388 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0789306387 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2001003186

Locations:

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)