A Field Guide to Warblers of North AmericaAll 60 North American species are described in detail, from field marks and vocalizations to mating habits and preferred habitats; 32 color paintings use the unique Peterson Identification System to show clearly the marks that distinguish one bird from another - in confusing fall as well as colorful spring plumages; 141 color photographs accompany the species descriptions; 60 color maps show where each species can be seen at different times of the year and 13 drawings depict parts of warblers and bird behaviors. |
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User Review - lorax - LibraryThingThe review complaining about a lack of photographs may be misleading to people who don't have the book. Like most field guides, it is not a photographic guide. (Some people prefer photos, many prefer ... Read full review
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Hands down - one of the best field guides ever written. The descriptions are amazingly accurate. Everything you need to know is here and the illustrations are the best.
Contents
The Natural History of Warblers | 5 |
How to Identify Warblers | 31 |
FAMILY PEUCEDRAMIDAE | 109 |
FAMILY PARULIDAE | 117 |
Genus Dendroica | 210 |
Genus Mniotilta | 411 |
Genus Setophaga | 418 |
Genus Protonotaria | 427 |
Genus Oporornis | 475 |
Genus Geothlypis | 512 |
Genus Wilsonia | 541 |
Genus Cardellina | 568 |
Genus Euthlypis | 584 |
Genus Icteria | 598 |
Acknowledgments | 611 |
Glossary | 618 |
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Common terms and phrases
America appear arrivals auricular average behavior bill birds blackish breast breeding breeding grounds breeding range bright brown buffy Calif casual chestnut chin closely Coast coastal color common complete coverts crown dark distinctive DISTRIBUTION dull duller early east eastern edges extensive face fall adult FALL FEMALE field flanks flight feathers foraging forehead forests gray grayish green Gulf habitats head immature individuals lack late less limited lower mainly Mexico migrants molt nest northern noted numbers occur October olive pale paler Panama patch pattern peak pines plumage populations primary range rare records rectrices region September sides similar slightly song species spring adult female spring adult male spring males streaks strongly subspecies supercilium tail Texas thin throat tinged tips underparts undertail coverts upper upperparts usually variable variation Warbler washed West western whitish wing bars winter yellow yellowish
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Field Guide to Warblers of North America Volume 49 of Peterson field guide series |
| Authors | Jon Lloyd Dunn, Kimball Garrett, National Audubon Society, National Wildlife Federation |
| Contributor | Roger Tory Peterson Institute |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0395783216, 9780395783214 |
| Length | 656 pages |
| Subjects | › Nature / Birdwatching Guides |
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