A Field Guide to the Birds: A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North AmericaFeatures the unique Peterson Identification System, which has never been surpassed as a tool for field identification and is available only in Peterson Guides. The Birder's Bible for over sixty years. All the birds of eastern and central North America--including accidentals, exotics, and escapes--shown in full color and described in detail. 390 complete, easy-to-read range maps showing summer and winter ranges, breeding grounds, and other special range information. Easy-to-use facing-page format. |
Contents
Map of Area Covered by this Book | 16 |
How to Identify Birds | 23 |
Ducks Ducklike and Miscellaneous Swimming | 32 |
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accidental adult Alaska America AMERICAN COOT AMERICAN WIGEON Arctic Atlantic belly bill blackish breast Breeds brown Canada Casual coastal color COMMON EIDER COMMON MERGANSER dark phase DOWITCHER DUCK dusky EGRET Eurasia eye-ring Female Field Guide Florida FLYCATCHER GALLINULE GOOSE gray GREATER SCAUP GREATER YELLOWLEGS GREBE GULL Larus Habitat head Hemisphere HERON Immature Lakes larger legs Lesser Yellowlegs Male marshes MERGANSER Mexico Migrant neck NORTHERN ocean Overhead pale paler pattern PETREL PHALAROPE PLOVER ponds prairies Range rarely RED-TAILED HAWK rufous rusty salt bays SANDPIPER SCOTER Semipalmated Sexes alike sexes similar SHEARWATER Similar species SNAIL KITE SNOW GOOSE Song SPARROW spots streaked tail TERN throat Topside tundra tundra summer U.S. East U.S. Winters underparts VIREO Voice WARBLER WHIMBREL whistle white wing patch whitish WILSON'S PHALAROPE wing bars wing linings wing stripe winter summer woods yellow yellowish Yellowlegs