A Field Guide to the Birds: A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North AmericaDescribes and illustrates the birds of eastern and central North America, including accidentals, exotics, and escapes; and includes nearly four hundred range maps. |
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Page 128
... Similar species : When standing , stockier than Greater Yellowlegs ; differing by its grayer look , heavier bill ... species , but leg joints thicker ) . A slim gray sandpiper ; back checkered with gray , black , and white . Flying , it ...
... Similar species : When standing , stockier than Greater Yellowlegs ; differing by its grayer look , heavier bill ... species , but leg joints thicker ) . A slim gray sandpiper ; back checkered with gray , black , and white . Flying , it ...
Page 162
... like . Sits fairly erect , with an occasional tail lift . Similar species : ( 1 ) Sharp - shinned Hawk has rounded wings . Sharp - shin and ( 2 ) Merlin have gray or brown backs and tails . Voice : A rapid , high klee klee klee or killy ...
... like . Sits fairly erect , with an occasional tail lift . Similar species : ( 1 ) Sharp - shinned Hawk has rounded wings . Sharp - shin and ( 2 ) Merlin have gray or brown backs and tails . Voice : A rapid , high klee klee klee or killy ...
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... Similar species : ( 1 ) Yellow - breasted Chat lacks wing bars . ( 2 ) Pine Warbler has dusky streaks on sides , white tail spots . Voice : Song , similar to Red - eyed Vireo's , but more musical , lower pitched ; has a burry quality ...
... Similar species : ( 1 ) Yellow - breasted Chat lacks wing bars . ( 2 ) Pine Warbler has dusky streaks on sides , white tail spots . Voice : Song , similar to Red - eyed Vireo's , but more musical , lower pitched ; has a burry quality ...
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Introduction | 17 |
Passerine Perching Birds 194289 | 23 |
Alcidae | 36 |
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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 Flight note Florida FLYCATCHER GALLINULE GOOSE gray GREATER SCAUP GREATER YELLOWLEGS GREBE Gulf Coast 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 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 patch white wing patch whitish WILSON'S PHALAROPE wing bars wing linings wing stripe woods yellow yellowish Yellowlegs