The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds, Eastern RegionThe first field guides completely illustrated with full-color photographs of living birds in their natural habitats by such leading nature photographers as Allan Cruickshank, Thase Daniel, O.S. Pettingill, and Roger Tory Peterson. |
Contents
Introduction Aton Biery | 13 |
Parts of a Bird | 27 |
Color Keyc | 31 |
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Accipitridae Alaska Anatidae Arctic Ardeidae areas Atlantic bill birds breast breeding season British Columbia brown-spotted buff eggs Buntings bush California Canada Carolina central coastal colonies color conspicuous cup of grass dark brown Description Ducks Anatidae eastern Eurasia feathers feed Female Finches fish flight flocks Florida Flycatcher forest freshwater marshes Fringillidae Geese gray Grebe Grosbeaks Gulf Coast Gull Habitat Hawk Heron House Sparrow Icteridae insects islands lakes Laridae legs lined with grass male Manitoba migration nest lined Newfoundland south numbers pale blue eggs Parulidae Plover plumage ponds prairies Range Robin-sized rufous salt marshes Sandpipers Sandpipers Scolopacidae Scolopacidae shallow Shearwater shorebirds similar South America south to northern southern South America southern United Sparrow-sized Sparrows Fringillidae species stick nest streaked tail Terns Laridae Texas thickets throat trees tundra Tyrannidae Tyrant Flycatchers underparts upperparts usually Vireo Voice white eggs white wing whitish Winters south Wood Warblers woodland Woodpecker yellow