10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2016

The Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Northern Central America by Jesse Fagan and Oliver Komar, illustrated by Robert Dean and Peter Burke, does just that. Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Northern Central America covers 827 species, including resident, migratory, and common vagrant birds.

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El Salvador America Costa Rica Honduras 234

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2019

So, I was very excited when I heard that Rick Wright was writing a book about sparrows, the first treatment of North American sparrows since 2001, possibly the first book about sparrows of North America, depending on your definition of that geographic area. They’re all birds of North America! Mexico border.

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North America Sparrows America United States 157

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2024

The next volume in this three-book series is now out: Field Guide to North American Flycatchers: Kingbirds and Myiarchus by Cin-Ty Lee, illustrated by Andrew Birch, and it is as informative and well-organized and lovely to look at as the Empid/Pewee volume. I particularly like the comparative plates in the genus introductions.

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Los Angeles North America Species America 190

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2014

Where did the Coney Island Gray-hooded Gull come from, Africa or South America? I kept wishing I had Rare Birds of North America , by Steve N. In this book, rare birds are species “for which, on average, only 5 or fewer individuals have been found annually in North America since around 1950.” What does “ship assisted” mean?

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North America America Birds United States 259

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2017

Raptors of Mexico and Central America by William S. This is the first identification guide that I know of that covers Mexico (technically North America but rarely included in North American raptor guides) and Central America. That’s a lot of visual information! Clark and N. klak-klak, keeear!

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Mexico America North America Falcons 174

10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2024

The book’s structure is brilliant—Kroodsma divides the book into two sections: a dawn walk in Eastern North America, and a second walk in Western North America. Along with the animation and song, the app gives a bit of information on each bird, their scientific name, and a link to a sonogram to replay the song.

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North America Birds Denver Colorado 217

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2017

The point is, the field guide I grabbed without hesitation was the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 7th Edition by Jon L. North America is defined as from north of the Mexican border to the far north, plus “adjacent islands and seas within 200 nautical miles off the coast or offshore islands.”

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North America America 2017 Birds 187

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2016

It has also been published in Great Britain by Bloomsbury Publishing under the title Wildfowl of Europe, Asian, and North America , which explains why the English translation has British spelling conventions. For some species accounts, you can find more information on the Cornell Lab of O All About Birds pages (Mallard, for example).

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North America Asia Europe America 161

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2014

The second edition of the National Geographic Complete Birds of North America, 2nd Edition has one of the longest book names in bird bookdom: National Geographic Complete Birds of North America, 2nd Edition: Now Covering More Than 1,000 Species With the Most-Detailed Information Found in a Single Volume.

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North America America Birds Family 178

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

But information wants to be free, so it reaches out to us through a variety of channels. Another migration tracker that seems to hold great potential for those able to master it is the Find The Data North America Bird Migration page.

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North America America Science Birds 167

10,000 Birds

APRIL 29, 2024

But marrying a widow and thus getting access to scientific information was not the only remarkable event in his life. Even the review has some interesting information – for example, a major predator of eagle nests is the Brown Bear. If (like me) you want to feel bad about it, you may want to read the review of the book here.

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Eagles Sea Lions Bears Russia 131

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

It was not a kitty cat, even though all of its relatives in the Americas were. But they don’t live in North America. I find it astonishing that people argue of whether feral cats are bad for birds in North America. In North America, you’ve got Bears at the large end, Cats in the middle, and at the smaller end, the Mustilids.

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Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 256

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2023

2012), and (4) Waterfowl of Eastern North America, 2nd ed. I have all four of his field guides on my bookshelf; I enjoy their friendly, informative approach and identification aids (cheat sheets! I imagine this is either a typo or perhaps a change of information on the OFO web page. comparison tables!) Boreal Owl, p.

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North America Birds Owls America 224

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Here are some things I’ve learned from the Peterson Reference Guide to Owls of North America and the Caribbean by Scott Weidensaul: The Burrowing Owl is the only North American owl species where the male is larger than the female, albeit, only slightly larger. And the term is ‘non-reversed size dimorphism.’).

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North America Owls America Dominican Republic 233

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

But, not a lot of information about how this national passion (52.8 Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation by Paul J. Feeding Wild Birds in America started off as a commission from Wild Bird Centers of America (WBCA), a retail franchisor. million people in the U.S. in 2011*) came about.

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America Industry Birds Squirrels 239

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2024

Few areas in North America support such dense concentrations of waterfowl; more than half the mallards in the Pacific Flyway overwinter at some time in this portion of the Columbia River Basin. Detailed information regarding a specific refuge can be obtained in its Comprehensive Conservation Plan. Plus, they offer excellent birding.

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Washington Oregon Birds Wildlife 228

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2023

What are the best field guides for birds in North America? They may go on birding trips, join birding events, participate in birding competitions, and collaborate with other birders to gather information about rare or elusive species. “National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America” by Jon L.

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United States North America Birds America 147

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2023

Birds were selected based on (1) information available; (2) information available elsewhere (thus an emphasis on altricial species and limited waterfowl coverage, since they can be found elsewhere); (3) species most commonly encountered. The scarcity of information on the young of some avian species is astounding.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Birds Family Collecting 270

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2016

As the subtitle implies, this appreciation drives the bulk of A Chorus of Cranes: The Cranes of North America and the World. The photographs by Thomas Mangelsen are in the same spirit, while Johnsgard’s numerous line drawings of various species and behaviors add an old-fashioned charm as well as valuable visual information to the pages.

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North America America Nebraska Neglecting 132

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The first is that the illustrations by Dale Dyer are based, and largely seem to be the same, as the illustrations for his previous guide Birds of Central America: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama (co-authored with Andrew Vallely, PUP, 2018). Doing this work takes time!

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Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 227

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2021

” And then I found out that bird song doesn’t just belong to the males, that there are female birds who sing too, only not so much in North America, and my mind was blown.**. I also would have liked more specific information on the studies themselves–authors, years, where I can read them. And, that’s it.

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North America Research Birds Groups 279

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2017

The Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds of Eastern North America by Nathan Pieplow is innovative, fascinating, and challenging. The Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds of Eastern North America is divided into three main sections: Introduction, Species Accounts, and Index to Bird Sounds (also called the Visual Index). Chandler S.

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North America America Birds New York 178

10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2021

Trail cams and the like can, to a certain extent, record what you miss, but they focus on visual information. By the time the Terra ships we expect the automated ID to work very well in North America and Northern Mexico, and we will expand it throughout the Americas, the UK and Europe, and then across the globe.”

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North America Science America Europe 264

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2017

The latest from his pen is Birds of Prey , a hybrid between an identification guide and an essay collection, a book of lore that provides a comprehensive overview of the raptors of North America. Birds of Prey: Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, and Vultures of North America by Pete Dunne with Kevin T. Karlson, $26.00, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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North America Falcons America Eagles 103

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Dragonflies and Damselflies of Costa Rica: A Field Guide by Dennis Paulson and William Haber fills a large gap in the field guide coverage of Costa Rica and continues the high level of excellence set by Paulson’s previous guides to dragonflies and damselflies of eastern and western North America.

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Costa Rica North America Family America 263

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2021

A bit ironic since it was probably Peterson’s emphasis on pure identification points that spurred our lack of nest information in bird field guides.) These paragraphs provide essential information about habitat, behavior and nest structure, and also information that may not be repeated in the individual species accounts.

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Eggs Birds United States Sparrows 244

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Each chapter focuses on a specific geographic area of penguin population: (1) Antarctica, (2) South Georgia, (3) Falkland Islands, (4) South Africa and Tristan de Cunha, (5) New Zealand and Australia, (6) South America and Galapagos. The travel and species information are great, but it is the photographs that make this a special book.

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Penguins Georgia New Zealand Albatross 278

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2012

Howell continues his tradition of giving clarity to what most birders find intimidating with Petrels, Albatrosses & Storm-Petrels of North America: A Photographic Guide , just published by Princeton University Press. This is the first field identification guide on tubenoses in North America. Each section is then further subdivided.

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North America Albatross America Species 159

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Howell and Jon Dunn list “overall size and structure” as the fundamental first step in gull identification in their classic Gulls of the Americas (though they then go on to describe endless variations of plumage patterns). This is the kind of information I love to learn and use in the field. This isn’t a new idea.

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North America America El Salvador Nicaragua 208

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Simply put, wilderness areas are the most protected public lands in America. But the true reward will be some of America’s most remote, spectacular, and pristine natural areas. The short answer is that wilderness areas are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System and they are protected by the Wilderness Act of 1964.

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Puerto Rico Alaska Protection Research 268

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2011

Fortunately for you, though, when I got home I found a review copy of National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Birds of North America by Jonathan Alderfer and Paul Hess ready and waiting to be dissected for your delectation. The target audience of this book is not the jet-setting hardcore birder, or even the dedicated local lister.

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North America America Dissection Birds 160

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2020

How many birders are there in America? That information includes the print run for the most recent issue and the “paid distribution.” million copies in print of all seven editions of the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America. For such a simple question, it turns out there are very few solid estimates.

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2016 North America 2020 2019 264

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2023

I was puzzled why the authors decided to include Buff-breasted Flycatcher, Pine Flycatcher, and Tufted Flycatcher, species that have extremely limited range in North America. The last feature in each Species Account are the range maps and abundance charts, illustrating and expanding on the information given in the text section.

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Los Angeles North America America Species 225

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2022

Most Marbled Godwits breed in inland North America, and winter along the tropical coasts of Mexico and the Caribbean. They breed along the Arctic Circle in Canada and Alaska, and winter in southern South America, often in Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. Would this 2022 bird be another one?

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Mexico 2018 Ducks Breeding 234

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2013

They packed up in June of 2013 and headed south from San Diego with the southern tip of South America as their destination. We hope that our journey will provide important information about many Neotropical bird species as well as inform conservation.” Very little is known about this enigmatic species.

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South America San Diego Mexico America 191

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Much less text information is in the ABG , much of it about plumage details and subspecies differences. It is, however, very expensive ($30 to $50), and though it appears to be updated from the 8th edition, I’d like more information on when and how updates will take place. Press, hardcover, 256 pages, 4.75

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Australia Birds 2017 Groups 253

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2019

One of the fastest growing cities in America, Austin is the capital of Texas and home of the University of Texas. The review included substantial new information, including, for example, required size of habitat patches.

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