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The perfect guide to the birds of the southeastern United States, from the #1 birding website AllAboutBirds.org
The All About Birds Regional Field-Guide Series brings birding enthusiasts the best information from the renowned Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s website, AllAboutBirds.org, used by more than 21 million people each year. These definitive books provide the most up-to-date resources and expert coverage on bird species throughout North America.
This dynamic guide is the perfect companion for anyone interested in the birds of the southeastern United States. The guide offers fascinating details about the birds around you, useful bird ID tips, and handy bird-watching information. It presents full accounts of the 210 species most commonly seen in the Southeast; beautiful photographs of male, female, and immature birds, as well as morphs, and breeding and nonbreeding plumage (so you can ID birds all year long); current range maps; and so much more. The southeastern USA edition of All About Birds is easy to use and easy to share.
This volume features the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, as well as Washington, DC.
- Descriptions of 210 bird species, including four photos for each bird chosen specifically for better ID and sourced from the Macaulay Library (a collection of bird photos from citizen scientists)
- Quick and easy index with illustrations on cover flaps, with complete index at the back
- Information on Cornell Lab citizen-science programs and how to participate
- Bonus content includes identification best practices and tips on bird photography, birdscaping, food and feeding, and more
- Free MERLIN Bird ID app (downloaded more than 5 million times) for quick ID in the wild using photos and birdsong
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691230061 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Publication date: | 03/01/2022 |
| Series: | Cornell Lab of Ornithology |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 292 |
| File size: | 174 MB |
| Note: | This product may take a few minutes to download. |
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Table of Contents
Introduction 11
Getting Started 12
Birding 101 15
Four Keys to Bird Identification 16
Using Field Marks to Identify Birds 28
Use Merlin to See the Possibilities 30
Tips for Beginning Bird Watchers 31
Listening to Birds 34
Photographing Birds 36
Digiscoping 38
Attracting Birds to Your Yard 41
Birdscaping 42
Bird Feeders 44
Feeder Placement & Safety 46
Bird Food 47
Water Sources 51
Features of a Good Birdhouse 52
Getting Involved 57
Citizen Science 58
eBird 59
Great Backyard Bird Count 62
Bird Academy 63
Project FeederWatch 64
NestWatch 66
Celebrate Urban Birds 67
Seven Simple Actions to Help Birds 68
Guide to Species 71
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 72
Geese • Ducks
Snow Goose 73
Canada Goose 74
Muscovy Duck 75
Wood Duck 76
Blue-winged Teal 77
Northern Shoveler 78
Geese • Ducks
Gadwall 79
American Wigeon 80
Mallard 81
American Black Duck 82
Mottled Duck 83
Northern Pintail 84
Canvasback 85
Redhead 86
Greater Scaup 87
Lesser Scaup 88
Ruddy Duck 89
Northern Bobwhite 90
Quail • Turkey • Grouse
Wild Turkey 91
Ruffed Grouse 92
Pied-billed Grebe 93
Grebes
Rock Pigeon 94
Pigeons • Doves • Cuckoos
Eurasian Collared-Dove 95
Common Ground Dove 96
White-winged Dove 97
Mourning Dove 98
Greater Roadrunner 99
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 100
Black-billed Cuckoo 101
Common Nighthawk 102
Nightjars
Chimney Swift 103
Swifts • Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 104
Rufous Hummingbird 105
Buff-bellied Hummingbird 106
Sora 107
Rails • Gallinules • Coots
Common Gallinule 108
American Coot 109
Purple Gallinule 110
Limpkin 111
Sandhill Crane 112
Cranes • Stilts • Oystercatchers
Black-necked Stilt 113
American Oystercatcher 114
Black-bellied Plover 115
Plovers • Sandpipers
Killdeer 116
Long-billed Curlew 117
Marbled Godwit 118
Ruddy Turnstone 119
Sanderling 120
Plovers • Sandpipers
Western Sandpiper 121
Spotted Sandpiper 122
Willet 123
Laughing Gull 124
Gulls • Terns
Ring-billed Gull 125
Herring Gull 126
Great Black-backed Gull 127
Least Tern 128
Caspian Tern 129
Black Tern 130
Common Tern 131
Forster's Tern 132
Royal Tern 133
Black Skimmer 134
Skimmers
Red-throated Loon 135
Loons
Common Loon 136
Wood Stork 137
Storks
Northern Gannet 138
Gannets
Anhinga 139
Anhingas
Double-crested Cormorant 140
Cormorants • Pelicans
American White Pelican 141
Brown Pelican 142
Great Blue Heron 143
Herons • Ibises • Spoonbills
Great Egret 144
Snowy Egret 145
Little Blue Heron 146
Tricolored Heron 147
Cattle Egret 148
Green Heron 149
Black-crowned Night-Heron 150
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 151
White Ibis 152
Glossy Ibis 153
Roseate Spoonbill 154
Black Vulture 155
Vultures
Turkey Vulture 156
Osprey 157
Kites • Hawks • Eagles
Swallow-tailed Kite 158
Mississippi Kite 159
Northern Harrier 160
Sharp-shinned Hawk 161
Cooper's Hawk 162
Kites • Hawks • Eagles
Bald Eagle 163
Red-shouldered Hawk 164
Red-tailed Hawk 165
Eastern Screech-Owl 166
Owls
Great Horned Owl 167
Burrowing Owl 168
Barred Owl 169
Belted Kingfisher 170
Kingfishers
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 171
Woodpeckers
Red-headed Woodpecker 172
Red-bellied Woodpecker 173
Downy Woodpecker 174
Hairy Woodpecker 175
Pileated Woodpecker 176
Northern Flicker 177
American Kestrel 178
Falcons
Peregrine Falcon 179
Monk Parakeet 180
Parrots
Eastern Wood-Pewee 181
Tyrant Flycatchers
Least Flycatcher 182
Eastern Phoebe 183
Vermilion Flycatcher 184
Great Crested Flycatcher 185
Eastern Kingbird 186
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 187
Yellow-throated Vireo 188
Vireos
Blue-headed Vireo 189
Warbling Vireo 190
Red-eyed Vireo 191
Loggerhead Shrike 192
Shrikes
Blue Jay 193
Jays • Crows
Florida Scrub-Jay 194
American Crow 195
Fish Crow 196
Common Raven 197
Carolina Chickadee 198
Chickadees • Titmice
Black-capped Chickadee 199
Tufted Titmouse 200
Horned Lark 201
Larks
Purple Martin 202
Swallows
Tree Swallow 203
Barn Swallow 204
Swallows
Cliff Swallow 205
Golden-crowned Kinglet 206
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 207
Red-breasted Nuthatch 208
Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatch 209
Brown-headed Nuthatch 210
Brown Creeper 211
Creepers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 212
Gnatcatchers
House Wren 213
Wrens
Winter Wren 214
Carolina Wren 215
European Starling 216
Starlings
Gray Catbird 217
Catbirds
Brown Thrasher 218
Thrashers • Mockingbirds
Northern Mockingbird 219
Eastern Bluebird 220
Thrushes
Swainson's Thrush 221
Hermit Thrush 222
Wood Thrush 223
American Robin 224
Cedar Waxwing 225
Waxwings
House Sparrow 226
Old World Sparrows
House Finch 227
Finches • Longspurs
Purple Finch 228
Pine Siskin 229
American Goldfinch 230
Lapland Longspur 231
Grasshopper Sparrow 232
Sparrows • Juncos • Towhees
Lark Sparrow 233
Chipping Sparrow 234
Field Sparrow 235
Fox Sparrow 236
Dark-eyed Junco 237
White-crowned Sparrow 238
White-throated Sparrow 239
Savannah Sparrow 240
Song Sparrow 241
Swamp Sparrow 242
Eastern Towhee 243
Yellow-breasted Chat 244
Blackbirds • Orioles • Grackles
Bobolink 245
Eastern Meadowlark 246
Blackbirds • Orioles • Grackles
Orchard Oriole 247
Baltimore Oriole 248
Red-winged Blackbird 249
Bronzed Cowbird 250
Brown-headed Cowbird 251
Brewer's Blackbird 252
Common Grackle 253
Boat-tailed Grackle 254
Ovenbird 255
Wood-Warblers
Black-and-white Warbler 256
Prothonotary Warbler 257
Tennessee Warbler 258
Orange-crowned Warbler 259
Common Yellowthroat 260
Hooded Warbler 261
American Redstart 262
Northern Parula 263
Magnolia Warbler 264
Blackburnian Warbler 265
Yellow Warbler 266
Chestnut-sided Warbler 267
Black-throated Blue Warbler 268
Palm Warbler 269
Pine Warbler 270
Yellow-rumped Warbler 271
Yellow-throated Warbler 272
Black-throated Green Warbler 273
Summer Tanager 274
Cardinals • Grosbeaks • Buntings
Scarlet Tanager 275
Northern Cardinal 276
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 277
Blue Grosbeak 278
Indigo Bunting 279
Painted Bunting 280
Dickcissel 281
Image Credits 282
Index 287
Acknowledgments 291