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The perfect guide to the birds of the southwestern 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 southwestern 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 203 species most commonly seen in the Southwest; 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 southwestern edition of All About Birds is easy to use and easy to share.
This volume features the following states: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah.
- Descriptions of 203 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 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: | 9780691230108 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Publication date: | 03/01/2022 |
| Series: | Cornell Lab of Ornithology |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 284 |
| File size: | 175 MB |
| Note: | This product may take a few minutes to download. |
About the Author
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
Snow Goose 72
Geese • Ducks
Canada Goose 73
Wood Duck 74
Northern Shoveler 75
Gadwall 76
American Wigeon 77
Mallard 78
Geese • Ducks
Mexican Duck 79
Northern Pintail 80
Canvasback 81
Redhead 82
Lesser Scaup 83
Ruddy Duck 84
Scaled Quail 85
Quail • Turkey • Grouse
California Quail 86
Gambel's Quail 87
Wild Turkey 88
Greater Sage-Grouse 89
Dusky Grouse 90
Ring-necked Pheasant 91
Pied-billed Grebe 92
Grebes
Eared Grebe 93
Western Grebe 94
Rock Pigeon 95
Pigeons • Doves • Cuckoos
Band-tailed Pigeon 96
Eurasian Collared-Dove 97
Inca Dove 98
Common Ground Dove 99
White-winged Dove 100
Mourning Dove 101
Greater Roadrunner 102
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 103
Lesser Nighthawk 104
Nightjars
Common Nighthawk 105
Chimney Swift 106
Swifts • Hummingbirds
White-throated Swift 107
Black-chinned Hummingbird 108
Anna's Hummingbird 109
Costa's Hummingbird 110
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 111
Calliope Hummingbird 112
Rufous Hummingbird 113
Sora 114
Rails • Gallinules • Coots
Common Gallinule 115
American Coot 116
Sandhill Crane 117
Cranes • Stilts
Black-necked Stilt 118
Killdeer 119
Plovers • Sandpipers
Long-billed Curlew 120
Western Sandpiper 121
Spotted Sandpiper 122
Willet 123
Franklin's Gull 124
Gulls • Terns
Ring-billed Gull 125
California Gull 126
Herring Gull 127
Forster's Tern 128
Neotropic Cormorant 129
Cormorants • Pelicans
Double-crested Cormorant 130
American White Pelican 131
Great Blue Heron 132
Herons • Ibises
Great Egret 133
Snowy Egret 134
Cattle Egret 135
Green Heron 136
Black-crowned Night-Heron 137
White-faced Ibis 138
Black Vulture 139
Vultures
Turkey Vulture 140
Osprey 141
Kites • Hawks • Eagles
Golden Eagle 142
Mississippi Kite 143
Northern Harrier 144
Cooper's Hawk 145
Bald Eagle 146
Harris's Hawk 147
Swainson's Hawk 148
Red-tailed Hawk 149
Rough-legged Hawk 150
Western Screech-Owl 151
Owls
Great Horned Owl 152
Burrowing Owl 153
Belted Kingfisher 154
Kingfishers
Red-naped Sapsucker 155
Woodpeckers
Red-headed Woodpecker 156
Acorn Woodpecker 157
Gila Woodpecker 158
Downy Woodpecker 159
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 160
Woodpeckers
Hairy Woodpecker 161
Northern Flicker 162
Gilded Flicker 163
Crested Caracara 164
Falcons
American Kestrel 165
Peregrine Falcon 166
Western Wood Pewee 167
Tyrant Flycatchers
Least Flycatcher 168
Black Phoebe 169
Say's Phoebe 170
Vermilion Flycatcher 171
Ash-throated Flycatcher 172
Western Kingbird 173
Eastern Kingbird 174
Warbling Vireo 175
Vireos
Loggerhead Shrike 176
Shrikes
Northern Shrike 177
Canada Jay 178
Jays • Magpies • Crows
Pinyon Jay 179
Steller's Jay 180
Blue Jay 181
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 182
Black-billed Magpie 183
Clark's Nutcracker 184
American Crow 185
Common Raven 186
Black-capped Chickadee 187
Chickadees • Titmice
Mountain Chickadee 188
Juniper Titmouse 189
Verdin 190
Verdins
Horned Lark 191
Larks
Purple Martin 192
Swallows
Tree Swallow 193
Violet-green Swallow 194
Barn Swallow 195
Cliff Swallow 196
Bushtit 197
Bushtits
Golden-crowned Kinglet 198
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 199
Red-breasted Nuthatch 200
Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatch 201
Nuthatches
Pygmy Nuthatch 202
Brown Creeper 203
Creepers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 204
Gnatcatchers
Rock Wren 205
Wrens
Canyon Wren 206
House Wren 207
Bewick's Wren 208
Cactus Wren 209
American Dipper 210
Dippers
European Starling 211
Starlings
Gray Catbird 212
Catbirds
Curve-billed Thrasher 213
Thrashers • Mockingbirds
Brown Thrasher 214
Northern Mockingbird 215
Eastern Bluebird 216
Thrushes
Western Bluebird 217
Mountain Bluebird 218
Townsend's Solitaire 219
Hermit Thrush 220
American Robin 221
Cedar Waxwing 222
Waxwings
Phainopepla 223
Silky-Flycatchers
House Sparrow 224
Old World Sparrows
Evening Grosbeak 225
Finches • Crossbills
House Finch 226
Cassin's Finch 227
Red Crossbill 228
Pine Siskin 229
Lesser Goldfinch 230
Lawrence's Goldfinch 231
American Goldfinch 232
Black-throated Sparrow 233
Sparrows • Juncos • Towhees
Lark Sparrow 234
Lark Bunting 235
Chipping Sparrow 236
Brewer's Sparrow 237
Fox Sparrow 238
Dark-eyed Junco 239
White-crowned Sparrow 240
White-throated Sparrow 241
Savannah Sparrow 242
Sparrows • Juncos • Towheels
Song Sparrow 243
Lincoln's Sparrow 244
Canyon Towhee 245
Abert's Towhee 246
Rufous-crowned Sparrow 247
Green-tailed Towhee 248
Spotted Towhee 249
Yellow-breasted Chat 250
Blackbirds • Orioles • Grackles
Yellow-headed Blackbird 251
Western Meadowlark 252
Eastern Meadowlark (Lilian's) 253
Hooded Oriole 254
Bullock's Oriole 255
Red-winged Blackbird 256
Bronzed Cowbird 257
Brown-headed Cowbird 258
Brewer's Blackbird 259
Common Grackle 260
Great-tailed Grackle 261
Orange-crowned Warbler 262
Wood-Warblers
Common Yellowthroat 263
Yellow Warbler 264
Yellow-rumped Warbler 265
Wilson's Warbler 266
Summer Tanager 267
Cardinals • Grosbeaks • Buntings
Western Tanager 268
Northern Cardinal 269
Pyrrhuloxia 270
Black-headed Grosbeak 271
Blue Grosbeak 272
Lazuli Bunting 273
Indigo Bunting 274
Photo Credits 275
Index 279
Acknowledgments 283