Western birds

Farrand, John, Jr., 1937-1994.

Book 1988

"Western Birds covers every breeding species west of the Rockies, with photographic flight comparisons, 1,314 color photographs and 168 drawings. The book includes picture-and-text accounts of over 460 species, with easy-to-remember field marks that use the unique How to Identify Birds method created by John Farrand, Jr.

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ISBN:

9780070199774
0070199779

Description:

xvi, 484 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Notes:

"A Chanticleer Press edition."
Includes index

Contents:

Introduction
New approach to birding
Bird groups
Guide to Birds
Gulls
Terns
Jaegers and Skuas
Tropicbirds
Storm-petrels
Shearwaters
Albatrosses
Boobies
Auks
Pelicans
Cormorants
Loons
Grebes
Ducks
Swans
Geese
Rails
Shorebirds
Long-legged waders
Pigeons and doves
Chicken like birds
Greater roadrunner
Raptors
Owls
Nightjars
Swifts and swallows
Cuckoos
Kingfishers and Elegant trogon
Pipits and longspurs
Larks
Meadowlarks
Orioles
Blackbirds and European Starling
Crows and ravens
Magpies
Clark's nutcracker
Jays
Crested Myna
Phainopepla
Waxwings
Shrikes
Buntings
Hummingbirds
Woodpeckers
Nuthatches
Brown creeper
Wrens
American Dipper
Titmice
Chickadees
Verdin and bushtit
Kinglets
Warblers and vireos
Wren tit
Gnatcatchers
Waterthrushes
Flycatchers
Thrashers
Thrushes
Northern mockingbird
Gray catbird
Bluebirds
Grosbeaks, tanagers, and finches
Sparrows, Towhees, and juncos
Dickcissel
Appendices
Credits
Index

LCCN:

87003425

Control Number:

32549

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