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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
John Eastman |
ISBN: | 0811726991 9780811726993 |
OCLC Number: | 42291124 |
Description: | xvii, 297 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
Contents: | Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- ch. 1. Pheasant family -- Ring-necked pheasant -- Sharp-tailed grouse -- Greater prairie-chicken -- ch. 2. Northern bobwhite -- ch. 3. Typical owl family -- Snowy owl -- Short-eared owl -- ch. 4. Common nighthawk -- ch. 5. Sandpiper family -- Upland sandpiper -- Greater yellowlegs -- Spotted sandpiper -- ch. 6. Plover family -- Killdeer -- American golden-plover -- ch. 7. Gull family -- Ring-billed gull -- Herring gull -- Common tern -- ch. 8. Northern harrier -- ch. 9. Falcon family -- American kestrel -- Peregrine falcon -- ch. 10. Eastern kingbird -- ch. 11. Loggerhead and Northern shrikes -- ch. 12. Eastern bluebird -- ch. 13. Sedge wren -- ch. 14. Swallow family -- Tree swallow -- Bank swallow -- ch. 15. Horned lark. ch. 16. Finch family -- Common redpoll -- Subfamily emberizinae -- Sparrow-buntings -- Lapland longspur -- Snow bunting -- White-crowned sparrow -- Savannah sparrow -- Grasshopper sparrow -- American tree sparrow -- Clay-colored sparrow -- Field sparrow -- Vesper sparrow -- Wood warblers -- Blue-winger warbler -- Golden-winged warbler -- Prairie warbler -- Dickcissel -- Blackbirds -- Eastern meadowlark -- Bobolink -- Selected bibliography -- Index. |
Responsibility: | John Eastman ; illustrated by Amelia Hansen. |
Abstract:
A field guide which describes 42 common birds found in Eastern North America which includes information on their habitats, behavior, migration habits, evolutionary adaptations, and use in nature lore.
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