Gulls to Dippers (The Audubon Society Master Guide to Birding, Volume 2)
John Farrand
Language: English
Pages: 395
ISBN: 2:00190122
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Scanned PDF 300ppi
Vol 1 - http://bibliotik.org/torrents/172579
Vol 3 - http://bibliotik.org/torrents/190123
An advanced field handbook to the birds of North America: text by 61 key experts, with their personal secrets for identifying particular species with hundreds of color photographs and paintings. The first guide based on the new classification of the American Ornithologist's Union.
Volume 2 contains:
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers, Auks, Pigeons and Doves, Parrots, Cuckoos, Barn-Owls, Typical Owls, Nightjars, Swifts, Hummingbirds, Trogons, Hoopoes, Kingfishers, Woodpeckers, Tyrant-Flycatchers, Larks, Swallows, Jays and Crows, Titmice, Verdins, Bushtits, Nuthatches, Creepers, Bulbuls, Wrens, Dippers
inter, the heads of more northerly birds are lightly marked with dusky coloring. The thick, bulbous bill of the adult is Yellow-footed Gull V * 1 -d T ^ w ijte Second-w inter bird I. ■ ■I. It. Dark gray mantle. White underparts. Mack band on tail. Yellow legs. 2 First-w inter bird I Ideeper bill than Western Gull's. White underparts. ■I. Some dark gray feathers on mantle. P inkish legs. First-w inter bird /. Thick bill. J. Mottled gray-brown underparts. ■I. Mottled gray-broum
streaks especially heavy and regularly spaced on throat and upper breast, less so on belly. E ar tufts conspicuous. Eyes yellow; eyebrows and lores white; outer edge of whitish facial disk has broad black stripe that continues onto throat. Toes feathered. Red morph: deep cinnamon-rufous above with narrow black streaks; underparts white with dark streaks and wide rufous crossbar markings. Tail rufous, faintly barred with brown; wings rufous or reddish-brown with 2 rows of white spots and some
useful identification information, followed by the following sections: Description The description begins with the approximate length of the bird both in inches and in centimeters. The bird’s shape, color, and pattern are described, and where necessary, several different plumages are discussed, along with other features th at vary in importance, depending on the bird. (For example, bill color may clinch identification of one species, but be of only very minor interest in another.) Geographical
Charles T. Collins Vaux’s Swift Chaetura vauxi The w estern equivalent of the Chimney Swift, Vaux’s occurs more frequently in forested areas, breeding in hollow trees or snags. Description 4V2" (11.5 cm). Slim with narrow, swept-back wings; mostly dark brown, paler below, particularly on throat and upper breast. Voice Similar to Chimney Swift’s but slightly higher-pitched. Similar Species Chimney Swift slightly larger, usually more uniform brown; Vaux’s lighter grayish-brown on belly, distinctly
ite wing patches Color and pattern are important, too. The brilliant red of a male Northern Cardinal is often one’s first clue to the identity of this bird, visible before its conical bill can be seen and before one is familiar with its distinctive, tail-pumping flight. The solid blue of male Indigo Buntings and Mountain Bluebirds at once sets these birds apart from all others. In much of the continent, a flash of bright orange and black in the treetops can instantly be called a N orthern