Rare and elusive birds of North America / by William Burt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burt, William, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photography of birds--North America.

Photography of birds.

Rare birds--North America--Pictorial works.

Rare birds.

North America.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

208 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Universe Pub., 2001.

Summary:

For sixteen years, author and photographer William Burt has been on an uncommon mission. Every spring and summer since 1984, he has been in pursuit of the toughest of subjects: twenty of the least known, almost mythically elusive North American birds. Burt spent weeks in the field at a time, employing his own hand-built equipment and often revisiting sites, year after year in certain cases, to get the pictures he wanted. The end result is this collection of stunning photographs of these birds in the wild and the engaging stories behind capturing the images. This book contains over fifty remarkable photographs of these camera-shy birds. Additionally, it contains an appendix of thumbnail sketches about each of the birds featured in the book: where they can be found, their markings, and other unique characteristics. "Rare and elusive Birds of North America is a wonderful addition to the libraries of serious and armchair birders alike.

Contents:

The Birds 11

The Stories, and About the Book 13

Places 15

I. RAILS The Shadow Birds 15

Black Rail

Virginia Rail

King Rail

Clapper Rail

Yellow Rail

Sora

II. Bitterns The Other Marsh Magicians 58

Least Bittern

American Bittern

III. Meadows Mystery Birds 74

Henslow's Sparrow

Sedge Wren

IV. Grass, Sky, Song Two Wisps Of The Plains Past 90

Baird's Sparrow

Sprague's Pipit

V. NIGHTJARS Those Voices, and Those Eyes 112

Common Parauque

Whip-poor-will

Chuck-will's-widow

Common Poor-will

VI. Some Warblers Some Nasty Places 138

Swainson's Warbler

Yellow-breasted Chat

VII. BOGS Some Lovely Places 162

Connecticut Warbler

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

What Worked, and What Did Not 187

Blinds, Nests, and Concern for the Birds 190

Cameras, Films, Etcetera 192

Black Rail [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Virginia Rail [6]

Clapper Rail [7, 8]

King Rail [9, 10, 11, 12]

Yellow Rail [13, 14, 15]

Sora [16]

Least Bittern [17, 18, 19, 20]

American Bittern [21, 22, 23]

Henslow's Sparrow [24, 25, 26]

Sedge Wren [27, 28]

Baird's Sparrow [29, 30, 31]

Sprague's Pipit [32, 33]

Common Pauraque [34, 35]

Whip-poor-will [36]

Chuck-will's-widow [37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43]

Common Poor-will [44, 45, 46]

Swainson's Warbler [47, 48, 49]

Yellow-breasted Chat [50, 51, 52, 53]

Connecticut Warbler [54]

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher [55, 56, 57].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0789306387

OCLC:

47050342