The backyard birdsong guide : a guide to listening. Eastern and central North America / by Donald Kroodsma.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kroodsma, Donald, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birdsongs--North America.

Birdsongs.

Birds--Vocalization--North America.

Birds.

Songbirds--North America.

Songbirds.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 pages) : color illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Eastern and central North America

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : The Cornell Louisiana of Ornithology, [2008]

Summary:

Back by popular demand with more than 300,000 copies sold, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is proud to re-release the widely acclaimed and bestselling bird audio field guide series, Backyard Birdsongs, from award-winning Ornithologist and Author, Donald Kroodsma. Backyard Birdsongs is an interactive handbook of birds and their songs for beginning bird-watchers. With a touch-button electronic module housing common vocalizations of 75 species from across Eastern and Central North America, this volume offers a truly sensory way to identify and get to know local birds. Crisply detailed and scientifically accurate illustrations accompany each entry, and up-to-date range maps provide clear geographical reference points. Complete with an introduction to birdsongs that will inspire readers to look out their kitchen windows and venture out in the field, this unique book provides an exciting entryway into the subtle art of birding. This second edition includes a much-requested new Sound Track Index (to help make watching and listening to birds easier), and a download of the award-winning MERLIN™ Bird ID App available FREE on iTunes and Android stores (no code necessary). 35% of the net proceeds from the sale of Backyard Birdsongs supports projects at the Cornell Lab, such as children's educational and community programs.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

INTRODUCTION: THE WORLD OF BIRDSONG

Why Birds Sing

Where Each Bird Gets His Song

Songs and Calls

The Practice of Deep Listening

Where to Begin

SECTION 1: THE NON-PASSERINE GROUP

Ducks and Geese (Anatidae)

Canada Goose

Mallard

New World Quail (Odontophoridae)

Northern Bobwhite

Loons (Gaviidae)

Common Loon

Grebes (Podicipedidae)

Pied-billed Grebe

Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)

Red-tailed Hawk

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots (Rallidae)

Sora

Plovers (Charadriidae)

Killdeer

Sandpipers and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)

American Woodcock

Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Mourning Dove

Owls (Strigidae)

Great Horned Owl

Barred Owl

Goatsuckers (Caprimulgidae)

Whip-poor-will

Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)

Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers (Picidae)

Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers

Northern Flicker

SECTION 2: THE PASSERINE GROUP

Tyrant Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Willow Flycatcher

Eastern Phoebe

Great Crested Flycatcher

Eastern Kingbird

Vireos (Vireonidae)

White-eyed Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Jays and Crows (Corvidae)

Blue Jay

American Crow

Swallows (Hirundinidae)

Purple Martin

Chickadees and Titmice (Paridae)

Black-capped Chickadee

Carolina Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

Nuthatches (Sittidae)

White-breasted Nuthatch

Wrens (Troglodytidae)

Carolina Wren

House Wren

Winter Wren

Marsh Wren

Thrushes (Turdidae)

American Robin

Eastern Bluebird

Hermit Thrush

Wood Thrush

Veery

Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

Brown Thrasher

Starlings (Sturnidae)

European Starling

Waxwings (Bombycillidae)

Cedar Waxwing

Wood-Warblers (Parulidae)

Blue-winged Warbler.

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Ovenbird

Common Yellowthroat

Tanagers (Thraupidae)

Scarlet Tanager

Sparrows (Emberizidae)

Eastern Towhee

Chipping Sparrow

Field Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Song Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Buntings (Cardinalidae)

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Indigo Bunting

Blackbirds (Icteridae)

Bobolink

Red-winged Blackbird

Eastern Meadowlark

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

Baltimore Oriole

Finches (Fringillidae)

House Finch

American Goldfinch

Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)

House Sparrow

More Fun with Birdsong

Additional Listening and Reading Sources

References

Illustration Credits

Recording Credits

About the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

About the Artists

About the Author

Index

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

"Audio field guide"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 6, 2019).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-943645-16-7

OCLC:

1100015052