The Black-Capped Chickadee : Behavioral Ecology and Natural History / Susan Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Susan, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nature Guides & Natural History.

Local Subjects:

Nature Guides & Natural History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.) : 37 halftones

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A frequent visitor at the backyard feeder, the Black-capped Chickadee is one of the most familiar and popular of birds. It is found in an unusually large geographic area-from coast to coast in the northern two-thirds of the United States and in much of Canada. This book is the first comprehensive synthesis of published information about this tiny, tough bird.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

The Black-capped Chickadee and Related Species

1. General Natural History

2. Some Study Techniques

3. Food and Feeding

4. Communication

5. The Early Breeding Season

6. The Later Part of the Breeding Season

7. The Nonbreeding Season

8. Surviving the Winter

9. Survivorship and Population Dynamics

10. Future Research

Glossary

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

ISBN:

1-5017-3787-2

OCLC:

1143835918