All about Birds : Midwest US and Canada.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Author.

Cornell University. Laboratory of Ornithology.

Series:

Regional field guide series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canada.

Middle West.

Genre:

field guides.

Field guides.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages)

Other Title:

All About Birds Midwest

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2022.

Summary:

The perfect guide to the birds of the midwestern United States and central Canada, from the #1 birding website AllAboutBirds.orgThe All About Birds Regional Guide Series brings birding enthusiasts the best information from the renowned Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s website, AllAboutBirds.org, used by more than 24 million people each year. These definitive books provide the most up-to-date resources and expert coverage on bird species throughout North America.This dynamic guide is the perfect companion for anyone interested in the birds of the midwestern United States and central Canada. The guide offers fascinating details about the birds around you, useful bird ID tips, and handy bird-watching information. It presents full accounts of the 221 bird species most commonly seen in these regions; beautiful photographs of male, female, and immature birds, as well as morphs, and breeding and nonbreeding plumage (so you can ID birds all year long); current range maps; and so much more. The midwestern USA and central Canada edition of All About Birds is easy to use and easy to share.This volume features the following states, provinces, and territories: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, western Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, central Nunavut, and eastern Northwest Territories.Descriptions of 221 bird species, including four photos for each bird chosen specifically for better ID and sourced from the Macaulay Library (a collection of bird photos from citizen scientists)Quick and easy index with illustrations on cover flaps, complete index at the backInformation on Cornell Lab citizen-science programs and how to participateBonus content includes identification best practices and tips on bird photography, birdscaping, food and feeding, and moreFree MERLIN Bird ID app (downloaded more than 5 million times) for quick ID in the wild using photos and birdsong

Contents:

Cover

Table of Contents

Introduction

Getting Started

Birding 101

Four Keys to Bird Identification

Using Field Marks to Identify Birds

Use Merlin to See the Possibilities

Tips for Beginning Bird Watchers

Listening to Birds

Photographing Birds

Digiscoping

Attracting Birds to Your Yard

Birdscaping

Bird Feeders

Feeder Placement &amp

Safety

Bird Food

Water Sources

Features of a Good Birdhouse

Getting Involved

Citizen Science

eBird

Great Backyard Bird Count

Bird Academy

Project FeederWatch

NestWatch

Celebrate Urban Birds

Seven Simple Actions to Help Birds

Guide to Species

Snow Goose / GEESE SWANS DUCKS

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Trumpeter Swan

Wood Duck

Blue-winged Teal

Northern Shoveler / GEESE DUCKS SWANS

Gadwall

American Wigeon

Mallard

American Black Duck

Northern Pintail

Canvasback

Redhead

Greater Scaup

Lesser Scaup

Ruddy Duck

Northern Bobwhite / QUAIL TURKEY GROUSE

Wild Turkey

Ruffed Grouse

Spruce Grouse

Ring-necked Pheasant

Pied-billed Grebe / GREBES

Red-necked Grebe

Eared Grebe

Western Grebe

Rock Pigeon / PIGEONS DOVES CUCKOOS

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Mourning Dove

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Black-billed Cuckoo

Common Nighthawk / NIGHTJARS

Chimney Swift / SWIFTS HUMMINGBIRDS

White-throated Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Sora / RAILS GALLINULES COOTS

Common Gallinule

American Coot

Sandhill Crane / CRANES STILTS

Black-necked Stilt

American Golden-Plover / PLOVERS SANDPIPERS

Killdeer

Upland Sandpiper

Long-billed Curlew

Marbled Godwit

Ruddy Turnstone

Sanderling

Spotted Sandpiper

Willet

Franklin's Gull / GULLS TERNS

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Glaucous Gull

Great Black-backed Gull.

Caspian Tern

Black Tern

Common Tern

Forster's Tern

Common Loon / LOONS

Double-crested Cormorant / CORMORANTS PELICANS

American White Pelican

Great Blue Heron / HERONS IBISES

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Little Blue Heron

Cattle Egret

Green Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

White-faced Ibis

Black Vulture / VULTURES

Turkey Vulture

Osprey / KITES HAWKS EAGLES

Golden Eagle

Mississippi Kite

Northern Harrier

Cooper's Hawk

Bald Eagle

Red-shouldered Hawk

Swainson's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Rough-legged Hawk

Eastern Screech-Owl / OWLS

Great Horned Owl

Snowy Owl

Burrowing Owl

Barred Owl

Great Gray Owl

Belted Kingfisher / KINGFISHERS

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker / WOODPECKERS

Red-headed Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Ladder-backed Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Pileated Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

American Kestrel / FALCONS

Peregrine Falcon

Western Wood-Pewee / TYRANT FLYCATCHERS

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Least Flycatcher

Eastern Phoebe

Say's Phoebe

Great Crested Flycatcher

Western Kingbird

Eastern Kingbird

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Yellow-throated Vireo / VIREOS

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Loggerhead Shrike / SHRIKES

Northern Shrike

Canada Jay / JAYS MAGPIES CROWS

Blue Jay

Black-billed Magpie

American Crow

Fish Crow

Common Raven

Carolina Chickadee / CHICKADEES TITMICE

Black-capped Chickadee

Boreal Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

Horned Lark / LARKS

Purple Martin / SWALLOWS

Tree Swallow

Violet-green Swallow

Barn Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Golden-crowned Kinglet / KINGLETS

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Red-breasted Nuthatch / NUTHATCHES

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper / CREEPERS

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher / GNATCATCHERS.

Rock Wren / WRENS

House Wren

Winter Wren

Carolina Wren

European Starling / STARLINGS

Gray Catbird / CATBIRDS

Brown Thrasher / THRASHERS MOCKINGBIRDS

Northern Mockingbird

Eastern Bluebird / THRUSHES

Mountain Bluebird

Townsend's Solitaire

Swainson's Thrush

Hermit Thrush

Wood Thrush

American Robin

Bohemian Waxwing / WAXWINGS

Cedar Waxwing

House Sparrow / OLD WORLD SPARROWS

Evening Grosbeak / FINCHES CROSSBILLS LONGSPURS

Pine Grosbeak

House Finch

Purple Finch

Common Redpoll

Hoary Redpoll

Red Crossbill

Pine Siskin

American Goldfinch

Lapland Longspur

Snow Bunting

Grasshopper Sparrow / SPARROWS JUNCOS TOWHEES

Lark Sparrow

Lark Bunting

Chipping Sparrow

Field Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

American Tree Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

White-crowned Sparrow

Harris's Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

Spotted Towhee

Eastern Towhee

Yellow-breasted Chat / BLACKBIRDS ORIOLES GRACKLES

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Bobolink

Western Meadowlark

Eastern Meadowlark

Orchard Oriole

Bullock's Oriole

Baltimore Oriole

Red-winged Blackbird

Brown-headed Cowbird

Brewer's Blackbird

Common Grackle

Great-tailed Grackle

Ovenbird / WOOD-WARBLERS

Black-and-white Warbler

Tennessee Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

American Redstart

Northern Parula

Magnolia Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Palm Warbler

Pine Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Yellow-throated Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Wilson's Warbler

Summer Tanager / CARDINALS GROSBEAKS BUNTINGS

Scarlet Tanager

Western Tanager

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

Black-headed Grosbeak

Blue Grosbeak

Lazuli Bunting

Indigo Bunting

Painted Bunting

Dickcissel

Photo Credits

Index

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-691-23008-0

OCLC:

1289366914