All about Birds : Northwest US and Canada.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Author.

Cornell University. Laboratory of Ornithology.

Series:

Regional field guide series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 pages)

Other Title:

All About Birds Northwest

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2022.

Summary:

The perfect guide to the birds of the northwestern United States and western 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 northwestern United States and western 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 213 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 northwestern USA and western Canada edition of All About Birds is easy to use and easy to share.This volume features the following states, provinces, and territories: Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, British Columbia, Yukon, western Northwest Territories.Descriptions of 213 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

Brant

Canada Goose

Trumpeter Swan

Wood Duck

Northern Shoveler

Gadwall

American Wigeon

Mallard

Northern Pintail

Canvasback

Redhead

Greater Scaup

Lesser Scaup

Harlequin Duck

Ruddy Duck

California Quail / QUAIL TURKEY GROUSE

Wild Turkey

Ruffed Grouse

Spruce Grouse

Greater Sage-Grouse

Dusky Grouse

Sooty Grouse

Ring-necked Pheasant

Chukar

Pied-billed Grebe / GREBES

Red-necked Grebe

Eared Grebe

Western Grebe

Rock Pigeon / PIGEONS DOVES

Band-tailed Pigeon

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Mourning Dove

Common Nighthawk / NIGHTJARS

Chimney Swift / SWIFTS HUMMINGBIRDS

White-throated Swift

Black-chinned Hummingbird

Anna's Hummingbird

Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Calliope Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

Allen's Hummingbird

Sora / RAILS COOTS

American Coot

Sandhill Crane / CRANES STILTS OYSTERCATCHERS

Black-necked Stilt

Black Oystercatcher

Black-bellied Plover / PLOVERS SANDPIPERS

Killdeer

Upland Sandpiper

Long-billed Curlew

Marbled Godwit

Ruddy Turnstone

Sanderling

Western Sandpiper

Spotted Sandpiper

Willet.

Common Murre / MURRES AUKS

Pigeon Guillemot

Black-legged Kittiwake / GULLS TERNS

Franklin's Gull

Heermann's Gull

Mew Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Western Gull

California Gull

Herring Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Glaucous Gull

Caspian Tern

Black Tern

Forster's Tern

Red-throated Loon / LOONS

Common Loon

Brandt's Cormorant / CORMORANTS PELICANS

Double-crested Cormorant

American White Pelican

Brown Pelican

Great Blue Heron / HERONS IBISES

Great Egret

Green Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

White-faced Ibis

Turkey Vulture / VULTURES

Osprey / KITES HAWKS EAGLES

Golden Eagle

Northern Harrier

Cooper's Hawk

Bald Eagle

Red-shouldered Hawk

Swainson's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Rough-legged Hawk

Western Screech-Owl / OWLS

Great Horned Owl

Burrowing Owl

Barred Owl

Great Gray Owl

Belted Kingfisher / KINGFISHERS

Red-naped Sapsucker / WOODPECKERS

Red-breasted Sapsucker

Acorn Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

White-headed Woodpecker

Pileated Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

American Kestrel / FALCONS

Peregrine Falcon

Western Wood-Pewee / TYRANT FLYCATCHERS

Least Flycatcher

Black Phoebe

Say's Phoebe

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Western Kingbird

Eastern Kingbird

Warbling Vireo / VIREOS

Red-eyed Vireo

Loggerhead Shrike / SHRIKES

Northern Shrike

Canada Jay / JAYS MAGPIES CROWS

Pinyon Jay

Steller's Jay

Blue Jay

California Scrub-Jay

Black-billed Magpie

Clark's Nutcracker

American Crow

Common Raven

Black-capped Chickadee / CHICKADEES TITMICE

Mountain Chickadee

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Boreal Chickadee

Oak Titmouse

Juniper Titmouse

Horned Lark / LARKS

Purple Martin / SWALLOWS

Tree Swallow

Violet-green Swallow

Barn Swallow.

Cliff Swallow

Bushtit / BUSHTITS

Wrentit / WRENTITS

Golden-crowned Kinglet / KINGLETS

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Red-breasted Nuthatch / NUTHATCHES

White-breasted Nuthatch

Pygmy Nuthatch

Brown Creeper / CREEPERS

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher / GNATCATCHERS

Rock Wren / WRENS

Canyon Wren

House Wren

Pacific Wren

Bewick's Wren

American Dipper / DIPPERS

European Starling / STARLINGS

Gray Catbird / CATBIRD

Western Bluebird / THRUSHES

Mountain Bluebird

Townsend's Solitaire

Varied Thrush

Swainson's Thrush

Hermit Thrush

American Robin

Bohemian Waxwing / WAXWINGS

Cedar Waxwing

House Sparrow / OLD WORLD SPARROWS

Evening Grosbeak / FINCHES CROSSBILLS

Pine Grosbeak

House Finch

Purple Finch

Cassin's Finch

Common Redpoll

Red Crossbill

Pine Siskin

Lesser Goldfinch

American Goldfinch

Grasshopper Sparrow / SPARROWS JUNCOS TOWHEES

Black-throated Sparrow

Lark Sparrow

Lark Bunting

Chipping Sparrow

Brewer's Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

American Tree Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

White-crowned Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

Green-tailed Towhee

Spotted Towhee

Yellow-breasted Chat / BLACKBIRDS ORIOLES GRACKLES

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Bobolink

Western Meadowlark

Bullock's Oriole

Red-winged Blackbird

Brown-headed Cowbird

Brewer's Blackbird

Common Grackle

Orange-crowned Warbler / WOOD-WARBLERS

Common Yellowthroat

Yellow Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Townsend's Warbler

Wilson's Warbler

Western Tanager / TANAGERS GROSBEAKS BUNTINGS

Black-headed Grosbeak

Lazuli Bunting

Image Credits

Index

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-691-23009-9

OCLC:

1289372350