The birds of Vancouver Island's west coast / Adrian Dorst.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dorst, Adrian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birds--British Columbia--Vancouver Island--Identification.

Birds.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (560 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver, British Columbia ; Toronto, [Ontario] : On Point Press, 2018.

Summary:

The west coast region of Vancouver Island encompasses mountainous terrain, rainforest, mudflats, and ragged coastlines that bear the brunt of storms spawned by an immense ocean. Remote and inaccessible to birders until well into the twentieth century, the rugged beauty of this “wild west coast,” attracts visitors from far and wide. And it also boasts a distinctive avian population that has made it one of Canada’s premier bird-watching destinations. The Birds of Vancouver Island’s West Coast is the essential guide to the region’s birds. It presents accounts of all of the species thus far recorded as occurring there – 360 in total – and updates the 231 species recorded up to 1978. Each account includes a brief introduction to the species and an overview of its total range. Key to the book’s detailed and authoritative accounts are first-hand observations and anecdotes recorded by the author over more than forty years. By far the most detailed and up-to-date account of the birds of this region, this book will inform, delight, and surprise amateur and professional birders alike.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

Regular Species

Accidental Species

Hypothetical Species

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed March 28, 2018).

ISBN:

0-7748-9012-6

OCLC:

1029504489