All About Backyard Birds- Eastern & Central North America
Phoenix St. Claire Publishing, LLC (Verlag)
978-1-943645-04-6 (ISBN)
All About Backyard Birds delivers best-in-class content and proven user-friendly formats. Each regional version-eastern/central North America and western North America-provides 120 of the most popular species and is filled with beautiful illustrations by Pedro Fernandes. With charts, maps, and other bird identification tools, All About Backyard Birds offers beginner birders the ideal way to start birding.
All About Backyard Birds also includes a tutorial for MERLIN (R), an interactive GPS-based bird identification multimedia app (available in iTunes and Android stores and already used by more than 1 million birders), plus a FREE Bird QR book companion app. The app empowers users with a tap-to-listen birdsong function and gives more information about special topics throughout the book.
As with all Cornell Lab Publishing Group books, a portion of the net proceeds from the sale of All About Backyard Birds goes directly to the Cornell Lab to support projects, including children's educational and community programs.
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a world leader in the study, appreciation, and conservation of birds. Its hallmarks are scientific excellence and technological innovation to advance the understanding of nature and to engage people of all ages in learning about birds and protecting the planet. Founded in 1915, the Cornell Lab is a nonprofit organization with a vibrant community that includes 400,000 citizen-science participants from all walks of life and 14 million bird enthusiasts of all ages who connect online at AllAboutBirds.org Pedro Fernandes is a freelance wildlife illustrator. Born in Lisbon, Pedro earned a degree in Earth Sciences, and later studied Science Illustration at the University of California, Santa Cruz and at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. As a child, Pedro wanted to be a condor when he grew up. Having failed at that, he settled for becoming a wildlife illustrator. He loves watching birds, drawing birds, and going places to see birds his pretext to explore the natural world and an endless source of amazement and discovery. Pedro lives in Morocco.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
How to Use This Book
Getting Started
Bird QR Book Companion App
Birding 101
Bird Identication
Merlin (R) Bird ID App
The Right Stu ff
Listening to Birds
Photographing Birds
Attracting Birds to Your Backyard
Birdscaping
Bird Feeders
Bird Food
Water Sources
Nest Boxes
Getting Involved
Citizen Science
Recording Birds & eBird
Project FeederWatch
NestWatch
Celebrate Urban Birds
Great Backyard Bird Count
Habitat Network
Guide to Eastern & Central Species
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Northern Bobwhite
Ring-necked Pheasant
Wild Turkey
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Belted Kingsher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
House Wren
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Ovenbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Yellow Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Eastern Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
Purple Finch
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
American Goldnch
House Sparrow
About the Cornell Lab
About the Writing Team
About the Artist
Acknowledgments
Photo Credits
References
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 12.04.2017 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cornell Lab of Ornithology |
| Illustrationen | All About Backyard Birds Pedro Fernandes |
| Zusatzinfo | 148 color illus. + 120 plates |
| Verlagsort | Apex, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 117 x 206 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer |
| Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-943645-04-3 / 1943645043 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-943645-04-6 / 9781943645046 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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