All about birds : California /
Leichter, Jill,editor.
Cornell University.Laboratory of Ornithology.
"Features fascinating details about the birds around you, useful bird ID tips, and handy bird-watching information. It presents full accounts of 218 species commonly seen in this popular state; 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"--
Includes index.
"From the #1 birding website AllAboutBirds.org"--Front cover
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Birding 101 -- Attracting birds to your yard -- Getting involved -- Guide to species. Geese, swans, ducks ; Quail, turkey, grouse ; Grebes ; Pigeons, doves, cuckoos ; Nightjars ; Swifts, hummingbirds ; Rails, gallinules, coots ; Cranes, stilts, oystercatchers ; Plovers, sandpipers ; Murres, auks ; Gulls, terns ; Skimmers ; Loons ; Cormorants, pelicans ; Herons, ibises ; Vultures ; Kites, hawks, eagles ; Owls ; Kingfishers ; Woodpeckers ; Falcons; Tyrant flycatchers ; Vireos ; Shrikes ; Jays, magpies, crows ; Chickadees, titmice ; Verdins ; Larks ; Swallows ; Bushtits ; Wrentits ; Kinglets ; Nuthatches ; Creepers ; Gnatcatchers ; Wrens ; Dippers ; Starlings ; Mockingbirds ; Thrushes ; Waxwings ; Silky-flycatchers ; Old world sparrows ; Finches, crossbills ; Sparrows, juncos, towhees ; Blackbirds, orioles, grackles ; Wood-warblers ; Tanagers, grosbeaks, buntings.
"Features fascinating details about the birds around you, useful bird ID tips, and handy bird-watching information. It presents full accounts of 218 species commonly seen in this popular state; 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"--
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