Birds in trouble
By: Lynn E. Barber
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781623493592
Subjects: Rare birds; Conservation; Birds
Description: "As oil was washing up on the shores of Louisiana, covering shorebirds and their nests and eggs after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Lynn Barber decided to write this book to heighten awareness, not only of the plight of bird species that are declining in numbers every year, but also of the ways in which the birds we see every day may also face the same fate. First explaining the idea of birds "in trouble"--and what that means in terms of population, conservation status, and national and international designations--the book then turns to the habitats that are important to birds, how they are affected by changes in these habitats, and what ordinary people can do to help counter those negative effects. Barber then profiles forty-two species that are in trouble in the United States, discussing the likely reasons why and what, if anything, we can do to improve their situations. Illustrated throughout with the author's signature bird art, the book closes with a reminder about what we can do to ensure that the birds we see every day in our yards, parks, and communities will remain with us."--Front flap.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The importance of bird habitat; title: What can be done to help birds; title: Species accounts of birds in trouble; title: Trumpeter swan; title: Gunnison sage-grouse and Greater sage-grouse; title: Greater prairie-chicken and Lesser prairie-chicken; title: Yellow-billed loon; title: Clark's grebe; title: Black-capped petrel and Bermuda petrel; title: Ashy storm-petrel; title: Reddish egret; title: Ferruginous hawk; title: Yellow rail and black rail; title: Whooping crane; title: Snowy plover and Piping plover; title: Mountain plover; title: Wandering tattler; title: Bristle-thighed curlew; title: Long-billed curlew; title: Hudsonian godwit; title: Red knot; title: Buff-breasted sandpiper; title: Kittlitz's murrelet, Xantus's murrelet (now Scripps's murrelet and Guadalupe murrelet) and Craveri's murrelet; title: Ivory gull; title: Flammulated owl; title: Spotted owl; title: Red-cockaded woodpecker; title: Red-crowned parrot; title: Black-capped vireo; title: Florida scrub-jay and Island scrub-jay; title: California gnatcatcher; title: Bicknell's thrush; title: McKay's bunting; title: Colima warbler; title: Kirtland's warbler; title: Cerulean warbler; title: Golden-cheeked warbler; title: Brown-capped rosy-finch and Black rosy-finch; title: Helping everyday birds; title: Appendix 1. Species population estimates; title: Appendix 2. Status of birds in trouble; title: Appendix 3. Status of birds under the Endangered Species Act.