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Product InformationThis is the most complete and authoritative reference book about the birds of North America--up to date and in field-guide format. The Birder's Handbook is the first of its kind: a portable library of fascinating information not included in your identification guide. For each of the 646 species of birds that breed in North America, The Birder's Handbook will tell you at a glance: * Where the bird nests, and which sex(es) build(s) the nest; * How many eggs the bird lays, what they look like, which patent incubates and for how long, and how the young are cared for; * Food preferences and foraging habits. You will also find information about displays and mating, wintering, conservation status, and much more. In addition, The Birder's Handbook contains some 250 short essays covering all aspects of avian natural history. Product Identifiers
Publisher - Touchstone
ISBN-10 - 0671659898
ISBN-13 - 9780671659899
Product ID (ePID) - 808072
Product Key Features
Book Title - Birder's Handbook : Birder's Handbook
Format - Trade Paperback
Language - English
Topic - Encyclopedias, Birdwatching Guides, Animals / Birds
Publication Year - 1988
Genre - Nature, Reference
Number of Pages - 816 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length - 8.4in
Item Height - 1.8in
Item Width - 5.5in
Item Weight - 31.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number - Ql681.E37 1988
Reviews Thomas E. Lovejoy Smithsonian Institution Anyone who owns a field guide to the identification of North American birds will want The Birder's Handbook as a companion volume., Susan Roney Drennan Editor, American Birds A dizzyingly competent, extraordinarily readable, impeccably comprehensive and marvelously educational feat! Certainly mandatory reading for everyone even remotely curious about the birds they watch., Susan Roney Drennan Editor, American Birds A dizzyingly competent, extraordinarily readable, impeccably comprehensive and marvelously educational feat! Certainly mandatory reading for everyone even remotely curious about the birds they watch., Mercedes S. Foster Research Zoologist and Curator of Birds, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service The Birder's Handbook is a gold mine...that will greatly enhance the joys of watching birds., David S. Wilcove Ecologist, The Wilderness Society Field guides will help you to recognize birds. This book will help you to understand them....This book should be required reading for all birders, naturalists, and conservationists., Susan Roney Drennan Editor, American Birds A dizzyingly competent, extraordinarily readable, impeccably comprehensive and marvelously educational feat! Certainly mandatory reading for everyone even remotely curious about the birds they watch., Mercedes S. Foster Research Zoologist and Curator of Birds, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service The Birder's Handbook is a gold mine...that will greatly enhance the joys of watching birds., David S. Wilcove Ecologist, The Wilderness Society Field guides will help you to recognize birds. This book will help you to understand them....This book should be required reading for all birders, naturalists, and conservationists., Thomas E. Lovejoy Smithsonian Institution Anyone who owns a field guide to the identification of North American birds will want The Birder's Handbook as a companion volume., Thomas E. Lovejoy Smithsonian Institution Anyone who owns a field guide to the identification of North American birds will want The Birder's Handbook as a companion volume., Mercedes S. Foster Research Zoologist and Curator of Birds, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service The Birder's Handbook is a gold mine...that will greatly enhance the joys of watching birds. Table of Content Contents Introduction How to Use this Book Right-hand Pages -- Essays Left-hand Pages -- Species Treatments Treatment Heading Summary Line Treatment Paragraph Dealing with Uncertainty Key to Summary Lines Nest Location Nest Type Who Builds the Nest Eggs Mating system Incubating Sex Length of Incubation Development at Hatching Time from Hatching to Fledging Who Tends the Young Diet During Breeding Foraging Techniques Interpreting the Treatment Paragraphs Breeding Displays Nest Eggs Diet Conservation Notes Essays References Observing and Recording Bird Biology Species Treatments (Even-numbered Pages) Essays (Odd-numbered Pages) Appendices Hawaiian Bird Biology Feral Birds Pelagic Birds DNA and Passerine Classification North American Birds Omitted from the Species Treatments Acknowledgments Sources of Information Used in this Guide Bibliography Supplemental Bibliography Guide to Essay Topics Subject Index Index to North American Birds
Copyright Date - 1988
Target Audience - Trade
Lccn - 87-032404
Dewey Decimal - 598.297
Dewey Edition - 19
Illustrated - Yes
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