| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
360 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Learn about 320 of Michigan's most abundant or notable bird species. Full-color illustrations complement detailed accounts that cover habitat, nesting, feeding, voice, best sites for viewing and similar species and include a range map. A Quick Reference Guide organizes the species into color-coded family groupings. The book also includes a glossary of terms, checklist, appendix of accidental species and separate indexes for scientific and common names. |
| Contents |
Loons, grebes, pelicans, cormorants -- Herons, egrets, vultures -- Geese, swans, ducks -- Ospreys, hawks, eagles, falcons -- Pheasants, grouse, turkeys, quails -- Rails, coots, cranes -- Plovers, sandpipers, phalaropes -- Jaegers, gulls, terns -- Doves, cuckoos -- Owls -- Nighthawks, swifts, hummingbirds, kingfishers -- Woodpeckers, sapsuckers, flickers -- Flycatchers, wood-pewees, phoebes, kingbirds -- Shrikes, vireos -- Jays, crows, ravens -- Larks, martins, swallows -- Chickadees, titmice, nuthatches, creepers, wrens -- Kinglets, bluebirds, thrushes, robins -- Mimics, starlings, pipits, waxwings -- Wood-warblers, yellowthroats, chats, tanagers -- Sparrows, juncos, longspurs, grosbeaks, buntings -- Blackbirds, meadowlarks, grackles, cowbirds, orioles -- Finches, crossbills, redpolls, grosbeaks, Eurasian sparrows -- Appendix of occasional bird species. |
| Subject(S) |
Birds -- Michigan -- Identification.
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| Added Name(S) |
Kennedy, Gregory, 1956- author.
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Nordhagen, Ted, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9780986786280 |
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0986786284 |
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