Langbeschreibung
Documentary photography and intriguing facts provide a close encounter with the domestic lives of North American birds found in backyards, city neighborhoods, forests, fields, and waterways, from first flirtation to the final fledgling's departure from the nest.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part One The Facts of Bird Life Courting and Mating Enter the Egg Nesting and ParentingPart Two The Family Lives of Selected Species Mallard Great Blue Heron Red-Tailed Hawk, Bald Eagle, and Turkey Vulture Killdeer Herring Gull Rock Pigeon and Mourning Dove Great Horned Owl Hummingbirds Woodpeckers Peregrine Falcon Phoebes Blue Jay American Crow Tree and Barn Swallows Chickadees and Nuthatches House Wren Bluebirds and Robins Northern Mockingbird Cedar Waxwing Yellow Warbler Chipping Sparrow Tanagers Northern Cardinal Blackbirds and Orioles American GoldfinchAppendix Nesting Facts at a Glance Glossary Acknowledgements Index