Author:

Gardner, Dana  Search this

Overcott, Nancy  Search this

Physical description:

xiv, 112 pages color illustrations 26 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Middle West

Date:

2007

Notes:

BIRD copy gift of Anne T. Graham

Contents:

Introduction -- Surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) -- Hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) -- Grater prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) -- Common loon (Gavia immer) -- American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) -- American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) -- Black-crowned and yellow-crowned night-herons (Nycticorax nycticorax and Nyctanassa violacea) -- White-faced ibis (Plegadis chihi) -- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) -- Red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) -- Swainson's hawk (Buteo swainsoni) -- Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) -- Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) -- Sora (Porzana carolina) -- Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) -- Whooping crane (Grus americana) -- Upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) -- Wilson's phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) -- Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) -- Northern hawk owl (Surnia ulula) -- Great gray owl (Strix nebulosa) -- Northern saw-whet owl (Aegolius acadicus) -- Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) -- Acadian flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) -- Northern shrike (Lanius excubitor) -- Philadelphia vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) -- Brown creeper (Certhia americana) -- Winter wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) -- Townsend's solitaire (Myadestes townsendi) -- Veery (Catharus fuscescens) -- Wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) -- Brown thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) -- Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) -- Blue-winged warbler (Vermivora pinus) -- Northern parula (Parula americana) -- Cerulean warbler (Dendroica cerulea) -- Prothonotary warbler (Protonotaria citrea) -- Louisiana waterthrush (Seiurus motacilla) -- Hooded warbler (Wilsonia citrina) -- Yellow-breasted chat (Icteria virens) -- Summer tanager (Piranga rubra) -- Lark sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) -- Henslow's sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii) -- Harris's sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) -- Snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) -- Dickcissel (Spiza americana) -- Eastern and western meadowlarks (Sturnella magna and sturnella neglecta) -- Pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) -- Red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) -- Evening grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) -- Recommended reading -- Index

Summary:

"Illustrator Dana Gardner and writer Nancy Overcott celebrate the rarer birds of the Upper Midwest and selected species that are uncommon because of dwindling populations, species that may be common elsewhere but not in the Upper Midwest, species that may be abundant one year and absent the next, and species that are usually present but are seldom seen. They pair watercolors of each species with text that portrays its life cycle, its vocalizations and appearance, and its habitat, food, and foraging methods as well as migration patterns and distribution. Throughout, Overcott's personable text is infused with the pleasures of her twenty-plus years of living and birding in Minnesota's Big Woods and her dedication to preserving natural resources, and Gardner's paintings - each a reminder of the rare qualities of these uncommon birds from this renowned illustrator of bird life worldwide - emphasize her call for conservation efforts. The annotated bibliography includes online information about national and international organizations that focus on birds or that affect birds through conservation, as well as information about a variety of books and journals for beginning to experienced birders"--Jacket

Topic:

Birds  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

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