Feathered Marvels

Dominic F. Sherony served as a member of the New York State Avian Records Committee for eleven years, and has published and lectured across the United States on various avian subjects. He lives in Rochester, New York. Randi Minetor is a full-time author of more than 80 books including birding field guides. She lives in Fairport, New York.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Part I—Birds in the Distant Past
 1. Birds in the Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods
 2. Birds in the Paleogene Period
Part II—The Lives of Birds
 3. Adaptation and Diversity
 4. How Birds Are Different
 5. Breeding
 6. Flight and Migration
 7. Vagrancy and Dispersal
Part III—Extraordinary Birds
 8. The Megafauna of the Avian World
 9. Hoatzin: A Window Into the Past
10. Unusual Birds
Part IV—An Overview of Birds and Their Habitats
11. The Classification of Birds
12. Perching Birds and Forest Habitats
13. Flycatchers
14. Hawaiian Honeycreepers: Adaptive Radiation
15. Grassland Birds
16. Nectar-Feeding Birds
17. Wetland Birds
18. Seed–and Fruit-Eating Birds
19. Trogons
20. Oceanic Birds
21. Shorebirds
22. Birds of Prey
Part V—Birds in Our World: Today and In the Future
23. The Decline of Native Birds
24. Can We Support Environmental Conservation?
Appendix 1: Index of Latin Bird Names
Appendix 2: Glossary of Terms
References
Index