The Stokes Guide to Finches of the United States and Canada - Lillian Stokes, Matthew A. Young

The Stokes Guide to Finches of the United States and Canada

Buch | Softcover
352 Seiten
2024
Little, Brown & Company (Verlag)
978-0-316-41993-2 (ISBN)
21,85 inkl. MwSt
Learn all you need to know about identifying and attracting finches with this comprehensive and gloriously colourful field guide from America's foremost authorities on birds and nature.
Learn all you need to know about identifying and attracting finches with this comprehensive, gloriously colourful field guide from America's foremost authorities on birds and nature.

Following the extraordinary finch superflight of 2020-2021, birders across the country became obsessed with finches. With The Stokes Guide to Finches of the United States and Canada, you can gain expert knowledge on these beautiful birds and bring them into your own yard. This fully illustrated guide tells you all you need to know about attracting, observing, and protecting finches.


The book also includes:


- A special section on endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper finches, plus other rare and vagrant species
- Detailed identification information on each finch species' plumages, subspecies, and voice
- The most complete and up-to-date range maps, including maps of core occurrence and irruption ranges for all red crossbill call types, which have never before been published in a guide
- Complete life history information
- Tips on how to photograph finches
- Scientific studies on finch migrations and conservation
- More than 200 stunning full-colour photographs and over 50 range maps covering 43 species

Lillian Stokes and her husband Donald are widely recognized as America's foremost authorities on birds and nature. Their books include the bestselling Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America, the Stokes Field Guide to Birds, the Stokes Beginner's Guide to Birds, the Stokes Nature Guides, and the Stokes Backyard Nature Books. Lillian lives in New Hampshire. Matthew A. Young is is the President and Founder of the Finch Research Network (FiRN). For ten years he was a Regional Editor of the Kingbird, the state ornithological journal in New York, was an Adjunct Professor in Environmental Studies at SUNY-Cortland, and currently teaches Intro to Birding and Nature Observation classes for Cornell University and is the Board Chair at The Wetland Trust. He lives in New York.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 10.10.2024
Zusatzinfo 4/c throughout
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Naturführer
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
ISBN-10 0-316-41993-1 / 0316419931
ISBN-13 978-0-316-41993-2 / 9780316419932
Zustand Neuware
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