Field Guide to the Neighborhood Birds of New York City
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4214-1617-5 (ISBN)
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The hundreds of stunning photographs by Beth Bergman and gorgeous illustrations by Trudy Smoke will help you identify the ninety avian species commonly seen in New York. Once you enter the world of the city's birds, life in the great metropolis will never look the same.
Leslie Day is a New York City naturalist and the author of Field Guide to the Natural World of New York City and Field Guide to the Street Trees of New York City, also published by Johns Hopkins. Dr. Day taught environmental science and biology for more than twenty years. Today, she leads nature tours in New York City Parks for the New York Historical Society, the High Line Park, Fort Tryon Park Trust, Riverside Park Conservancy, and New York City Audubon. Trudy Smoke is a professor of linguistics and rhetoric at Hunter College, City University of New York and a nature illustrator. She is the illustrator of Field Guide to the Street Trees of New York City. Beth Bergman is a photographer for the Metropolitan Opera who has been documenting nature for forty-one years. Her photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, Newsweek, New York Magazine, Opera News, and Paris Match.
Foreword, by Don Riepe
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Illustrated Bird, Wing, and Feather Anatomy
2. Bird Terminology
3. Birds
Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Waterfowl
Brant Goose
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard Duck
Bufflehead Duck
Northern Shoveler
Ruddy Duck
Wood Duck
Hooded Merganser
Gulls and Terns
Ring-billed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Common Tern
Wading Birds
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
Shorebirds
American Oystercatcher
American Woodcock
Spotted Sandpiper
Ground Birds
Wild Turkey
Hawks
Red-tailed Hawk
Osprey
Cooper's Hawk
Falcons
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Owls
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Parrots
Monk Parakeet
Doves
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Woodpeckers
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Flycatchers
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
Vireos
Red-eyed Vireo
Jays and Crows
Blue Jay
American Crow
Swallows
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Chickadees, Titmice, Nuthatches, and Creepers
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Wrens
House Wren
Carolina Wren
Kinglets
Golden-crownedKinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Thrushes
Veery
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Mimids
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Starlings
European Starling
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
Warblers
Ovenbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Sparrows
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Cardinals, Tanagers, and Grosbeaks
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blackbirds and Orioles
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
Finches and Old World Sparrows
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Birding Organizations and Resources
Birding Hotspots
Bibliography
Photography Credits
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 25.9.2015 |
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Illustrationen | Trudy Smoke, Beth Bergman |
Zusatzinfo | 354 Illustrations, color; 61 Plates, color |
Verlagsort | Baltimore, MD |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 133 x 210 mm |
Gewicht | 771 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4214-1617-4 / 1421416174 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4214-1617-5 / 9781421416175 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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