[PDF] Peterson Reference Guide To Bird Behavior eBook

Author : John Kricher
Publisher : Peterson Reference Guides
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 38,13 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Birds
ISBN : 1328787362

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A fascinating look at what birds do and why they do it Both casual and serious birdwatchers can take their skills to the next level with this detailed consideration of bird behavior. This book makes it possible to move beyond identifying birds to understanding some of the underpinning and meaning to what birds do, how they do it, and why they do it. Written in an easy-to-understand style, with an abundance of photos illustrating the behaviors, the book shows how flight, molt, migration, feeding, predation, social behavior, courtship, and nesting shape birds' behaviors. Birds are everywhere, and easy to observe; this introduction to elements of bird behavior will connect readers more intimately with these remarkable and beguilingly perceptive animals.

Author : Mark Elbroch
Publisher : Mariner Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,43 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Mammals
ISBN : 9780618883455

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A reference guide to the behavior of North American mammals.

Author : Rick Wright
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 40,9 MB
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0547973179

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Sparrows are as complicated as they are common. This is an essential guide to identifying 76 kinds, along with a fascinating history of human interactions with them. What, exactly, is a sparrow? All birders (and many non-birders) have essentially the same mental image of a pelican, a duck, or a flamingo, and a guide dedicated to waxwings or kingfishers would need nothing more than a sketch and a single sentence to satisfactorily identify its subject. Sparrows are harder to pin down. This book covers one family (Passerellidae), which includes towhees and juncos, and 76 members of the sparrow clan. Birds have a human history, too, beginning with their significance to native cultures and continuing through their discovery by science, their taxonomic fortunes and misfortunes, and their prospects for survival in a world with ever less space for wild creatures. This book includes not just facts and measurements, but stories—of how birds got their names and how they were discovered—of their entanglement with human history.

Author : Kevin T. Karlson
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 37,89 MB
Release : 2015-05-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0547527861

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A highly visual guide to identifying birds in the field based on the important, unchanging features of size, shape, structure, and behavior Birding is an extremely rewarding and fun hobby, but some situations can be frustrating or unsuccessful because of a variety of challenging viewing conditions. This guide to identifying birds offers the holistic “birding by impression” method, which not only helps with these difficult conditions, but also develops an efficient mental identification process using left- and right-brain skills. It begins with a conscious assessment of a bird’s unchanging physical characteristics, including general size, body shape, structural features (bill, legs, neck, and wings), and behavior. Using this approach, birders can quickly assess all birds and distinguish new and uncommon species from familiar ones. They can then examine more detailed field marks to fine-tune the identification. Rather than a traditional field guide, this book presents an interactive how-to approach to a more complete identification process.

Author : Scott Weidensaul
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 48,79 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0547840039

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"With detailed information about identification, calls, habitat, breeding, nesting, and behavior, this reference guide has the most up-to-date information about natural history, taxonomy, biology, ecology, migration and conservation status."--Book jacket.

Author : Casey McFarland
Publisher : Peterson Field Guides
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 14,79 MB
Release : 2021
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0544963385

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A comprehensive field guide to the nests and nesting behavior of North American birds Beyond being a simple reference book, the Peterson Field Guide to North American Bird Nests is a practical, educational, and intimate doorway to our continent's bird life. The diversity of nests and nesting strategies of birds reflect the unique biology and evolution of these charismatic animals. Unlike any other book currently on the market, this guide comprehensively incorporates nest design, breeding behavior, and habitat preferences of North American birds to provide the reader with a highly functional field resource and an engaging perspective of this sensitive part of a bird's life cycle.

Author : David Allen Sibley
Publisher : Alfred a Knopf Incorporated
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 40,96 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781400043866

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Provides basic information about the biology, life cycles, and behavior of birds, along with brief profiles of each of the eighty bird families in North America.

Author : Wenfei Tong
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 16,97 MB
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0691206007

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Presents engaging vignettes about the private lives of birds, from family life to coping with today's environments, all explained in an evolutionary context.

Author : Ken Behrens
Publisher : Mariner Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,38 MB
Release : 2013
Category : NATURE
ISBN : 9780547237398

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A guide that teaches birders how to effectively identify eastern waterbirds in flight using a method of identification that emphasizes birds' structure, behavior, and overall color.

Author : Roger Tory Peterson
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 44,43 MB
Release : 1999-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780395975145

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With more than 700 color paintings arranged by families for quick comparison of similar species, and with detailed information on range, habitat, size, and voice, this field guide describes and illustrates 1,038 species of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and El Salvador.