Birder's Handbook Birder's Handbook

Name: Birder's Handbook Birder's Handbook
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ISBN: 9780671659899

ISBN-10: 0671659898

ISBN-13: 9780671659899

Edition: 1988

Authors: Paul Ehrlich, David S. Dobkin, Darryl Wheye, Paul Ehrlich

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Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: Touchstone
Publication date: 6/15/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 816
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.44" long x 1.80" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English



Introduction


How to Use this Book


Right-hand Pages-Essays


Left-hand Pages-Species Treatments


Treatment Heading


Summary Line


Treatment Paragraph


Dealing with Uncertainty


Key to Summary Lines


Nest Location


Nest Type


Who Builds the Nest


Eggs


Mating System


Incubating Sex


Length of Incubation


Development at Hatching


Time from Hatching to Fledging


Who Tends the Young


Diet During Breeding


Foraging Techniques


Interpreting the Treatment Paragraphs


Breeding


Displays


Nest


Eggs


Diet


Conservation


Notes


Essays


References


Observing and Recording Bird Biology


Species Treatments (Even-numbered Pages)


Essays (Odd-numbered Pages)


Appendices


Hawaiian Bird Biology


Feral Birds


Pelagic Birds


DNA and Passerine Classification


North American Birds Omitted from the Species Treatments


Acknowledgments


Sources of Information Used in this Guide


Bibliography


Supplemental Bibliography


Guide to Essay Topics


Subject Index


Index to North American Birds