An Illustrated Guide to the Common Birds of Cape Cod
Over 140 beautifully rendered color illustrations of common Cape Cod birds with species accounts that include locations where they may be found by birders. The informative text provides helpful advice on the best bird watching techniques and six field trips focusing on different environments and the species that populate them. These field trip locations include “Woodland in Spring and Summer,” “Waterfowl of Freshwater Lakes and Ponds,” “Common Birds of the Salt Marsh,” “Shorebirds of the Tidal Flats in Late Summer, Fall and Winter Migrants on Salt Water,” and “Oceanic Birds.” While addressing the needs of beginning bird watchers, adults and children alike, there is useful information on locations and logistics that any bird lover may use. This simple-to-use field guide is an invaluable resource for birding on Cape Cod.
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An Illustrated Guide to the Common Birds of Cape Cod
Over 140 beautifully rendered color illustrations of common Cape Cod birds with species accounts that include locations where they may be found by birders. The informative text provides helpful advice on the best bird watching techniques and six field trips focusing on different environments and the species that populate them. These field trip locations include “Woodland in Spring and Summer,” “Waterfowl of Freshwater Lakes and Ponds,” “Common Birds of the Salt Marsh,” “Shorebirds of the Tidal Flats in Late Summer, Fall and Winter Migrants on Salt Water,” and “Oceanic Birds.” While addressing the needs of beginning bird watchers, adults and children alike, there is useful information on locations and logistics that any bird lover may use. This simple-to-use field guide is an invaluable resource for birding on Cape Cod.
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An Illustrated Guide to the Common Birds of Cape Cod

An Illustrated Guide to the Common Birds of Cape Cod

by Peter Trull
An Illustrated Guide to the Common Birds of Cape Cod

An Illustrated Guide to the Common Birds of Cape Cod

by Peter Trull

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Over 140 beautifully rendered color illustrations of common Cape Cod birds with species accounts that include locations where they may be found by birders. The informative text provides helpful advice on the best bird watching techniques and six field trips focusing on different environments and the species that populate them. These field trip locations include “Woodland in Spring and Summer,” “Waterfowl of Freshwater Lakes and Ponds,” “Common Birds of the Salt Marsh,” “Shorebirds of the Tidal Flats in Late Summer, Fall and Winter Migrants on Salt Water,” and “Oceanic Birds.” While addressing the needs of beginning bird watchers, adults and children alike, there is useful information on locations and logistics that any bird lover may use. This simple-to-use field guide is an invaluable resource for birding on Cape Cod.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780764338779
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date: 10/10/2011
Pages: 176
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Peter Trull is an experienced birder, lecturer, researcher, and author who has studied and loved birds since boyhood. He calls Brewster, Massachusetts on Cape Cod home.
Catherine E. Clark has been drawing and painting birds for more than 30 years. Her bird art originals, prints and note cards are collected by people around the world.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

1 How To See More Birds and Be a Better Birdwatcher 7

2 Accounts of Individual Species 17

Loons & Grebes 18

Shearwaters & Storm-Petrels 23

Gannets 27

Cormorants 28

Herons & Egrets 30

Swans & Geese 34

Ducks 37

Dabbling Ducks 38

Diving Ducks 45

Mergansers 54

Hawks, Ospreys, Eagles, & Vultures 57

Pheasant, Grouse, & Bobwhite 67

Rails 69

Shorebirds 70

Oystercatchers, Plovers, & Sandpipers 70

Gulls & Terns 86

Doves & Pigeons 94

Owl 96

Swift 100

Hummingbirds 101

Kingfishers 102

Woodpeckers 103

Flycatchers 107

Larks 111

Swallows 112

Jays & Crows 114

Chickadees & Titmice 116

Nuthatches..... 118

Kinglets & Gnatcatchers 120

Thrushes 123

Mimic Thrushes 126

Starlings 129

Vireos 130

Warblers 131

Warblers with Wing Bars 132

Warblers with No Wing Bars 139

Other Spring Warblers 144

Cardinals 146

Towhees 147

Sparrows & Wrens 148

Blackbirds 155

Orioles & Finches 158

3 Birding Tours on Cape Cod 162

Birds of the Woodlands, Spring and Summer 163

Waterfowl of Freshwater Lakes and Ponds 165

Common Birds of the Salt Marsh 168

Shorebirds of the Tidal Flats in late Summer 170

Fall and Winter Migrants on Salt Water 172

Oceanic Birds 174

Alphabetical Index 176

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