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A field guide to North American birders : a parody
Harmon, Margaret
Adult Nonfiction 817.54 H228
Harmon, Margaret
Adult Nonfiction 817.54 H228
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| Contents | Page |
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| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Map of North America | p. x |
| Part I - Birder-watching | |
| Using This Guide | p. 3 |
| Anatomy of a Birder | p. 5 |
| Birder Songs and Calls | p. 7 |
| Stages of a Birder | p. 10 |
| Birder Maturation | p. 12 |
| Attracting Birders to Your Yard | p. 13 |
| Identifying Birders | p. 15 |
| Part II - Birders Described and Illustrated | |
| Early Birder Podilymbus aurora | p. 18 |
| Worldwide Fulmar Fulmarus terrarum | p. 20 |
| Blue-shoed Booby Sula erratosa | p. 22 |
| Great Gracious Heron Ardea suaviloquens | p. 24 |
| Queen Eider Somateria regina | p. 26 |
| Family Mergansers Mergus familiellus | p. 28 |
| Car Plovers Charadrius sedentus | p. 30 |
| Loner Yellowlegs Tringa separata and Silent Sandpiper Calidris tacita | p. 32 |
| Napoleon's Gull Larus bonaparti | p. 34 |
| Medical Tern Sterna medica | p. 36 |
| Underemployed Razorbill Alca furiosa | p. 38 |
| Gregarious Eagle Aquila amica | p. 40 |
| Big Birder Haliaeetus felix | p. 42 |
| Thin-skinned Hawk Accipiter membrana | p. 44 |
| Competitive Falcon Falco competitor | p. 46 |
| Steadfast Quail Callipepla fida | p. 48 |
| Duhrect Dove Zenaida obliviosa | p. 50 |
| Greatest Roadrunner Geococcyx maximus | p. 52 |
| Great Helpful Owl Bubo adiutor | p. 54 |
| Theorying Owl Athene cogitatio | p. 56 |
| Tomboy Swift Chaetura libera | p. 58 |
| Ruby-lipped Hummingbird Archilochus caelestis | p. 60 |
| Paradoxical Woodpecker Melanerpes contrarius | p. 62 |
| Future Kingbird Tyrannus futurus | p. 64 |
| Frugal Phoebe Sayornis parsimonia | p. 66 |
| Opinionated Jay Cyanocitta opinionata | p. 68 |
| Host Wren Campylorhynchus hostus | p. 70 |
| Saturday Morning Kinglet Regulus satrapa saturdiurnalia | p. 72 |
| Audubon's Solitaire Myadestes auduboni | p. 74 |
| Laser-tongued Shrikes Lanius acerbus | p. 76 |
| Essential Mockingbird Mimus necessitas | p. 78 |
| Bavarian Waxwing Bombycilla elegans | p. 80 |
| Scope-weaseling Warbler Dendroica turnivora | p. 82 |
| Paintable Bunting Passerina pictura | p. 84 |
| Well-married Towhees Pipilo connubialis | p. 86 |
| Mystical Meadowlark Sturnella mystica | p. 88 |
| Mouse Finch Carpodacus timidus | p. 90 |
| Soiree Grosbeak Coccothraustes socialis | p. 92 |
| Part III - Support for the Serious Birder-watcher | |
| Getting Serious | p. 97 |
| Birder-watching Equipment | p. 98 |
| American Birder-watching Society (ABS) Code of Ethics | p. 101 |
| American Birder-watching Society Decal | p. 104 |
| American Birder-watching Society's Rules for Counting Birders | p. 105 |
| A Birder-watcher's Big Year | p. 107 |
| Prevention of Common Birder-watching Injuries | p. 108 |
| Conservation Note | p. 111 |
| North American Checklist of the American Birder-watching Society | p. 112 |
| Field Notes | p. 114 |
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