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Author:   Ted Beedy ,  Ed Pandolfino ,  Keith Hansen
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.043kg
ISBN:  

9780520274945

ISBN 10:   0520274946
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   17 June 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword Preface Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION ECOLOGICAL ZONES AND BIRD HABITATS RECENT TRENDS IN SIERRA BIRD POPULATIONS AND RANGES UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT SIERRA BIRDS BIRD CONSERVATION IN THE SIERRA Family and Species Accounts WATERFOWL * Anatidae QUAIL * Odontophoridae FOWL-LIKE BIRDS * Phasianidae LOONS * Gaviidae GREBES * Podicipedidae CORMORANTS * Phalacrocoracidae PELICANS * Pelecanidae HERONS AND RELATIVES * Ardeidae IBIS * Threskiornithidae NEW WORLD VULTURES * Cathartidae OSPREY * Pandionidae HAWKS AND RELATIVES * Accipitridae FALCONS * Falconidae RAILS AND RELATIVES * Rallidae CRANES * Gruidae PLOVERS * Charadriidae STILTS AND AVOCETS * Recurvirostridae SANDPIPERS AND RELATIVES * Scolopacidae GULLS AND TERNS * Laridae PIGEONS AND DOVES * Columbidae CUCKOOS AND ROADRUNNERS * Cuculidae BARN OWL * Tytonidae TYPICAL OWLS * Strigidae NIGHTHAWKS AND RELATIVES * Caprimulgidae SWIFTS * Apodidae HUMMINGBIRDS * Trochilidae KINGFISHERS * Alcedinidae WOODPECKERS * Picidae TYRANT FLYCATCHERS * Tyrannidae SHRIKES * Laniidae VIREOS * Vireonidae JAYS AND RELATIVES * Corvidae LARKS * Alaudidae SWALLOWS * Hirundinidae CHICKADEES AND TITMICE * Paridae VERDIN * Remizidae BUSHTIT * Aegithalidae NUTHATCHES * Sittidae CREEPERS * Certhiidae WRENS * Troglodytidae GNATCATCHERS * Polioptilidae DIPPERS * Cinclidae KINGLETS * Regulidae WRENTIT * Sylviidae THRUSHES AND RELATIVES * Turdidae MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS * Mimidae STARLINGS * Sturnidae PIPITS * Motacillidae WAXWINGS * Bombycillidae SILKY FLYCATCHERS * Ptilogonatidae WOOD-WARBLERS * Parulidae SPARROWS AND RELATIVES * Emberizidae GROSBEAKS AND RELATIVES * Cardinalidae BLACKBIRDS AND RELATIVES * Icteridae FINCHES AND RELATIVES * Fringillidae OLD WORLD SPARROWS * Passeridae Appendices 1 Checklist of Sierra Birds 2 Rare, Casual, and Accidental Birds of the Sierra Nevada 3 Methods Used to Determine Population Trends 4 Common and Scientific Names of Plant Species Glossary Bibliography Index of Common Names Index of Scientific Names About the Authors and Artist

Reviews

A thorough, accessible text embracing a massive and diverse region of California. . . . [The book] distills wisdom from many people who love both the avifauna and the high country and will inspire many of us to follow in their tracks. --Claire Peaslee West Marin County (06/27/2013)

""Presents the most up-to-date information available about the natural histories of birds of the Sierra Nevada."" The Union ""[This] book will deepen the experience of visits to the range for serious ornithologists and casual hikers alike."" BirdWatching ""A thorough, accessible text embracing a massive and diverse region of California... [The book] distills wisdom from many people who love both the avifauna and the high country and will inspire many of us to follow in their tracks."" -- Claire Peaslee West Marin County ""A book like Birds of the Sierra Nevada reaffirms your faith in how birding can dovetail with conservation, and in what birding can do for our collective sense of meaningful communion with nature."" Birding Magazine

Author Information

Edward C. Beedy was a co-author of Discovering Sierra Birds and has authored numerous technical publications and articles on Sierra birds. Edward R. Pandolfino is President of Western Field Ornithologists and a Regional Editor for Northern California for North American Birds. Keith Hansen is a professional bird artist who illustrated Discovering Sierra Birds, Distributional Checklist of North American Birds, Birds of Yosemite and the East Slope, California Wild Lands, A Guide to the Nature Conservancy Preserves, and The Natural History of the Point Reyes Peninsula, among other books.

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