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The nests and eggs of all the common birds found west of the Mississippi are covered in detail - 520 species in all. More than 400 photographs show the nests and eggs in their typical habitats. Descriptive text includes color, shape, and number of eggs for each species, plus information on nesting materials, construction, and dimensions.
About the Author
Hal H. harrison, a retired newspaperman and lecturer, was the outdoor editor of the PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE for thirteen years, and for more than twenty years he lectured on outdoor adventures using his own color motion pictures. Mr. Harrison's stories and photographs have appeared in hundreds of magazines, newspapers, and books. He is the former president of the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania and the Brooks Bird Club of West Virginia and is a member of the American Ornithologists' Union and the Wilson Ornithological Society.
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Habitat: Permanent freshwater lakes, particularly those surrounded by undisturbed wilderness and bordered by marsh vegetation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
forb stalks, lined with rootlets, lined with fine grasses, blotched with reddish brown, unusual nesting sites, eggs indistinguishable, lined with finer grasses, breeding range, slight gloss, dotted with shades, blotched with browns, unmarked eggs, sexes excavate, decorated with lichens, reddish brown dots, bluish white eggs, bluish green eggs, sexes incubate, other phoebes, incubating bird, other teal, resembles nest, lined with hair, dotted with browns, pale bluish white Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Mexico, Black Hills, Field Guide, Brown-headed Cowbird, Rio Grande Valley, Guadalupe Mts, Nests East of the Mississippi River, American Robin, Gulf Coast, Mississippi Valley, Spanish Moss, Red-eyed Vireo, Song Sparrow, Yellow Warbler, Wood Duck, Great Crested Flycatcher, House Wren, Mourning Dove, Red-winged Blackbird, American Crow, Barn Swallow, Dusky Flycatcher, Gray Catbird, Gulf of Mexico, Wood Thrush New!
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Habitat: Permanent freshwater lakes, particularly those surrounded by undisturbed wilderness and bordered by marsh vegetation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
forb stalks, lined with rootlets, lined with fine grasses, blotched with reddish brown, unusual nesting sites, eggs indistinguishable, lined with finer grasses, breeding range, slight gloss, dotted with shades, blotched with browns, unmarked eggs, sexes excavate, decorated with lichens, reddish brown dots, bluish white eggs, bluish green eggs, sexes incubate, other phoebes, incubating bird, other teal, resembles nest, lined with hair, dotted with browns, pale bluish white Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Mexico, Black Hills, Field Guide, Brown-headed Cowbird, Rio Grande Valley, Guadalupe Mts, Nests East of the Mississippi River, American Robin, Gulf Coast, Mississippi Valley, Spanish Moss, Red-eyed Vireo, Song Sparrow, Yellow Warbler, Wood Duck, Great Crested Flycatcher, House Wren, Mourning Dove, Red-winged Blackbird, American Crow, Barn Swallow, Dusky Flycatcher, Gray Catbird, Gulf of Mexico, Wood Thrush New!
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- Field Guide to the Birds; Eastern land and water birds by Roger Tory Peterson in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- A Field Guide to Western Birds: A Completely New Guide to Field Marks of All Species Found in North America West of the 100th Meridian and North of Mexico by Roger Tory Peterson in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
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- A Field Guide to Western Birds: A Completely New Guide to Field Marks of All Species Found in North America West of the 100th Meridian and North of Mexico (Peterson Field Guide Series) by Roger Tory Peterson on page 238
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