All about birds Northwest

✍ Scribed by Cornell University. Laboratory of Ornithology.

• Publisher: Princeton, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 297
• Series: Regional field-guide series
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Table of Contents
Introduction
Getting Started
Birding 101
Four Keys to Bird Identification
Using Field Marks to Identify Birds
Use Merlin to See the Possibilities
Tips for Beginning Bird Watchers
Listening to Birds
Photographing Birds
Digiscoping
Attracting Birds to Your Yard
Birdscaping
Bird Feeders
Feeder Placement & Safety
Bird Food
Water Sources
Features of a Good Birdhouse
Getting Involved
Citizen Science
eBird
Great Backyard Bird Count
Bird Academy
Project FeederWatch
NestWatch
Celebrate Urban Birds
Seven Simple Actions to Help Birds
Guide to Species
Snow Goose / GEESE • SWANS • DUCKS
Brant
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Canvasback
Redhead
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Ruddy Duck
California Quail / QUAIL • TURKEY • GROUSE
Wild Turkey
Ruffed Grouse
Spruce Grouse
Greater Sage-Grouse
Dusky Grouse
Sooty Grouse
Ring-necked Pheasant
Chukar
Pied-billed Grebe / GREBES
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Rock Pigeon / PIGEONS • DOVES
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Common Nighthawk / NIGHTJARS
Chimney Swift / SWIFTS • HUMMINGBIRDS
White-throated Swift
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Allen’s Hummingbird
Sora / RAILS • COOTS
American Coot
Sandhill Crane / CRANES • STILTS • OYSTERCATCHERS
Black-necked Stilt
Black Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover / PLOVERS • SANDPIPERS
Killdeer
Upland Sandpiper
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Western Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Willet
Common Murre / MURRES • AUKS
Pigeon Guillemot
Black-legged Kittiwake / GULLS • TERNS
Franklin’s Gull
Heermann’s Gull
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Glaucous Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster’s Tern
Red-throated Loon / LOONS
Common Loon
Brandt’s Cormorant / CORMORANTS • PELICANS
Double-crested Cormorant
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Great Blue Heron / HERONS • IBISES
Great Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
White-faced Ibis
Turkey Vulture / VULTURES
Osprey / KITES • HAWKS • EAGLES
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier
Cooper’s Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Swainson’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Western Screech-Owl / OWLS
Great Horned Owl
Burrowing Owl
Barred Owl
Great Gray Owl
Belted Kingfisher / KINGFISHERS
Red-naped Sapsucker / WOODPECKERS
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Acorn Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
White-headed Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel / FALCONS
Peregrine Falcon
Western Wood-Pewee / TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Least Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Warbling Vireo / VIREOS
Red-eyed Vireo
Loggerhead Shrike / SHRIKES
Northern Shrike
Canada Jay / JAYS • MAGPIES • CROWS
Pinyon Jay
Steller’s Jay
Blue Jay
California Scrub-Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Clark’s Nutcracker
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee / CHICKADEES • TITMICE
Mountain Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Juniper Titmouse
Horned Lark / LARKS
Purple Martin / SWALLOWS
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Bushtit / BUSHTITS
Wrentit / WRENTITS
Golden-crowned Kinglet / KINGLETS
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Red-breasted Nuthatch / NUTHATCHES
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Brown Creeper / CREEPERS
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher / GNATCATCHERS
Rock Wren / WRENS
Canyon Wren
House Wren
Pacific Wren
Bewick’s Wren
American Dipper / DIPPERS
European Starling / STARLINGS
Gray Catbird / CATBIRD
Western Bluebird / THRUSHES
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend’s Solitaire
Varied Thrush
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Bohemian Waxwing / WAXWINGS
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow / OLD WORLD SPARROWS
Evening Grosbeak / FINCHES • CROSSBILLS
Pine Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
Cassin’s Finch
Common Redpoll
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Grasshopper Sparrow / SPARROWS • JUNCOS • TOWHEES
Black-throated Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer’s Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Yellow-breasted Chat / BLACKBIRDS • ORIOLES • GRACKLES
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Western Meadowlark
Bullock’s Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Common Grackle
Orange-crowned Warbler / WOOD-WARBLERS
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Western Tanager / TANAGERS • GROSBEAKS • BUNTINGS
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Image Credits
Index
Acknowledgments