All About Backyard Birds- Western North America

by Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Pedro Fernandes (Illustrator)

Overview

A series of beginner-to-novice birding books, All About Backyard Birds is based on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s number one birding website allaboutbirds.org, which has had more than 21 million unique users to date.

All About Backyard Birds delivers best-in-class content and proven user-friendly formats. Each regional version—eastern/central North America and western North America—provides 120 of the most popular species and is filled with beautiful illustrations by Pedro Fernandes. With charts, maps, and other bird identification tools, All About Backyard Birds offers beginner birders the ideal way to start birding.

All About Backyard Birds also includes a tutorial for MERLIN®, an interactive GPS-based bird identification multimedia app (available in iTunes and Android stores and already used by more than 1 million birders), plus a FREE Bird QR book companion app. The app empowers users with a tap-to-listen birdsong function and gives more information about special topics throughout the book.

As with all Cornell Lab Publishing Group books, a portion of the net proceeds from the sale of All About Backyard Birds goes directly to the Cornell Lab to support projects, including children’s educational and community programs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781943645060
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	04/11/2017
Series:	Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Pages:	200
Sales rank:	622,865
Product dimensions:	4.62(w) x 8.13(h) x (d)
Age Range:	5 Years

About the Author

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a world leader in the study, appreciation, and conservation of birds. Its hallmarks are scientific excellence and technological innovation to advance the understanding of nature and to engage people of all ages in learning about birds and protecting the planet.

Founded in 1915, the Cornell Lab is a nonprofit organization with a vibrant community that includes 400,000 citizen-science participants from all walks of life and 14 million bird enthusiasts of all ages who connect online at AllAboutBirds.org

Pedro Fernandes is a freelance wildlife illustrator. Born in Lisbon, Pedro earned a degree in Earth Sciences, and later studied Science Illustration at the University of California, Santa Cruz and at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. As a child, Pedro wanted to be a condor when he grew up. Having failed at that, he settled for becoming a wildlife illustrator. He loves watching birds, drawing birds, and going places to see birds―his pretext to explore the natural world and an endless source of amazement and discovery. Pedro lives in Morocco.

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction
How to Use This Book
Getting Started
Bird QR Book Companion App

Birding 101
• Bird Identication
• Merlin® Bird ID App
• The Right Stu ff
• Listening to Birds
• Photographing Birds
• Attracting Birds to Your Backyard
• Birdscaping
• Bird Feeders
• Bird Food
• Water Sources
• Nest Boxes

Getting Involved
• Citizen Science
• Recording Birds & eBird
• Project FeederWatch
• NestWatch
• Celebrate Urban Birds
• Great Backyard Bird Count
• Habitat Network

Guide to Eastern & Central Species
• Canada Goose
• Wood Duck
• Mallard
• California Quail
• Gambel’s Quail
• Ring-necked Pheasant
• Wild Turkey
• Pied-billed Grebe
• Double-crested Cormorant
• Great Blue Heron
• Great Egret
• Turkey Vulture
• Northern Harrier
• Sharp-shinned Hawk
• Cooper’s Hawk
• Red-shouldered Hawk
• Red-tailed Hawk
• American Coot
• Killdeer
• Ring-billed Gull
• California Gull
• Rock Pigeon
• Band-tailed Pigeon
• Eurasian Collared-Dove
• White-winged Dove
• Mourning Dove
• Great Horned Owl
• Common Nighthawk
• Black-chinned Hummingbird
• Anna’s Hummingbird
• Broad-tailed Hummingbird
• Rufous Hummingbird
• Belted Kingfisher
• Acorn Woodpecker
• Red-naped Sapsucker
• Nuttall’s Woodpecker
• Downy Woodpecker
• Hairy Woodpecker
• Northern Flicker
• American Kestrel
• Western Wood-Pewee
• Black Phoebe
• Say’s Phoebe
• Ash-throated Flycatcher
• Western Kingbird
• Gray Jay
• Steller’s Jay
• Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay
• Black-billed Magpie
• American Crow
• Common Raven
• Horned Lark
• Tree Swallow
• Violet-green Swallow
• Cliff Swallow
• Barn Swallow
• Black-capped Chickadee
• Mountain Chickadee
• Chestnut-backed Chickadee
• Oak Titmouse
• Juniper Titmouse
• Bushtit
• Red-breasted Nuthatch
• White-breasted Nuthatch
• Pygmy Nuthatch
• Brown Creeper
• House Wren
• Pacific Wren
• Bewick’s Wren
• Cactus Wren
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet
• Wrentit
• Western Bluebird
• Mountain Bluebird
• Townsend’s Solitaire
• Hermit Thrush
• American Robin
• Varied Thrush
• Northern Mockingbird
• European Starling
• Cedar Waxwing
• Orange-crowned Warbler
• Common Yellowthroat
• Yellow Warbler
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• Townsend’s Warbler
• Wilson’s Warbler
• Spotted Towhee
• Canyon Towhee
• California Towhee
• Chipping Sparrow
• Savannah Sparrow
• Fox Sparrow
• Song Sparrow
• Lincoln’s Sparrow
• Harris’s Sparrow
• White-crowned Sparrow
• Golden-crowned Sparrow
• Dark-eyed Junco
• Western Tanager
• Northern Cardinal
• Black-headed Grosbeak
• Blue Grosbeak
• Lazuli Bunting
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Western Meadowlark
• Yellow-headed Blackbird
• Brewer’s Blackbird
• Common Grackle
• Great-tailed Grackle
• Brown-headed Cowbird
• Hooded Oriole
• Bullock’s Oriole
• House Finch
• Purple Finch
• Cassin’s Finch
• Pine Siskin
• Lesser Goldfinch
• American Goldfinch
• Evening Grosbeak
• House Sparrow

About the Cornell Lab
About the Writing Team
About the Artist
Acknowledgments
Photo Credits
References
Index