Title:
The breeding birds of Minnesota : history, ecology, and conservation / Lee A. Pfannmuller, Gerald J. Niemi, and Janet C. Green ; foreword by Francesca J. Cuthbert ; Kim Rewinkel, technical editor.
ISBN:
9781517906795
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2024]
©2024
Physical Description:
xxv, 685 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 30 x 30 cm
Contents:
Minnesota's breeding bird atlas -- Biogeography of Minnesota birds -- Reading the species accounts: current breeding species. Geese, swans and ducks ; Quail, turkeys, grouse, partridge, and pheasants ; Grebes ; Pigeons and doves ; Cuckoos ; Nighthawks, whip-poor-wills, and swifts ; Hummingbirds ; Rails and cranes ; Avocets, plovers, and sandpipers ; Gulls and terns ; Loons ; Cormorants ; Pelicans ; Bitterns, herons, egrets, and night-herons ; Vultures, ospreys, eagles, and hawks ; Owls ; Kingfishers ; Wood peckers ; Falcons ; Flycatchers ; Vireos ; Shrikes ; Jays, magpies, crows, and ravens ; Chickadees and titmice ; Larks ; Swallows ; Kinglets ; Waxwings ; Nuthatches ; Creepers ; Gnatcatchers ; Wrens ; Catbirds, thrashers, and mockingbirds ; Starlings ; Thrushes ; Old world sparrows ; Pitpits ; Finches ; Longspurs ; Sparrows and towhees ; Chats ; Blackbirds ; Warblers ; Tanagers, cardinals, and grosbeaks ; Former and incidental nesting species.
Summary:
"The first comprehensive and in-depth assessment of Minnesota's breeding birds in nearly a century, The Breeding Birds of Minnesota offers an unprecedented, extraordinarily detailed, finely illustrated account of 250 of those birds, including their historical and present breeding distribution, habitat, population abundance, and prospects for the future." -- Provided by publisher.
OCLC Number:
on1285122068
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