Contents

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1. Cover
2. Title Page
4. The aim and scope of this book
5. What makes birds special?
6. What is a songbird?
7. Bird topography
8. Species descriptions
   1. Olive-Sided Flycatcher
   2. Western Wood-Pewee
   3. Eastern Wood-Pewee
   4. Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher
   5. Acadian Flycatcher
   6. Alder Flycatcher
   7. Willow Flycatcher
   8. Least Flycatcher
   9. Hammond’s Flycatcher
   10. Gray Flycatcher
   11. Dusky Flycatcher
   12. Pacific-Slope Flycatcher
   13. Cordilleran Flycatcher
   14. Black Phoebe
   15. Eastern Phoebe
   16. Say’s Phoebe
   17. Vermilion Flycatcher
   18. Ash-Throated Flycatcher
   19. Great Crested Flycatcher
   20. Brown-Crested Flycatcher
   21. Tropical Kingbird
   22. Cassin’s Kingbird
   23. Western Kingbird
   24. Eastern Kingbird
   25. Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
   26. Loggerhead Shrike
   27. Northern Shrike
   28. White-Eyed Vireo
   29. Bell’s Vireo
   30. Gray Vireo
   31. Yellow-Throated Vireo
   32. Plumbeous Vireo
   33. Cassin’s Vireo
   34. Blue-Headed Vireo
   35. Hutton’s Vireo
   36. Warbling Vireo
   37. Philadelphia Vireo
   38. Red-Eyed Vireo
   39. Gray Jay
   40. Pinyon Jay
   41. Steller’s Jay
   42. Blue Jay
   43. Western Scrub-Jay
   44. Clark’s Nutcracker
   45. Black-Billed Magpie
   46. American Crow
   47. Fish Crow
   48. Common Raven
   49. Horned Lark
   50. Purple Martin
   51. Tree Swallow
   52. Violet-Green Swallow
   53. Northern Rough-Winged Swallow
   54. Bank Swallow
   55. Cliff Swallow
   56. Cave Swallow
   57. Barn Swallow
   58. Carolina Chickadee
   59. Black-Capped Chickadee
   60. Mountain Chickadee
   61. Chestnut-Backed Chickadee
   62. Boreal Chickadee
   63. Oak Titmouse
   64. Juniper Titmouse
   65. Tufted Titmouse
   66. Black-Crested Titmouse
   67. Verdin
   68. Bushtit
   69. Red-Breasted Nuthatch
   70. White-Breasted Nuthatch
   71. Pygmy Nuthatch
   72. Brown-Headed Nuthatch
   73. Brown Creeper
   74. Rock Wren
   75. Canyon Wren
   76. House Wren
   77. Pacific Wren
   78. Winter Wren
   79. Sedge Wren
   80. Marsh Wren
   81. Carolina Wren
   82. Bewick’s Wren
   83. Cactus Wren
   84. Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
   85. Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher
   86. American Dipper
   87. Golden-Crowned Kinglet
   88. Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
   89. Eastern Bluebird
   90. Western Bluebird
   91. Mountain Bluebird
   92. Townsend’s Solitaire
   93. Veery
   94. Gray-Cheeked Thrush
   95. Swainson’s Thrush
   96. Hermit Thrush
   97. American Robin
   98. Varied Thrush
   99. Wood Thrush
   100. Wrentit
   101. Gray Catbird
   102. Curve-Billed Thrasher
   103. Brown Thrasher
   104. Bendire’s Thrasher
   105. California Thrasher
   106. Le Conte’s Thrasher
   107. Crissal Thrasher
   108. Sage Thrasher
   109. Northern Mockingbird
   110. European Starling
   111. American Pipit
   112. Sprague’s Pipit
   113. Bohemian Waxwing
   114. Cedar Waxwing
   115. Phainopepla
   116. Olive Warbler
   117. Lapland Longspur
   118. Chestnut-Collared Longspur
   119. Smith’s Longspur
   120. Mccown’s Longspur
   121. Snow Bunting
   122. Ovenbird
   123. Worm-Eating Warbler
   124. Louisiana Waterthrush
   125. Northern Waterthrush
   126. Blue-Winged Warbler
   127. Golden-Winged Warbler
   128. Black-And-White Warbler
   129. Prothonotary Warbler
   130. Swainson’s Warbler
   131. Tennessee Warbler
   132. Orange-Crowned Warbler
   133. Lucy’s Warbler
   134. Nashville Warbler
   135. Virginia’s Warbler
   136. Connecticut Warbler
   137. Macgillivray’s Warbler
   138. Mourning Warbler
   139. Kentucky Warbler
   140. Common Yellowthroat
   141. Hooded Warbler
   142. American Redstart
   143. Kirtland’s Warbler
   144. Cape May Warbler
   145. Cerulean Warbler
   146. Northern Parula
   147. Magnolia Warbler
   148. Bay-Breasted Warbler
   149. Blackburnian Warbler
   150. Yellow Warbler
   151. Chestnut-Sided Warbler
   152. Blackpoll Warbler
   153. Black-Throated Blue Warbler
   154. Palm Warbler
   155. Pine Warbler
   156. Yellow-Throated Warbler
   157. Yellow-Rumped Warbler
   158. Prairie Warbler
   159. Grace’s Warbler
   160. Black-Throated Gray Warbler
   161. Townsend’s Warbler
   162. Hermit Warbler
   163. Golden-Cheeked Warbler
   164. Black-Throated Green Warbler
   165. Canada Warbler
   166. Wilson’s Warbler
   167. Red-Faced Warbler
   168. Painted Redstart
   169. Yellow-Breasted Chat
   170. Green-Tailed Towhee
   171. Spotted Towhee
   172. Eastern Towhee
   173. Abert’s Towhee
   174. Canyon Towhee
   175. California Towhee
   176. Rufous-Crowned Sparrow
   177. Cassin’s Sparrow
   178. Bachman’s Sparrow
   179. American Tree Sparrow
   180. Chipping Sparrow
   181. Clay-Colored Sparrow
   182. Brewer’s Sparrow
   183. Field Sparrow
   184. Black-Chinned Sparrow
   185. Vesper Sparrow
   186. Lark Sparrow
   187. Black-Throated Sparrow
   188. Sagebrush Sparrow
   189. Bell’s Sparrow
   190. Lark Bunting
   191. Savannah Sparrow
   192. Grasshopper Sparrow
   193. Baird’s Sparrow
   194. Henslow’s Sparrow
   195. Le Conte’s Sparrow
   196. Nelson’s Sparrow
   197. Saltmarsh Sparrow
   198. Seaside Sparrow
   199. Fox Sparrow
   200. Song Sparrow
   201. Lincoln’s Sparrow
   202. Swamp Sparrow
   203. White-Throated Sparrow
   204. Harris’s Sparrow
   205. White-Crowned Sparrow
   206. Golden-Crowned Sparrow
   207. Dark-Eyed Junco
   208. Hepatic Tanager
   209. Summer Tanager
   210. Scarlet Tanager
   211. Western Tanager
   212. Northern Cardinal
   213. Pyrrhuloxia
   214. Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
   215. Black-Headed Grosbeak
   216. Blue Grosbeak
   217. Lazuli Bunting
   218. Indigo Bunting
   219. Painted Bunting
   220. Dickcissel
   221. Bobolink
   222. Red-Winged Blackbird
   223. Tricolored Blackbird
   224. Eastern Meadowlark
   225. Western Meadowlark
   226. Yellow-Headed Blackbird
   227. Rusty Blackbird
   228. Brewer’s Blackbird
   229. Common Grackle
   230. Boat-Tailed Grackle
   231. Great-Tailed Grackle
   232. Bronzed Cowbird
   233. Brown-Headed Cowbird
   234. Orchard Oriole
   235. Hooded Oriole
   236. Bullock’s Oriole
   237. Baltimore Oriole
   238. Scott’s Oriole
   239. Gray-Crowned Rosy-Finch
   240. Black Rosy-Finch
   241. Brown-Capped Rosy-Finch
   242. House Finch
   243. Purple Finch
   244. Cassin’s Finch
   245. Pine Grosbeak
   246. Red Crossbill
   247. White-Winged Crossbill
   248. Common Redpoll
   249. Hoary Redpoll
   250. Pine Siskin
   251. Lesser Goldfinch
   252. Lawrence’s Goldfinch
   253. American Goldfinch
   254. Evening Grosbeak
   255. House Sparrow
   256. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
9. Glossary
10. Index
11. Credits
12. Copyright
13. About the Publisher