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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
INTRODUCTION: THE WORLD OF BIRDSONG
Why Birds Sing
Where Each Bird Gets His Song
Songs and Calls
The Practice of Deep Listening
Where to Begin
SECTION 1: THE NON-PASSERINE GROUP
Ducks and Geese (Anatidae)
Canada Goose
Mallard
New World Quail (Odontophoridae)
California Quail
Grebes (Podicipedidae)
Western and Clark’s Grebes
Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Red-tailed Hawk
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots (Rallidae)
American Coot
Cranes (Gruidae)
Sandhill Crane
Plovers (Charadriidae)
Killdeer
Sandpipers and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Wilson’s Snipe
Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Mourning Dove
Owls (Strigidae)
Great Horned Owl
Goatsuckers (Caprimulgidae)
Common Nighthawk
Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Anna’s Hummingbird
Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers
Northern Flicker
SECTION 2: THE PASSERINE GROUP
Tyrant Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Western Wood-Pewee
Black Phoebe
Western Kingbird
Vireos (Vireonidae)
Hutton’s Vireo
Jays and Crows (Corvidae)
Steller’s Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Larks (Alaudidae)
Horned Lark
Swallows (Hirundinidae)
Violet-green Swallow
Chickadees and Titmice (Paridae)
Mountain Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Oak and Juniper Titmice
Nuthatches (Sittidae)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Wrens (Troglodytidae)
Bewick’s Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Kinglets (Regulidae)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Thrushes (Turdidae)
American Robin
Western Bluebird
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Babblers (Timaliidae)
Wrentit
Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)
Northern Mockingbird
California Thrasher
Starlings (Sturnidae)
European Starling
Waxwings (Bombycillidae)
Cedar Waxwing
Wood-Warblers (Parulidae)
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson’s Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Western Tanager
Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer’s Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Buntings (Cardinalidae).
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Blackbirds (Icteridae)
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock’s Oriole
Finches (Fringillidae)
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Lesser Goldfinch
Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)
House Sparrow
More Fun with Birdsong
Additional Listening and Reading Sources
References
Illustration Credits
Recording Credits
About the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
About the Artists
About the Author
Index
Acknowledgments
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