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Birding Florida: A Field Guide to the Birds of Florida

Birding Florida: A Field Guide to the Birds of Florida

by Randi Minetor, Nic Minetor
Birding Florida: A Field Guide to the Birds of Florida
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Birding Florida: A Field Guide to the Birds of Florida

Birding Florida: A Field Guide to the Birds of Florida

by Randi Minetor, Nic Minetor

Overview

Birdwatching is for everyone. No other outdoor pursuit yields so much knowledge of nature’s ways with so little effort—if one knows what to look for. Birding Florida opens the world of birding to the novice and expert in this complete guide to getting the most out of birding in Florida. Birding Florida includes sections on birding technology, equipment, identification techniques, birding “by ear,” where to view birds, field guides, optics, and other essentials to get birders of all skill levels into the field to identify birds throughout Florida. Especially valuable are descriptions of habitat, feeding, nesting, and migration—informing the reader not only about what kind of bird is on the other end of the binoculars, but what it is up to as well.




Includes:

  • GPS coordinates for each species of the top three to five locations where you’re likely to see the bird and what time of year is best for this
  • Full-color photos
  • Over 300 species

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781493055159
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 06/01/2021
Series: Birding Series
Pages: 384
Sales rank: 1,088,639
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Wife-and husband-team Randi and Nic Minetor have collaborated on more than twenty books about hiking, exploring historic cities, America’s national parks, and birds and nature. The team behind the popular book The New England Bird Lover’s Garden, they also worked together on eight Quick Reference Guides to the native birds, trees, and wildflowers of New York State, New York City, and the Mid-Atlantic States. Avid birders and seasoned road trippers, the Minetors collaborated on the best-selling Backyard Birding: A Guide to Attracting and Identifying Birds for Lyons Press.



When not in the car or on the trail, Randi is a journalist specializing in theater technology, medicine, and municipal utilities, and Nic is the resident lighting designer for several theatre and opera companies and museums in upstate New York. The Minetors live in Rochester, New York.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments viii

Introduction 1

How to Use This Guide 16

Parts of a Bird 18

Swimming Birds

Loon 19

Grebes 20

Waterfowl 22

Duck-like Birds 57

Gulls and Other Seabirds

Pelagic Birds: Shearwater, Storm-Petrel, Gannet, Boobies, and Jaegers 61

Pelicans, Frigatebird, Cormorant end Anhinga 68

Gulls and Terms 73

Tall Wading Birds

Bitterns, Herons, and Egrets 92

Ibises, Spoonbill, and Stork 104

Cranes 109

Short Wading Birds

Rails 111

Shorebirds

Plovers 116

Oystercatcher 123

Stilt and Avocet 124

Sandpipers and Snipe 126

Phalarope 152

Flamingo 153

Ground Birds

Quail 154

Peafowl 155

Turkey 156

Birds of Prey

Vultures 157

Harrier and Accipiters 159

Buteos and Eagle 162

Osprey and Falcons 167

Kites 172

Owls 176

Non-Perching Birds (Nonpasserines)

Doves and Pigeons 181

Parakeets, Cuckoos, and Anis 187

Nightjars 194

Hummingbird 199

Kingfisher 200

Woodpeckers 201

Perching Birds (Passerines)

Flycatchers 209

Shrike 223

Vireos 224

Jays 229

Crows 231

Swallows and Swift 233

Titmouse and Chickadee 241

Nuthatches and Creeper 243

Wrens 247

Kinglets and Gnatcatcher 252

Thrushes 255

Mimic Thrushes 262

Thrasher 265

Starling, Myna, and Pipit 266

Bulbul 269

Waxwing 270

Warblers 271

Tanagers and Allied Songbirds 306

Sparrows and Their Allies 315

Meadowlark, Blackbirds, and Orioles 335

Finches 348

Old World (Weaver) Finch 352

Appendix A Species by Color 353

Appendix B A Realistic Cheklist of the Birds of Florida 357

Appendix C Resources 361

Index by Hot Spot 362

Index by Species 367

About the Author and Photographer 371

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