Bird Songs: 250 North American Birds in Song

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Renowned ornithologist Les Beletsky introduces you to 250 birds of North America, brought to life with colorful illustrations and a digital audio player that provides each bird’s distinctive song.

Drawing from the collection of the world-renowned Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Bird Songs presents the most notable North American birds—including the rediscovered ivory-billed woodpecker—in a stunning format. Features include:
  A succinct description of each of the 250 birds profiled, with an emphasis on their distinctive songs, written by ornithologist Les Beletsky Lavish full-color illustrations accompanying each entry A sleek, built-in digital audio player holding 250 corresponding songs and calls A foreword by North American bird expert and distinguished natural historian Jon L. Dunn, who shares insights gained from a lifetime of passionate study
Complete with the most up-to-date and scientifically accurate information, Bird Songs is the first book to capture the enchantment of these beautiful birds in words, pictures, and song.

From the Publisher

Introduction

Of all the different animals, birds are arguably best known for their amazing and varied sounds. Often, it is their sounds that we remember best. Whether it is the wailing laugh of a Common Loon, the bugling of a flock of swans or long-legged Sandhill Cranes, the honking of a flock of Canada Geese, or the ethereal of haunting songs of the many thrushes, the songs of birds captivate us.

A Few Birds Profiled

Pied-Billed Grebe

Announcing its territory, a Pied-Billed Grebe gives its caow caow caow song.

Double-Crested Cormorant

Double-crested Cormorants are often silent, but at nesting sites and roosts and sometimes while feeding in flocks, they produce a variety of deep, guttural calls, some of them gruntlike.

Great Blue Heron

The Great Blue Heron’s most commonly heard vocalization, often given when alarmed and in fright, is a hoarse frawnk.

Glossy Ibis

Adult Glossy Ibis are usually silent but they sometimes utter crowlike croaking calls and, when in flocks, subdued chattering or grunting sounds.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ becker&mayer! books (October 16, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0760363269
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0760363263
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.8 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11.1 x 1.1 x 11.1 inches