Bull's Birds of New York State / / ed. by Emanuel Levine.

Whether you watch birds on the shores of Long Island, at the Bashakill Marsh, at Niagara Falls, or just at your backyard feeder, this volume will help you appreciate what our Empire State has to offer. It will give you a historical perspective, and it will tell you what we can hope to look forward t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021]
©1998
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (648 p.) :; 6 charts, 5 tables, 31 drawings, 7 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Contributing Authors
  • History of the Federation of New York State Bird Clubs) Inc
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I Introduction
  • Origin and Structure of the Book
  • The Physical Environment
  • The Ecozones of New York State
  • Bird Habitats in New York State
  • The Role of the Federation in Conservation of New York Birds: The Past Twenty Years
  • From Glaciers to Global Warming: Long-Term Changes in the Birdlife of New York State
  • Whither Taxonomy?
  • Historical Review of the New York State Checklist
  • Checklist of the Birds of New York State
  • Part II Species Accounts
  • LOONS-GAVIIDAE
  • GREBES-PODICIPEDIDAE
  • ALBATROSSES-DIOMEDEIDAE
  • SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS-PROCELLARIIDAE
  • STORM-PETRELS-HYDROBATIDAE
  • TROPICBIRDS-PHAETHONTIDAE
  • BOOBIES AND GANNETS-SULIDAE
  • PELICANS-PELECANIDAE
  • CORMORANTS-PHALACROCORACIDAE
  • DARTERS-ANHINGIDAE
  • FRIGATEBIRDS-FREGATIDAE
  • BITTERNS, HERONS, AND ALLIES-ARDEIDAE
  • IBISES AND SPOONBILLSTHRESKIORNITHIDAE
  • STORKS-CICONIIDAE
  • NEW WORLD VULTURES-CATHARTIDAE
  • GEESE, SWANS, AND DUCKS-ANATIDAE
  • KITES, EAGLES, HAWKS, AND ALLIES-ACCIPITRIDAE
  • CARACARAS AND FALCONS-FALCONIDAE
  • PARTRIDGES, GROUSE, AND TURKEYS-PHASIANIDAE
  • NEW WORLD QUAIL-ODONTOPHORIDAE
  • RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS-RALLIDAE
  • CRANES-GRUIDAE
  • PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS-CHARADRIIDAE
  • OYSTERCATCHERS-HAEMATOPODIDAE
  • STILTS AND AVOCETSRECURVIROSTRIDAE
  • SANDPIPERS, PHALAROPES, AND ALLIES-SCOLOPACIDAE
  • SKUAS, GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS-LARIDAE
  • AUKS, MURRES, AND PUFFINS-ALCIDAE
  • PIGEONS AND DOVES-COLUMBIDAE
  • PARROTS-PSITTACIDAE
  • CUCKOOS, ROADRUNNERS, AND ANIS-CUCULIDAE
  • BARN OWLS-TYTONIDAE
  • TYPICAL OWLS-STRIGIDAE
  • GOATSUCKERS-CAPRIMULGIDAE
  • SWIFTS-APODIDAE
  • HUMMINGBIRDS-TROCHILIDAE
  • KINGFISHERS-ALCEDINIDAE
  • WOODPECKERS AND ALLIES-PICIDAE
  • TYRANT FLYCATCHERS-TYRANNIDAE
  • SHRIKES-LANIIDAE
  • VIREOS-VIREONIDAE
  • JAYS, MAGPIES, AND CROWS-CORVIDAE
  • LARKS-ALAUDIDAE
  • SWALLOWS-HIRUNDINIDAE
  • CHICKADEES AND TITMICE-PARIDAE
  • NUTHATCHES-SITTIDAE
  • CREEPERS-CERTHIIDAE
  • WRENS-TROGLODYTIDAE
  • KINGLETS-REGULIDAE
  • OLD WORLD WARBLERS AND GNATCATCHERS-SYLVIIDAE
  • THRUSHES-TURDIDAE
  • MOCKINGBIRDS, THRASHERS, AND ALLIES-MIMIDAE
  • STARLINGS AND ALLIES-STURNIDAE
  • WAGTAILS AND PIPITS-MOTACILLIDAE
  • WAXWINGS-BOMBYCILLIDAE
  • WOOD WARBLERS-PARULIDAE
  • TANAGERS-THRAUPIDAE
  • NEW WORLD SPARROWS-EMBERIZIDAE
  • GROSBEAIZS AND BUNTINGSCARDINALIDAE
  • BLACKBIRDS-ICTERIDAE
  • FRINGILLINE AND CARDUELINE FINCHES-FRINGILLIDAE
  • OLD WORLD SPARROWS-PASSERIDAE
  • Bibliography
  • Index of English Bird Names
  • Index of Scientific Bird Names