Introduction to birds of the southern California coast /
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| Author / Creator: | Lentz, Joan Easton, 1942- |
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| Imprint: | Berkeley : University of California Press, c2006. |
| Description: | xiii, 316 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 19 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | California natural history guides ; 84 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5845134 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- A Bird's Eye View
- Boundaries of the Coastal
- Strip Climate and Habitats Birding Basics: What to Look For How
- Coastal Birds Live Feeding and Flocking Migration
- Nesting Colonies Before You Go Species Accounts
- Geese and Ducks Loons Grebes Shearwaters
- Pelicans Cormorants Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
- Ibises New World Vultures
- Hawks Falcons Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
- Plovers Oystercatchers Stilts and Avocets
- Sandpipers Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers Auks
- Barn Owls Kingfishers Tyrant Flycatchers
- Crows and Ravens Swallows and Martins
- Wrens Starlings and Mynas Pipits and Wagtails
- Wood-Warblers Sparrows Blackbirds and Orioles
- Birding Sites along the Coast
- San Diego County
- Orange County
- Los Angeles County
- Ventura County
- Santa Barbara County
- San Luis Obispo County
- Going by Boat Shoreline Size
- Chart Gull Identification
- Seasonal Occurrence Bar Graphs
- Suggested Reading
- Index
