Description
Book SynopsisBaby Bird Identification is a comprehensive illustrated guide for distinguishing hundreds of North American bird species in their early stages of life. From the just hatched to the fledgling, Linda Tuttle-Adams walks readers through the process of identifying baby birds that they may encounter in the wild-a first step to ensuring proper care and rehabilitation. Successful rehabilitation of birds found in the wild requires species-specific attention. But the identification of a baby bird, whether altricial or precocial, may seem overwhelming at first, even to a trained ornithologist. Tuttle-Adams lays out an approachable and systematic method for discerning a baby bird's identity, offering descriptions of telling anatomical and environmental features as well as details of a bird's day-to-day growth. With over four hundred original watercolor paintings and an illustrated glossary, Baby Bird Identification is an invaluable resource for wildlife rehabilitators, those who find baby birds in their yards or recreational places, and anyone who enjoys watching or studying birds in the wild.
Trade ReviewThis is an intriguing and interesting book that forges into relatively uncharted territory related to reference books about hatchlings, nestlings and fledglings of selected North American birds. With exquisite and detailed paintings, Baby Bird Identification is an excellent addition to the avifaunal library.
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Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. The Importance of Correct Identification
2. Anatomy
3. Growth, Development, and Estimating Age
4. The Process of Identification
Species Accounts
Introduction to the Species Accounts
Nonpasserine Birds
Passerine Birds
Plates
Photo Gallery
