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Book SynopsisNew York City''s favorite naturalist is back with a guided tour of the Big Apple that unveils the beautiful birds living in its midst.
Winner of the Hardcover Nonfiction (Design) of The New York Book Show, Illustrated Text of the Washington Publishers
Look around New York, and you'll probably see birds: wood ducks swimming in Queens, a stalking black-crowned night-heron in Brooklyn, great horned owls perching in the Bronx, warblers feeding in Central Park, or Staten Island's purple martins flying to and fro. You might spot hawks and falcons nesting on skyscrapers or robins belting out songs from trees along the street.
America's largest metropolis teems with birdlife in part because it sits within the great Atlantic flyway where migratory birds travel seasonally between north and south. The Big Apple's miles of coastline, magnificent parks, and millions of trees attract dozens of migrating species every year and are also home year-round to scores of residen
Trade Review
'Take this guide wherever you go,' [Day] implores readers in the introduction. And we hope many do, since it reveals a New York we long to see, the wild, beautiful city of birds known to Audubon, Chapman, and Griscom. -- Chuck Hagner BirdWatching Magazine An excellent guide for New York City residents. If you have any interest in the birds around you (and there are plenty of birds around you, even in NYC), this guide will really open your eyes. Birder's Library Day's deeply researched and richly illustrated Field Guide to the Neighborhood Birds of New York City will be indispensable to locals and tourists alike. Sierra Will fill a niche for beginning birders and backyard watchers in the northeastern US... Choice You don't have to live in or be visiting New York to enjoy this book. Times Literary Supplement These three fabulous New York women have been to every park in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and the Bronx, seeking out their feathered material. Their pooled talents have yielded a field guide that runs from Double-Crested Cormorants to Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers, revealing the richness of diversity in the lives of our fellow New Yorkers from the natural world. Huffington Post Overall, this guide is not just a source of information, but fosters an appreciation for the wildlife that surrounds us every day. American Reference Books Annual
Table of Contents
Foreword, by Don Riepe
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Illustrated Bird, Wing, and Feather Anatomy
2. Bird Terminology
3. Birds
Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Waterfowl
Brant Goose
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard Duck
Bufflehead Duck
Northern Shoveler
Ruddy Duck
Wood Duck
Hooded Merganser
Gulls and Terns
Ring-billed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Common Tern
Wading Birds
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
Shorebirds
American Oystercatcher
American Woodcock
Spotted Sandpiper
Ground Birds
Wild Turkey
Hawks
Red-tailed Hawk
Osprey
Cooper's Hawk
Falcons
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Owls
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Parrots
Monk Parakeet
Doves
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Woodpeckers
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Flycatchers
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
Vireos
Red-eyed Vireo
Jays and Crows
Blue Jay
American Crow
Swallows
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Chickadees, Titmice, Nuthatches, and Creepers
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Wrens
House Wren
Carolina Wren
Kinglets
Golden-crownedKinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Thrushes
Veery
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Mimids
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Starlings
European Starling
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
Warblers
Ovenbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Sparrows
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Cardinals, Tanagers, and Grosbeaks
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blackbirds and Orioles
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
Finches and Old World Sparrows
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Birding Organizations and Resources
Birding Hotspots
Bibliography
Photography Credits
Index
