Fifty Common Birds of the Upper Midwest

Contents

INTRODUCTION xi Wood Duck Aix sponsa 1 Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus 3 Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo 5 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 7 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 9 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus 11 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 13 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 15 American Kestrel Falco sparverius 17 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 19 American Woodcock Scolopax minor 21 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 23 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus 25 Eastern Screech-Owl Otus asio 27 Barred Owl Strix varia 29 Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus 31 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris 33 Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon 35 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 37 Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens 39 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 41 Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus 43 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe 45 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus 47 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 49 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 51 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor 53 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 55 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapilla 57 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 59 CONTENTS White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 61 House Wren Troglodytes aedon 63 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula 65 Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis 67 American Robin Turdus migratorius 69 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 71 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum 73 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla 75 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus 77 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus 79 Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla 81 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 83 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 85 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 87 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus 89 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea 91 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus 93 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 95 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula 97 American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis 99 RECOMMENDED READING 101 BASIC FIELD GUIDES TO BIRDS 103 INDEX 105 ...