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Description: |
176 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (page 176). |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: [pt. 1.] Birds on the move -- Introduction -- How migration evolved -- Patterns of migration -- When to travel -- Flight techniques -- Flight power and speed -- How high do birds fly? -- Preparing for the journey -- Timing -- Genetics and migration -- Orientation and navigation -- Routes and barriers -- Staging posts -- Weather and climate -- How migration is studied -- Threats and conservation -- [pt. 2.] North American migrants -- Introduction -- Patterns of migration -- Ducks -- Birds of prey -- Cranes -- Plovers, gulls, and terns -- Nightjars -- Swifts, swallows, and martins -- Hummingbirds -- Woodpeckers -- Tyrant flycatchers -- Thrushes -- Vireos -- Tanagers -- Wood warblers -- Bunting, grosbeaks, and starlings -- American blackbirds and orioles -- [pt. 3.] Eurasian migrants -- Introduction -- Patterns of migration -- Ducks -- Shorebirds -- Storks -- Birds of prey -- Gamebirds -- Crakes and rails -- Cranes -- Gulls and terns -- Pigeons -- Cuckoos -- Bee-eaters, rollers, and hoopoes -- Swifts, swallows, and martins -- Wagtails and pipits -- Chats and thrushes -- Warblers -- Shrikes -- Flycatchers -- [pt. 4.] Winter visitors from the far north -- Introduction -- Patterns of migration -- Swans -- Geese -- Shorebirds -- Thrushes -- Buntings and finches -- [pt. 5.] Southern hemisphere migrants -- Introduction -- South American migrants -- African migrants -- Australasian migrants -- [pt. 6.] Migratory sea birds -- Introduction -- Patterns of migration -- Penguins -- Albatrosses -- Shearwaters and petrels -- Skuas, jaegers, gulls, and auks -- Terns -- [pt. 7.] Almost migrations -- Introduction -- Irruptions -- [pt. 8.] Catalog of migrants. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: Using specially devised computer-generated maps, plus full-color photos and illustrations that together represent birds in nature and in close-up detail, the atlas first explains the basics of bird migration and then traces the journeys of more than a hundred species, including detailed information and an illustration of each. |
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Name Added Entry: |
Elphick, Jonathan, editor. |