Author: William BrewsterPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Notes on the Birds of Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Author: William BrewsterThe Birds of Massachusetts
Author: Reginald Heber HowePublisher:
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
The Auk
Author: Massachusetts Breeding Bird Atlas
Author: Wayne R. PetersenPublisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press
ISBN: 1558494200
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
In 1974, the Massachusetts Audubon Society and the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife launched a five-year survey to map the distribution of all the birds that breed in the Commonwealth - the first such comprehensive effort in North America. Nearly 600 volunteers spent countless hours in the field collecting data. This landmark volume presents the results of their efforts. The book includes distribution maps showing possible, probable, and confirmed breeding areas for 198 Massachusetts nesting species on a grid of 989 tensquare-mile blocks. Opposite each species map is a summary account giving historical perspective, relative abundance, habitat, seasonal schedule, nest, egg, and song descriptions, clutch size, egg dates, number of broods, and other pertinent details. Each species account is illustrated with a scrupulously accurate, watercolor portrait by award-winning nature artists John Sill and Barry Van Dusen. The book also includes a set of six transparent overlay maps in an attached pocket that allow the reader to correlate key environmental factors with the distribution of nesting species. Introductory sections describe the atlas survey methodology, and two appe
Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America
Author: Frank Michler ChapmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Catalogue of Scientific Papers
Author: Royal Society (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Learned institutions and societies
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
Book Description
Color Key to North American Birds
Author: Frank Michler ChapmanPublisher:
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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