All about birds. Northeast. Northeast US and Canada

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Table of Contents
Introduction
	Getting Started
Birding 101
	Four Keys to Bird Identification
	Using Field Marks to Identify Birds
	Use Merlin to See the Possibilities
	Tips for Beginning Bird Watchers
	Listening to Birds
	Photographing Birds
	Digiscoping
Attracting Birds to Your Yard
	Birdscaping
	Bird Feeders
	Feeder Placement & Safety
	Bird Food
	Water Sources
	Features of a Good Birdhouse
Getting Involved
	Citizen Science
	eBird
	Great Backyard Bird Count
	Bird Academy
	Project FeederWatch
	NestWatch
	Celebrate Urban Birds
	Seven Simple Actions to Help Birds
Guide to Species
	Snow Goose / GEESE • SWANS • DUCKS
	Brant
	Canada Goose
	Mute Swan
	Trumpeter Swan
	Wood Duck
	Blue-winged Teal
	Northern Shoveler
	Gadwall
	American Wigeon
	Mallard
	American Black Duck
	Northern Pintail
	Canvasback
	Redhead
	Greater Scaup
	Lesser Scaup
	Common Eider
	Harlequin Duck
	Ruddy Duck
	Wild Turkey / TURKEY • GROUSE
	Ruff˜ed Grouse
	Spruce Grouse
	Ring-necked Pheasant
	Pied-billed Grebe / GREBES
	Red-necked Grebe
	Rock Pigeon / PIGEONS • DOVES • CUCKOOS
	Mourning Dove
	Yellow-billed Cuckoo
	Black-billed Cuckoo
	Common Nighthawk / NIGHTJARS
	Chimney Swift / SWIFTS • HUMMINGBIRDS
	Ruby-throated Hummingbird
	Rufous Hummingbird
	Sora / RAILS • GALLINULES • COOTS
	Common Gallinule
	American Coot
	Sandhill Crane / CRANES • OYSTERCATCHERS
	American Oystercatcher
	Black-bellied Plover / PLOVERS • SANDPIPERS
	Killdeer
	Marbled Godwit
	Ruddy Turnstone
	Sanderling
	Spotted Sandpiper
	Willet
	Common Murre / MURRES • AUKS
	Razorbill
	Black Guillemot
	Black-legged Kittiwake / GULLS • TERNS
	Laughing Gull
	Ring-billed Gull
	Herring Gull
	Glaucous Gull
	Great Black-backed Gull
	Least Tern
	Caspian Tern
	Black Tern
	Common Tern
	Forster’s Tern
	Black Skimmer / SKIMMERS
	Red-throated Loon / LOONS
	Common Loon
	Northern Gannet / GANNETS
	Double-crested Cormorant / CORMORANTS
	Great Blue Heron / HERONS • IBISES
	Great Egret
	Snowy Egret
	Little Blue Heron
	Green Heron
	Black-crowned Night-Heron
	Glossy Ibis
	Black Vulture / VULTURES
	Turkey Vulture
	Osprey / KITES • HAWKS • EAGLES
	Golden Eagle
	Northern Harrier
	Sharp-shinned Hawk
	Cooper’s Hawk
	Bald Eagle
	Red-shouldered Hawk
	Red-tailed Hawk
	Rough-legged Hawk
	Eastern Screech-Owl / OWLS
	Great Horned Owl
	Snowy Owl
	Barred Owl
	Belted Kingfisher / KINGFISHERS
	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker / WOODPECKERS
	Red-headed Woodpecker
	Red-bellied Woodpecker
	Downy Woodpecker
	Hairy Woodpecker
	Pileated Woodpecker
	Northern Flicker
	American Kestrel / FALCONS
	Peregrine Falcon
	Monk Parakeet / PARROTS
	Eastern Wood-Pewee / TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
	Least Flycatcher
	Eastern Phoebe
	Great Crested Flycatcher
	Eastern Kingbird
	Yellow-throated Vireo / VIREOS
	Blue-headed Vireo
	Warbling Vireo
	Red-eyed Vireo
	Northern Shrike / SHRIKES
	Canada Jay / JAYS • CROWS
	Blue Jay
	American Crow
	Fish Crow
	Common Raven
	Carolina Chickadee / CHICKADEES • TITMICE
	Black-capped Chickadee
	Boreal Chickadee
	Tufted Titmouse
	Horned Lark / LARKS
	Purple Martin / SWALLOWS
	Tree Swallow
	Barn Swallow
	Cliff Swallow
	Golden-crowned Kinglet / KINGLETS
	Ruby-crowned Kinglet
	Red-breasted Nuthatch / NUTHATCHES
	White-breasted Nuthatch
	Brown Creeper /  CREEPERS
	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher / GNATCATCHERS
	House Wren / WRENS
	Winter Wren
	Carolina Wren
	European Starling / STARLINGS
	Gray Catbird / CATBIRDS
	Brown Thrasher / THRASHERS • MOCKINGBIRDS
	Northern Mockingbird
	Eastern Bluebird / THRUSHES
	Swainson’s Thrush
	Hermit Thrush
	Wood Thrush
	American Robin
	Bohemian Waxwing / WAXWINGS
	Cedar Waxwing
	House Sparrow / OLD WORLD SPARROWS
	Evening Grosbeak / FINCHES • CROSSBILLS • LONGSPURS
	Pine Grosbeak
	House Finch
	Purple Finch
	Common Redpoll
	Hoary Redpoll
	Red Crossbill
	Pine Siskin
	American Goldfinch
	Lapland Longspur
	Snow Bunting
	Grasshopper Sparrow / SPARROWS • JUNCOS • TOWHEES
	Chipping Sparrow
	Field Sparrow
	Fox Sparrow
	American Tree Sparrow
	Dark-eyed Junco
	White-crowned Sparrow
	White-throated Sparrow
	Savannah Sparrow
	Song Sparrow
	Lincoln’s Sparrow
	Swamp Sparrow
	Eastern Towhee
	Bobolink / BLACKBIRDS • ORIOLES • GRACKLES
	Eastern Meadowlark
	Orchard Oriole
	Baltimore Oriole
	Red-winged Blackbird
	Brown-headed Cowbird
	Common Grackle
	Boat-tailed Grackle
	Ovenbird / WOOD-WARBLERS
	Black-and-white Warbler
	Tennessee Warbler
	Orange-crowned Warbler
	Common Yellowthroat
	Hooded Warbler
	American Redstart
	Northern Parula
	Magnolia Warbler
	Blackburnian Warbler
	Yellow Warbler
	Chestnut-sided Warbler
	Black-throated Blue Warbler
	Palm Warbler
	Pine Warbler
	Yellow-rumped Warbler
	Black-throated Green Warbler
	Wilson’s Warbler
	Scarlet Tanager / CARDINALS • GROSBEAKS • BUNTINGS
	Northern Cardinal
	Rose-breasted Grosbeak
	Blue Grosbeak
	Indigo Bunting / CARDINALS • GROSBEAKS
Image Credits
Index
Acknowledgments