The Stokes field guide to finches of the United States and Canada
Book - 2024
Following the extraordinary finch superflight of 2020-2021, birders across the country became obsessed with finches. With The Stokes Guide to Finches of the United States and Canada, you can gain expert knowledge on these beautiful birds and bring them into your own yard. This fully illustrated guide tells you all you need to know about attracting, observing, and protecting finches.
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New York, NY :
Little, Brown
[2024]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Edition
- First edition
- Item Description
- "Includes finches of Hawai'i"--Cover.
- Physical Description
- xix, 329 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9780316419932
- Preface
- How to Use This Guide
- 1. Main Breeding Finches
- Evening Grosbeak
- Pine Grosbeak
- Gray-Crowned Rosy-Finch
- Black Rosy-Finch
- Brown-Capped Rosy-Finch
- House Finch
- ID Tips to Common Red Finches
- Purple Finch
- Cassin's Finch
- Common Redpoll
- Hoary Redpoll
- Red Crossbill
- Cassia Crossbill
- White-Winged Crossbill
- European Goldfinch
- Pine Siskin
- Lesser Goldfinch
- Lawrence's Goldfinch
- American Goldfinch
- Vagrant Finches
- Common Chaffinch
- Brambling
- Hawfinch
- Common Rosefinch
- Pallas's Rosefinch
- Eurasian Bullfinch
- Asian Rosy-Finch
- Oriental Greenfinch
- Eurasian Siskin
- Hawaiian Honeycreepers
- Akikiki
- Maui Alauahio
- Palila
- Laysan Finch ('Ainohu Kauo)
- Nihoa Finch
- Akohekohe (Crested Honeycreeper)
- 'Apapane
- 'I'wi
- Maui Parrotbill (Kiwikiu)
- Akiapola'au
- 'Anianiau
- Hawai'i Amakihi
- O'ahu 'Amakini
- Kaua'i 'Amakihi
- Hawai'i Creeper ('Alawi)
- 'Akeke'e
- Hawai'i Akepa
- Feeding and Attracting Finches
- Feeding Finches
- Gardening for Finches
- Movements and Irruptions
- What Is an Irruption?
- The Differing irruptive Landscapes
- The Mechanisms that Drive irruptions
- History of irruptions
- Research and Conservation
- Hawai'i's Finches
- The Rosy-Finch Project
- The International Evening Grosbeak Read to Recovery Project
- Research Topics of interest Across the Fringillid Finches
- How You Can Help
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Codes for States, Provinces, and International Locations
- Photo Credits
- Index