Introduction

A New Approach to Birding

Bird Groups

A Guide to Birds

Gulls

Terns

Jaegers and Skuas

Tropicbirds

Storm-petrels

Shearwaters

Albatrosses

Boobies

Auks

Pelicans

Cormorants

Loons

Grebes

Ducks

Swans

Geese

Rails

Shorebirds

Long-legged Waders

Pigeons and Doves

Chickenlike Birds

Greater Roadrunner

Raptors

Owls

Nightjars

Swifts and Swallows

Cuckoos

Kingfishers and Elegant Trogon

Pipits and Longspurs

Larks

Meadowlarks

Orioles

Blackbirds and European Starling

Crows and Ravens

Magpies

Clark's Nutcracker

Jays

Crested Myna

Phainopepla

Waxwings

Shrikes

Buntings

Hummingbirds

Woodpeckers

Nuthatches

Brown Creeper

Wrens

American Dipper

Titmice

Chickadees

Verdin and Bushtit

Kinglets

Warblers and Vireos

Wrentit

Gnatcatchers

Waterthrushes

Flycatchers

Thrashers

Thrushes

Northern Mockingbird

Gray Catbird

Bluebirds

Grosbeaks, Tanagers, and Finches

Sparrows, Towhees, and Juncos

Dickcissel

Appendices

Credits

Index