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Bird sounds : how and why birds sing, call, chatter, and screech
- Title
- Bird sounds : how and why birds sing, call, chatter, and screech / Barry Kent MacKay.
- Author
- MacKay, Barry Kent, 1943-
- Publication
- Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, 2001.
- ©2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | QL698.5 .M33 2001 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 147 pages : color illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- An illustrated reference to bird sounds, including information on songs, regional variation, species communication, behavior, and more.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-139).
- Contents
- An introduction to bird sound -- How birds sing -- Songbirds -- A few features of bird sound -- Regional variation and speciation -- Bird sounds -- Brood parasites -- Communication among species -- Birds named for their sounds -- Bill rattling, clattering, and snapping -- Honkers, quackers, whistlers, whoopers, and screamers: The waterfowl -- Galliformes: Grouse, pheasants, and realted birds -- Woodpeckers -- Cranes -- The ubiquitous presence of sound.
- ISBN
- 0811727874
- 9780811727877
- LCCN
- 00032957
- OCLC
- ocm43985371
- 43985371
- SCSB-1219099
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library