A comprehensive, profusely illustrated natural history of all 28 North American species of woodpeckers.
The distinctive behavior and sound of woodpeckers make them easy to hear and interesting to watch. Woodpeckers of North America specifically covers all species of woodpeckers found in the United States, Canada and northern Mexico.
Woodpeckers are renowned for their cavity-excavating abilities. Although trees and telephone poles are the choice of most woodpeckers, desert dwellers frequently excavate nests in cacti. While all eat insects, many drink tree sap, eat acorns, and consume other surprising foods.
Woodpeckers are distinguished by several anatomical features, including:
100 color photographs capture the intriguing woodpeckers in their natural environments. Woodpeckers of North America is a handy, well-written reference covering the biology and environment of these fascinating birds.
1983, 1991, 2000; Leach 1925; Linsdale 1936; MacRoberts 1970; MacTague 2004; McKeever and Adams 1960; Mearns 1890a, 1890b; Michael 1926, 1936a, 1936b; Miller 1947, 1955; Mumme et al. 1985, 1990; Myers 1915; Paulson 2007; Peck 1921; ...
Written and illustrated by David Allen Sibley, Americas most widely respected bird illustrator and ornithologist.
Indiana is proud to publish this lavish book, the first properly designed and professionally illustrated edition of any of Arthur Cleveland Bent's Life Histories of North American Birds. For the...
Woodpeckers of North America
An intimate blend of personal field notes, rich natural history, and stunning photographs in the wild, this perfect holiday book for all bird-watchers provides an in-depth look at two of our most iconic--and important-- bird species.
Generously illustrated, fact-filled reference book and field companion to 7 species -- downy, hairy, pileated, red-headed and red-bellied woodpeckers, yellow-bellied sapsucker and northern flicker.
These striking birds drill holes a foot high and can even break trees in half with their powerful beaks. Jam-packed with facts, this book will captivate budding bird watchers.
Covering all of the 198 species of woodpeckers in the world, a comprehensive volume, illustrated in color, offers information on identifying characteristics, similar species, distribution, migration, habitat, geographical variations, voice, ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Life History Studies of Woodpeckers of Eastern North America