Fifty Common Birds of the Upper Midwest
by OVERCOTT, Nancy

Format: Hardcover
Release Date: 1/1/2006
Code: 11880
Condition: New
Product Details
Beginning with the garishly colored male and the more gently colored female wood duck, whose tree cavity nest serves as a launching pad for ducklings in the summer months, and ending on a bright yellow note with the American goldfinch, whose cheerful presence enlivens the midwestern landscape all year long, Overcott combines field observations drawn from her twenty-plus years of living and birding in Minnesota’s Big Woods with anecdotes and data from other ornithologists to portray each species’ life cycle, its vocalizations and appearance, and its habitat, food, and foraging methods as well as migration patterns and distribution. Infused with a dedication to conserving natural resources, her succinct yet personable prose forms an ideal complement to Gardner’s watercolors as this renowned illustrator of avian life worldwide revisits the birds of his childhood. Fifty watercolor paintings by Dana GARDNER.
ISBN: 0877459835
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Year of Publication: 2006
Page Count: 106
Shipping Weight: 1.80 lb