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<p>An examination of the biology and environment of all 28 species of the North American woodpecker and featuring 100 color photographs that show it in its natural habitat.</p> <h3>Library Journal</h3> <p>This attractive, authoritative book deals with all 28 species of woodpeckers found from central Mexico northward (i.e., North America in the faunal region sense). Backhouse, an environmental writer for periodicals like Audubon and New Scientist, is extremely knowledgeable about the biology and behavior of these popular birds and devotes chapters to such topics as anatomy, nesting, communication, reproduction and mortality, feeding habits, and relationships with other species. The remainder of her text is divided into species profiles that include an extensive introductory essay and address identification, distribution, habitat, voice, drumming and tapping sounds, feeding, breeding, migration, and conservation. The accompanying 70-plus color photographs are both abundant and of high quality, as are the detailed range maps. Backhouse has produced a worthy, popular complement to Arthur C. Bent's much more extensive Life Histories of North American Woodpeckers (featuring unique color

Author

Backhouse, Frances

Publisher

Richmond Hill, Ont.: Firefly Books

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9781554075058

Subjects

Science, Nature, Stem