Birds of the Sierra Nevada

Edward C. Beedy was a co-author of Discovering Sierra Birds and has authored numerous technical publications and articles on Sierra birds. Edward R. Pandolfino is President of Western Field Ornithologists and a Regional Editor for Northern California for North American Birds. Keith Hansen is a professional bird artist who illustrated Discovering Sierra Birds, Distributional Checklist of North American Birds, Birds of Yosemite and the East Slope, California Wild Lands, A Guide to the Nature Conservancy Preserves, and The Natural History of the Point Reyes Peninsula, among other books.

"Presents the most up-to-date information available about the natural histories of birds of the Sierra Nevada." The Union "[This] book will deepen the experience of visits to the range for serious ornithologists and casual hikers alike." BirdWatching "A thorough, accessible text embracing a massive and diverse region of California... [The book] distills wisdom from many people who love both the avifauna and the high country and will inspire many of us to follow in their tracks." -- Claire Peaslee West Marin County "A book like Birds of the Sierra Nevada reaffirms your faith in how birding can dovetail with conservation, and in what birding can do for our collective sense of meaningful communion with nature." Birding Magazine

• ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsINTRODUCTIONECOLOGICAL ZONES AND BIRD HABITATSRECENT TRENDS IN SIERRA BIRD POPULATIONS AND RANGESUNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT SIERRA BIRDSBIRD CONSERVATION IN THE SIERRAFamily and Species AccountsWATERFOWL • AnatidaeQUAIL • OdontophoridaeFOWL-LIKE BIRDS • PhasianidaeLOONS • GaviidaeGREBES • PodicipedidaeCORMORANTS • PhalacrocoracidaePELICANS • PelecanidaeHERONS AND RELATIVES • ArdeidaeIBIS • ThreskiornithidaeNEW WORLD VULTURES • CathartidaeOSPREY • PandionidaeHAWKS AND RELATIVES • AccipitridaeFALCONS • FalconidaeRAILS AND RELATIVES • RallidaeCRANES • GruidaePLOVERS • CharadriidaeSTILTS AND AVOCETS • RecurvirostridaeSANDPIPERS AND RELATIVES • ScolopacidaeGULLS AND TERNS • LaridaePIGEONS AND DOVES • ColumbidaeCUCKOOS AND ROADRUNNERS • CuculidaeBARN OWL • TytonidaeTYPICAL OWLS • StrigidaeNIGHTHAWKS AND RELATIVES • CaprimulgidaeSWIFTS • ApodidaeHUMMINGBIRDS • TrochilidaeKINGFISHERS • AlcedinidaeWOODPECKERS • PicidaeTYRANT FLYCATCHERS • TyrannidaeSHRIKES • LaniidaeVIREOS • VireonidaeJAYS AND RELATIVES • CorvidaeLARKS • AlaudidaeSWALLOWS • HirundinidaeCHICKADEES AND TITMICE • ParidaeVERDIN • RemizidaeBUSHTIT • AegithalidaeNUTHATCHES • SittidaeCREEPERS • CerthiidaeWRENS • TroglodytidaeGNATCATCHERS • PolioptilidaeDIPPERS • CinclidaeKINGLETS • RegulidaeWRENTIT • SylviidaeTHRUSHES AND RELATIVES • TurdidaeMOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS • MimidaeSTARLINGS • SturnidaePIPITS • MotacillidaeWAXWINGS • BombycillidaeSILKY FLYCATCHERS • PtilogonatidaeWOOD-WARBLERS • ParulidaeSPARROWS AND RELATIVES • EmberizidaeGROSBEAKS AND RELATIVES • CardinalidaeBLACKBIRDS AND RELATIVES • IcteridaeFINCHES AND RELATIVES • FringillidaeOLD WORLD SPARROWS • PasseridaeAppendices1 Checklist of Sierra Birds2 Rare, Casual, and Accidental Birds of the Sierra Nevada3 Methods Used to Determine Population Trends4 Common and Scientific Names of Plant SpeciesGlossaryBibliographyIndex of Common NamesIndex of Scientific NamesAbout the Authors and Artist