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With more than 15,000 interior lakes and bordering both Lake Superior to the north and Lake Michigan to the east, Wisconsin is famous as a place to observe waterbirds of all types. It also has expansive forested areas, plains, and farmlands providing ideal habitats for hummingbirds, raptors, warblers, sparrows and more. And with nine national wildlife refuges, two national parks, and more than three million acres of IBAs (Important Bird Areas), Wisconsin is truly a great state for birds and birders. Written by expert Wisconsin birder Charles Hagner and filled with gorgeous color images by Brian E. Small, the American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Wisconsin is the perfect companion for anyone wanting to learn more about the natural history and diversity of the state's birds and when and where to see them.
Learn to Identify Birds in Wisconsin! Make bird watching even more enjoyable. With Wisconsin’s best-selling bird guide, field identification is simple and informative. There’s no need to look through dozens of photos of birds that don’t live in your area. This book features 120 species of Wisconsin birds organized by color for ease of use. Do you see a yellow bird and don’t know what it is? Go to the yellow section to find out. Crisp, stunning full-page photographs present the species as you’ll see them in nature, and a “compare” feature helps you to decide between look-alikes. Plus, Stan Tekiela’s naturalist notes feature fascinating tidbits and facts. This new edition includes 10 new species, updated photographs and range maps, expanded information, and even more of Stan’s expert insights. So grab Birds of Wisconsin Field Guide for your next birding adventure—to help ensure that you positively identify the birds that you see.
First published in 1949 and praised in The New York Times Book Review as "full of beauty and vigor and bite," A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with a call for changing our understanding of land management.
Birding has become one of Wisconsin's most popular outdoor recreational activities. This colorful booklet provides information on how to get started, including guidelines for selecting binoculars and spotting scopes, an overview of bird identification guides, tips on times and places for birding, and information on related activities.
Provides 214 two-page species accounts providing information on the species' geographic range, habitat preference, breeding biology, history, conservation concerns, and population trends. Another 23 species less common species are covered in additional accounts. The book also contains color photographs and maps. Data were collected from 1995-2000.
How many bird species visit Wisconsin's Horicon Marsh? Where can I see sandhill cranes in Wisconsin? What is the state bird of Wisconsin? If you find yourself asking any of these questions, then this book is for you... 50 Things to Know about the Birds in Wisconsin by Author Carly Lincoln offers a fun and informative approach to finding the most beautiful and varied species of birds in the nations Dairyland. Most books on birding tell you to travel to specific locations and hotspots for one or two prize species on your list, there will be some of that, but this book takes another approach and adds bite-size birding facts with a smattering of unique-to-my-tribe insights about common birds. Here I present you with a regional view of the state and help you locate the habitats and special locations on your quest for Wisconsin birds. From this view, I will help you find a diverse community of birds and celebrate the personalities of each species. Wisconsin has an extraordinary geography, and a great overlap in breeding and wintering ranges for many species. The state is uniquely positioned to offer a variety of habitats with irruptive specialties throughout the year. Based on knowledge from the world's leading experts, understanding the birds you see every day in their habitat brings a greater appreciation to the art of bird watching. This book will help you learn which habitats you should visit to find the species you are most interested in such as cranes, raptors, and even some rare birds. There are also helpful hints for making some of the more challenging bird identifications. By the time you finish this book, you will be equipped with intriguing facts and unique Indigenous insights on the everyday birds you thought you knew .... So grab YOUR copy today. You'll be glad you did.
Wisconsin Birds is a comprehensive and useful guide to the distribution and abundance of all common bird species found in the state. Meant as a supplement to the colorful field guides that identify birds, this little book of maps and graphs will tell you where to find them. Based on data collected on weekly checklists by members of the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology since 1982, this book's first edition was the first of its kind for any state. Each page of the book is devoted to a single species - 266 in all - showing the areas of the state in which that species can be found, its relative abundance in those areas, and seasonal patterns of abundance in southern and northern Wisconsin. New to this edition are graphs showing whether the species has increased, decreased, or remained stable over the last fourteen years. Also included in Wisconsin Birds are an explanation of how to interpret the maps and graphs and a description of the Wisconsin Checklist Project.
The American Bird Conservancy Guide to the 500 Most Important Bird Areas in the United States offers both bird enthusiasts and conservationists specialized information never before compiled in a single comprehensive volume. This expert resource organizes the United States into 36 ornithologically distinct bird regions, then identifies and describes the 500 sites within these regions. Each site entry includes ornithological highlights, ownership information, a description of habitats and land use, a guide to which species one can expect to find, conservation issues, and visitor information.