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Identify Louisiana & Mississippi birds with this easy-to-use field guide, organized by color and featuring full-color photographs and helpful information.

Make bird-watching in Louisiana and Mississippi even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela’s famous 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 handy book features 146 species of Louisiana and Mississippi birds organized by color for ease of use. Full-page photographs present the species as you’ll see them in nature, and a “compare” feature helps you to decide between look-alikes.

Inside you’ll find:

  • 146 species: Only Louisiana and Mississippi birds!
  • Simple color guide: See a yellow bird? Go to the yellow section
  • Stan’s Notes: Naturalist tidbits and facts
  • Professional photos: Crisp, stunning images

This second edition includes six new species, updated photographs and range maps, expanded information, and even more of Stan’s expert insights. So grab Birds of Louisiana & Mississippi Field Guide for your next birding adventure—to help ensure that you positively identify the birds that you see.

ISBN-13: 9781647552992

Media Type: Paperback(2nd Revised ed.)

Publisher: Adventure Publications Incorporated

Publication Date: 11-15-2022

Pages: 384

Product Dimensions: 4.40(w) x 5.90(h) x 0.80(d)

Series: Bird Identification Guides

Naturalist, wildlife photographer and writer Stan Tekiela is the author of more than 190 field guides, nature books, children’s books, wildlife audio CDs, puzzles and playing cards, presenting many species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, trees, wildflowers and cacti in the United States. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural History from the University of Minnesota and as an active professional naturalist for more than 30 years, Stan studies and photographs wildlife throughout the United States and Canada. He has received various national and regional awards for his books and photographs. Also a well-known columnist and radio personality, his syndicated column appears in more than 25 newspapers and his wildlife programs are broadcast on a number of Midwest radio stations.

Read an Excerpt

American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis

Size: 5" (13 cm)

Male: A perky yellow bird with a black patch on forehead. Black tail with conspicuous white rump. Black wings with white wing bars. No marking on the chest. Dramatic change in color during winter, similar to female.

Female: dull olive yellow without a black forehead, with brown wings and white rump

Juvenile: same as female

Nest: cup; female builds; 1 brood per year

Eggs: 4-6; pale blue without markings

Incubation: 10-12 days; female incubates

Fledging: 11-17 days; female and male feed young

Migration: partial migrator; flocks of up to 20 birds move around North America

Food: seeds, insects, will come to seed feeders

Compare: The Pine Siskin (pg. 127) has streaked chest and belly and yellow wing bars. The female House Finch (pg. 129) and Purple Finch (pg. 143) have heavily streaked chests.

Stan’s Notes: Most often found in open fields, scrubby areas and woodlands. Often called Wild Canary. A feeder bird that enjoys Nyjer seed. Late summer nesting, uses the silky down from wild thistle for nest. Appears roller-coaster-like in flight. Listen for it to twitter during flight. Almost always in small flocks. Starts moving to Louisiana and Mississippi in November. Can be a common visitor to feeders during winter, leaving in April for northern states. Very numerous in some years and scarce in others.

Table of Contents

Introduction

  • What’s New?
  • Why Watch Birds in Louisiana and Mississippi?
  • Observation Strategies: Tips to Identify Birds
  • Bird Basics
  • Bird Color Variables
  • Bird Nests
  • Who Builds the Nest?
  • Fledging
  • Why Birds Migrate
  • How Do Birds Migrate?
  • How to Use This Guide
  • Range Maps

Sample Pages

The Birds

  • Black
  • Black and White
  • Blue
  • Brown
  • Gray
  • Green
  • Orange
  • Red
  • White
  • Yellow

Birding on the Internet

Checklist/Index by Species

Observation Notes

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