{"product_id":"2940013950429","title":"Common Birds of North America","description":"Contents\u003cbr\u003ePAGE BIRD NAME\u003cbr\u003e4. Baltimore Oriole\u003cbr\u003e5. Barn Swallow\u003cbr\u003e6. Chickadee\u003cbr\u003e7. Blue Bird\u003cbr\u003e8. Blue Jay\u003cbr\u003e9. Bobwhite\u003cbr\u003e10. Brown Creeper\u003cbr\u003e11. Brown Thrasher\u003cbr\u003e12. Canada Goose\u003cbr\u003e13. Cardinal\u003cbr\u003e14. Catbird\u003cbr\u003e15. Cedar Waxwing\u003cbr\u003e16. Chimney Swift\u003cbr\u003e17. Chipping Sparrow\u003cbr\u003e18. Cowbird\u003cbr\u003e19. Crow\u003cbr\u003e20. Downy Woodpecker\u003cbr\u003e21. Flicker\u003cbr\u003e22. Goldfinch\u003cbr\u003e23. Grackle\u003cbr\u003e24. Green Heron\u003cbr\u003e25. Herring Gull\u003cbr\u003e26. House Sparrow\u003cbr\u003e27. House Wren\u003cbr\u003e28. Junco\u003cbr\u003e29. Killdeer\u003cbr\u003e30. Mallard\u003cbr\u003e31. Mockingbird\u003cbr\u003e32. Mourning Dove\u003cbr\u003e33. Myrtle Warbler\u003cbr\u003e34. Nighthawk\u003cbr\u003e35. Pigeon\u003cbr\u003e36. Purple Martin\u003cbr\u003e37. Red-eyed Vireo\u003cbr\u003e38. Red-headed WP\u003cbr\u003e39. Red-winged BB\u003cbr\u003e40. Robin\u003cbr\u003e41. Hummingbird\u003cbr\u003e42. Song Sparrow\u003cbr\u003e43. Sparrow Hawk\u003cbr\u003e44. Starling\u003cbr\u003e45. Towhee\u003cbr\u003e46. Tufted Titmouse\u003cbr\u003e47. Turkey Vulture\u003cbr\u003e48. White-breasted Nuthatch\u003cbr\u003e49. White-crowned Sparrow\u003cbr\u003e50. Wood Pewee\u003cbr\u003e51. Wood Thrush\u003cbr\u003e52. Yellowthroat\u003cbr\u003e53. Yellow Warbler\u003cbr\u003eBaltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)\u003cbr\u003eLook for this bird in groves and shade trees in residential areas of\u003cbr\u003etowns and suburbs. Smaller than a robin, the male’s fiery orange and\u003cbr\u003eblack is easy to spot. As he wings by, his bright colors add a flick of\u003cbr\u003eglory to the urban scene.\u003cbr\u003eThe song is a rich series of whistled notes. Wintering to South\u003cbr\u003eAmerica, the oriole’s summer breeding range stretches from Nova\u003cbr\u003eScotia to north Texas. This is the architect of the graceful pendulant\u003cbr\u003enests usually seen only after the leaves have fallen, and the birds\u003cbr\u003ehave gone.\u003cbr\u003eBarn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)\u003cbr\u003eLength about 7 inches; distinguished among our swallows by deeply\u003cbr\u003eforked tail. While they breed throughout the United States, they\u003cbr\u003ewinter to South America.\u003cbr\u003eThis is one of the most familiar farm birds and a great insect\u003cbr\u003edestroyer, seeking prey from daylight to dark on tireless wings. Its\u003cbr\u003efavorite nesting site was barn rafters, upon which it stuck mud\u003cbr\u003ebaskets to hold its eggs. But modern barns are fewer and so tightly\u003cbr\u003econstructed that swallows cannot gain entrance, and in much of this\u003cbr\u003ecountry, they have turned to boat docks, commercial buildings,\u003cbr\u003esummer homes, and the out buildings of rural suburbs to keep the\u003cbr\u003especies going. Like other rural birds, they have to adjust to changing\u003cbr\u003eland-use patterns.\u003cbr\u003eChickadee (Parus sp.)\u003cbr\u003eLength about 5 inches. Resident in most of North America.\u003cbr\u003eBecause of its delightful notes, it flitting ways, and its fearlessness,\u003cbr\u003ethe chickadee is one of our best known birds. It responds to human\u003cbr\u003eencouragement, and by hanging a constant supply of suet, this\u003cbr\u003eblack-capped visitor can be made a regular feeder in suburban\u003cbr\u003egardens or city yards. Though small in size, these cousins of the\u003cbr\u003etitmice are highly useful against insects, gleaned mostly from the\u003cbr\u003etwigs and branches of trees. The chickadee’s food is made up of\u003cbr\u003einsects and seeds, largely seeds of pines, with a few of the poison\u003cbr\u003eivy, some weeds, and sunflowers.\u003cbr\u003eBluebird (Sialia sp.)\u003cbr\u003eAbout 6 inches long, bluebirds breed in the United States, southern\u003cbr\u003eCanada, Mexico, and Guatemala, wintering in the southern half of\u003cbr\u003ethe Eastern United States and south to Guatemala.\u003cbr\u003eThe bluebird was once a familiar tenant of towns, hailed as the\u003cbr\u003eherald of a new vernal season, and decidedly domestic in its habits.\u003cbr\u003eAbout the time that starlings became so very numerous, it declined in\u003cbr\u003enumbers. No one is sure why its numbers fell, but competition for\u003cbr\u003enest sites by starlings and house sparrows is certainly partly\u003cbr\u003eresponsible. Recently, it has begun to reappear in many places.\u003cbr\u003eIts favorite nesting sites are natural cavities in old trees, boxes made\u003cbr\u003efor its use or crannies in buildings. Nesting boxes may be restoring\u003cbr\u003ethe species, whose occupants pay rent by destroying insects. The\u003cbr\u003ebluebird’s diet consists of 68 percent insects and 32 percent\u003cbr\u003evegetable matter. The commonest items of insect food are\u003cbr\u003egrasshoppers first and beetles next, while caterpillars stand third.\u003cbr\u003eSmall flocks sometime invade yards for the red fruits of flowering\u003cbr\u003edogwood trees.","brand":"99 \u0026cent; store, save to buy more","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152701931760,"sku":"2940013950429","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013950429_p0.jpg?v=1763597848","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013950429","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}