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Delawarers"s location in the mid-Atlantic region on the Atlantic flyway, as well as the geologic evolution of Delawarers"s Piedmont and Coastal Plain, have resulted in a great variety of bird life-virtually all species regularly encountered in the East.Birds of Delawareis the first comprehensive book on birds in the state, containing accounts of 418 species, and the first state book to integrate breeding bird atlas survey results with all other available information on a staters"s wild birds. Destined to be a definitive reference work for years to come, Birds of Delaware includes innovative graphic presentations on breeding and seasonal distribution, relative abundance of species, nesting season, and winter population changes. Primarily concerned with species accounts for breeding birds, migrants, and rare visitors.

List of Figures, Maps, and Tables

vii

Foreword

ix

Howard P. Brokaw

Acknowledgments

xi

List of Abbreviations

xvii

Delaware Habitats

3

(9)

Geology and Landforms

3

(1)

Soils

3

(1)

Climate

4

(1)

Wetlands

5

(2)

Aquatic Environments

7

(1)

The Delaware Estuary and Inland Bays

7

(1)

Beach and Duneland

8

(1)

Forests

8

(3)

Agricultural Land

11

(1)

Conservation of Delaware Birds

12

(9)

Declining Species

12

(1)

Extirpated Breeding Species

12

(1)

Rare and Threatened Breeding Species

12

(1)

Other Species with Low Breeding Populations

12

(1)

Breeding Species of Management Concern

12

(1)

Other Declining Breeding Species

13

(1)

Migrants and Winter Visitors of Management Concern

13

(1)

Increasing Species

13

(1)

Habitat Degradation and Loss

14

(5)

The Future of Bird Conservation in Delaware

19

(2)

Early Bird Records and the Growth of Ornithology in Delaware

21

(6)

Gregory A. Inskip

The Earliest Records

21

(1)

The Eighteenth Century

22

(1)

Progress Toward Systematic Ornithology in Delaware

23

(1)

The Twentieth Century

24

(3)

History of Breeding Bird Atlases

26

(1)

Chandler S. Robbins

Introduction to the Delaware Breeding Bird Atlas

27

(10)

Objectives

27

(1)

Atlas Organization

27

(1)

Methods

27

(5)

Relative Abundance Study

32

(1)

Atlas Results

32

(3)

Changes in Delaware Breeding Avifauna

35

(2)

Introduction to the Species Accounts

37

(546)

The State List

37

(1)

Nomenclature and Arrangement

37

(1)

Sources

37

(4)

Definitions of Terms

41

(3)

Species Accounts

44

(519)

Pelagic Birding

52

(17)

Maurice V. Barnhill III

Pea Patch Island: A Siege of Herons (and Egrets and Ibises)

69

(30)

Charles R. Vickers

Snow Geese

99

(6)

Winston J. Wayne

Canada Goose Management

105

(28)

Norman G. Wilder

Delaware's Coastal Impoundments and Their Birds

133

(29)

William H. Meredith

Hawk Migration in Delaware: Timing, Magnitude, and Ecology

162

(23)

Robert W. Russell

Birds and the Law

185

(48)

H. Lloyd Alexander

Spring Shorebirds on Delaware Bay

233

(198)

Howard P. Brokaw

Forest Fragmentation and Forest Birds

431

(92)

Roland R. Roth

Blackbird Roosts in Delaware

523

(20)

John T. Linehan

Irruptive Northern Visitors to Delaware

543

(20)

Gregory A. Inskip

Appendices

A. Common and Scientific Names of Animals and Plants

563

(2)

B. The Breeding Bird Atlas and Relative Abundance Study Grid

565

(1)

C. Relative Abundance Study

566

(1)

D. Breeding Dates and Clutch Sizes

567

(2)

E. Breeding Bird Survey

569

(1)

F. Breeding Bird Census

570

(1)

G. May Counts (Delaware Spring Roundup)

571

(2)

H. Christmas Bird Counts

573

(1)

I. Trend Analysis of Delaware Bird Populations

574

(5)

J. Estimates of State Populations of Breeding Birds

579

(4)

Richard L. West

Observers and Sources

583

(20)

Literature Cited

603

(27)

Sources of Illustrations

630

(1)

Addendum

630

(1)

Index

631

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