Foreword | p. 9 |
Wonderful Wetland Birds | p. 11 |
Wetlands: A Diversity of Homes for Birds | p. 17 |
Wetlands: An Intricate Web of Life | p. 25 |
Introduction to the Species Accounts | p. 35 |
Waterfowl | |
Canada Goose | p. 39 |
Wood Duck | p. 43 |
Mallard | p. 46 |
American Black Duck | p. 49 |
Northern Pintail | p. 53 |
Northern Shoveler | p. 56 |
Blue-Winged Teal | p. 59 |
Green-Winged Teal | p. 62 |
Ring-Necked Duck | p. 65 |
Bufflehead | p. 69 |
Hooded Merganser | p. 72 |
Wading Birds | |
American Bittern | p. 77 |
Great Blue Heron | p. 80 |
Great Egret | p. 84 |
Snowy Egret | p. 87 |
Reddish Egret | p. 90 |
Little Blue Heron | p. 93 |
Tri-Colored Heron | p. 96 |
Green Heron | p. 99 |
Yellow-crowned Night Heron | p. 102 |
Glossy Ibis | p. 105 |
White Ibis | p. 108 |
Roseate Spoonbill | p. 111 |
Wood Stork | p. 114 |
Limpkin | p. 117 |
Sandhill Crane | p. 120 |
Birds of Prey | |
Osprey | p. 125 |
Northern Harrier | p. 129 |
Red-Shouldered Hawk | p. 132 |
Bald Eagle | p. 135 |
Peregrine Falcon | p. 138 |
Short-Eared Owl | p. 141 |
Rails | |
Clapper Rail | p. 147 |
Sora | p. 150 |
Common Moorhen | p. 154 |
American Coot | p. 157 |
Shorebirds, Gulls and Terns | |
Black-Bellied Plover | p. 163 |
Killdeer | p. 166 |
Semi-palmated Plover | p. 169 |
Piping Plover | p. 172 |
Snowy Plover | p. 175 |
Wilson's Plover | p. 178 |
American Oystercatcher | p. 181 |
American Avocet | p. 184 |
Greater Yellowlegs | p. 187 |
Lesser Yellowlegs | p. 190 |
Willet | p. 193 |
Pectoral Sandpiper | p. 196 |
Semi-palmated Sandpiper | p. 199 |
Least Sandpiper | p. 203 |
Short-Billed Dowitcher | p. 206 |
Wilson's Snipe | p. 209 |
Ring-Billed Gull | p. 212 |
Herring Gull | p. 215 |
Caspian Tern | p. 218 |
Black Skimmer | p. 221 |
Diving Birds | |
Common Loon | p. 227 |
Pied-Billed Grebe | p. 231 |
American White Pelican | p. 234 |
Brown Pelican | p. 237 |
Anhinga | p. 240 |
Double-Crested Cormorant | p. 243 |
Perching Birds | |
Belted Kingfisher | p. 249 |
Alder Flycatcher | p. 252 |
Tree Swallow | p. 255 |
Yellow Warbler | p. 259 |
Common Yellowthroat | p. 262 |
Savannah Sparrow | p. 265 |
Song Sparrow | p. 268 |
Swamp Sparrow | p. 271 |
Bobolink | p. 274 |
Red-Winged Blackbird | p. 277 |
Common Grackle | p. 280 |
Wetland Birds: The Future | p. 283 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 289 |
Selected Important Wetlands in Canada | p. 292 |
Selected Important Wetlands in the United States | p. 300 |
Wetland Birds Internet Resources | p. 306 |
Acknowledgments | p. 307 |
Index | p. 309 |
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