range, [>]–[>];
reproduction, [>], [>]–[>];
return visits, [>];
vocalization, [>]
Carolina Quest (Saunders), [>]
catbirds, [>], [>], [>], [>]
catbirds, gray, [>], [>]
cats, depredation on birds, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Charadrius melodus. See plovers, piping
charismatic species, [>], [>]
Charlie. See macaw, chestnut-fronted “Charlie”
chats, yellow-breasted, [>]
chickadees, black-capped, [>], [>]
chickadees, Carolina:
description, [>];
diet in the wild, [>], [>];
eggs, [>], [>], [>];
fecal sacs, [>];
foraging, [>];
increase in survival due to access to feeders, [>];
locomotion, [>];
nest, [>], [>], [>]–[>],
nestlings, [>]–[>],
parental behavior, [>];
removal of bluebird eggs by, [>];
reproduction, [>];
vocalization, [>]
chickens, [>], [>]
chipmunks, Eastern, [>], [>]
Christmas Bird Count, National Audubon Society’s, [>]
Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection, [>]
conservation efforts:
bluebird, [>]–[>];
chimney swift, [>]; “Duck Stamp,” [>]–[>];
least tern and piping plover, [>]–[>], [>], [>];
legislation, [>], [>];
mourning dove, [>], [>]–[>];
sandhill crane, [>], [>], [>], [>];
starling, [>]
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, [>], [>], [>]
cowbird, brown-headed, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
cranes, sandhill (Grus canadensis), [>], [>];
conservation efforts, [>], [>], [>], [>];
Festival of Cranes, [>]–[>];
flight, [>];
as food, [>], [>], [>];
hunting issues, [>]–[>];
hunting seasons, [>]–[>], [>], [>];
migration, [>];
monogamy, [>];
paleontology, [>];
population estimate, [>];
recruitment rate, [>];
reproduction, [>], [>];
vocalization, [>], [>]
cranes, whooping, [>]
creeper, brown, [>]
crickets, two-spotted tree (Neoxabia bipunctata), [>]
Crompton, Davis, [>]
crows, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Damiani, Tom, [>]–[>]
DDT, [>]–[>]
Dennis, John V., [>]–[>]
Dennis, Roy, [>], [>]
Discovery: Great Moments in the Lives of Outstanding Naturalists (Terres), [>]
disease and illness:
anorexia, [>], [>], [>];
bacterial enteritis, [>], [>];
calcium deficiency, [>];
dehydration, [>], [>], [>];
infection from cat bites, [>], [>];
from lightning bugs, [>];
from poisons, [>]–[>], [>]; See also parasites
Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book (Dr. Seuss), [>]
doves, mourning, [>], [>], [>], [>];
arrivals, [>], [>];
Cookie, [>];
description, [>];
diet in the wild, [>]–[>];
escape strategy, [>];
feeder, yard, [>], [>];
feeding in captivity, [>], [>]–[>];
fledglings, [>];
flight speed, [>];
as food, [>]–[>];
foraging, [>];
habitat, [>];
hunting issues, [>], [>]–[>];
intelligence, [>]–[>];
Libby, [>], [>]–[>];
mating behavior, [>], [>];
nest, [>];
nestlings, [>], [>]–[>];
population status, [>]–[>];
range, [>];
reproduction, [>]–[>], [>];
return visits and yard life, [>]–[>], [>]–[>];
taxonomy, [>]–[>];
vocalization, [>]
“Duck Stamp,” [>]–[>]
Ducks Unlimited, [>]
Duncan, Charles D., [>]
eagles, fish. See ospreys
eagles, golden, [>]
Eckelberry, Don, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
eggshells, feeding to birds, [>]–[>], [>]
egrets, [>]
egrets, great, [>]
egrets, snowy, [>]
endangered/threatened species:
illegal trade in, [>]–[>];
management practices, [>]–[>], [>];
shoreline bird habitat, [>], [>], [>];
whooping cranes, [>]
euthanasia, decision-making, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
evolution, adaptive radiation, [>]
extinction, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
feathers:
clipping a bird’s wings, [>], [>];
hunting birds for, [>];
plucking as a stress response, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp “Duck Stamp,” [>]–[>]
feeding birds:
baked goods, [>], [>];
canary chow, [>], [>];
cheese, [>], [>], [>];
corn, [>], [>];
costs, [>];
crickets, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>];
effects of winter feeding, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>];
eggs, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>];
eggshells for calcium, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>];
electrolytes, [>], [>];
fruit, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>];
fruit flies, [>], [>];
half-and-half, [>], [>];
as human intervention, [>];
insects, dried, [>], [>];
insects, live, [>], [>]–[>], [>];
kitten chow, [>], [>], [>];
mealworms, overview (see mealworms);
meat, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>];
millet, [>], [>], [>], [>];
nutritional supplements, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>];
oats, [>], [>];
parakeet pellets/seed, [>], [>];
parrot chow, [>], [>], [>];
pasta, [>], [>], [>], [>];
peanuts, [>], 114, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>];
percent increase in chickadee survival due to, [>];
powdered hummingbird maintenance diet, [>], [>]–[>];
puppy chow, [>], [>];
rice, [>];
suet, [>], [>], [>];
sunflower seeds, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>];
tricks to stimulate birds to eat, [>], [>], [>], [>];
vegetables, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
fertilizers, [>]
Festival of the Cranes, [>]–[>]
finches, house, [>], [>], [>]
fish farming, [>]
fledging tent, [>], [>]–[>]
flickers, [>], [>], [>]
fly, louse, [>]
food, diet in the wild, [>], [>]. See also under specific bird headings
food, human:
Atlantic puffin, [>];
mourning dove, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>];
plover and tern eggs, [>];
sandhill crane, [>], [>], [>], [>];
swiftlet nests, [>]–[>];
thrush, [>]
forest management, [>]
Fredenburg, Sandy, [>]
Frock, Roy F., Jr., [>]–[>]
Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, [>]
Gallagher, Tim, [>]
Garratt, Dr. Dennis G., [>]–[>]
geese, snow, [>], [>]
Giddings, Dr. Robert, [>], [>]
gnatcatchers, blue-gray, [>]
goldfinches, American, [>]
Goodall, Jane, [>], [>]
Goodwin, Richard, [>]
goshawks, northern, [>]
grackles, [>]
Great Gull Island, [>]
Griffin, Donald, [>]
Grinnell, George Bird, [>]
grit, [>], [>]
grosbeak, rose-breasted:
arrival, [>]–[>];
bathing, [>], [>];
contact call, [>]–[>];
departure, [>];
diet in the wild, [>], [>];
feeding in captivity, [>];
fledglings, [>], [>]–[>], [>];
flight, [>];
hand-raised visitor, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>];
Jeffrey, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>];
migration, [>];
nestling, [>]–[>], [>];
predators, [>];
return visits and yard life, [>]–[>];
tameness in, [>]–[>];
vocalization, [>], [>], [>]
grouse, ruffed:
approach and display to cars, [>];
development of chicks, [>];
distraction display, [>];
drumming sound, [>], [>];
fledglings, [>]–[>];
flight, [>];
habitat, [>], [>];
House Grouse, [>]–[>];
incubation of egg, [>]–[>];
nestling, [>];
population dynamics, [>];
predators, [>], [>];
reproduction, [>]
Grus canadensis. See cranes, sandhill
gulls, [>], [>]–[>]
habitat acquisition, [>]–[>]
habitat degradation, [>], [>]–[>]
Haggerty, Thomas M., [>]
Harrison, Bobby, [>]
Harvard, [>]
Harvest Information Program, [>]
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, [>]
hawks, Cooper’s, [>], [>], [>]
hawks, red-tailed, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>];
arrival, [>];
banding of, [>], [>]–[>];
departure, [>];
description, [>];
habitat, [>];
lifespan, [>]
hawks, sharp-shinned, [>];
migration, [>];
as predator, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
heat, supplemental, [>], [>]–[>]
Heinrich, Bernd, [>]
herons, [>]
herons, black-crowned night-:
killed by humans, [>], [>];
population increase, [>];
predation by, [>], [>], [>];
vocalization, [>]
Highland Foundation for Wildlife, [>]
Hitchcock, Alfred, [>]
Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge, [>], [>]
Hodges, Malcolm, [>]
humans, relationship with birds:
coming when called, [>], [>];
exchange of awareness, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>];
intervention (see intervention and interference);
learning bird consciousness, [>], [>]–[>];
“love,” use of term, [>];
parental, feeding in captivity (see under specific bird headings); parental, vigilance training, [>]–[>]; protector, [>], [>]–[>]; trust, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
hummingbirds, ruby-throated, [>], [>], [>], [>];
Adventure Joe, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]; age at independence, [>], [>];
arrival, [>];
bathing, [>], [>], [>], [>];
Bela, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>];
Buzz, [>]–[>], [>];
departures, [>], [>];
diet in the wild, [>], [>], [>], [>];
feeder, yard, [>], [>], [>], [>];
feeding in captivity, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>];
fledging, [>], [>], [>];
fledglings, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>];
foraging, [>];
intelligence, [>];
learning by example, [>];
Lily, [>]–[>], [>];
mating behavior, [>];
migration, [>], [>];
molting, [>];
nest, [>], [>], [>];
nestlings, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>];
parental behavior, [>];
precopulatory display, [>];
protein requirements, [>];
reproduction, [>];
return visits and yard life, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>];
Rufus, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>];
Sylvia, [>]–[>], [>];
temperament, [>], [>], [>];
tongue, exploration with, [>], [>], [>];
vocalization, [>], [>], [>]
hunting: mourning doves, [>], [>]–[>];
night-herons, [>];
ospreys, [>], [>];
red-tailed hawks, [>];
sandhill cranes, [>]–[>];
hunting license and hunting season, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
indicator species, [>], [>]
intervention and interference:
debate, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>];
endangered species management, [>]–[>];
food in captivity, [>]–[>];
killing predators, [>], [>];
species discrimination, [>], [>];
well-intentioned but destructive/ineffective, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>];
winter feeding, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
introduced species, [>], [>]
invasive species. See sparrows, house; starlings, European
iPod, [>]
Jackson, Jerome, [>]–[>]
jays, blue, [>], [>], [>]
Johnsgard, Paul, [>]
juncos, dark-eyed, [>], [>]–[>]
Kennedy, Charles, [>]–[>]
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife, [>]
kinglets, [>]
kites, snail, [>]
Kroodsma, Donald, [>]
Kulivan, David, [>]
Kyle, Georgean, [>]
Kyle, Paul, [>]
Lammer, Doreen, [>], [>]
Leopold, Aldo, [>]
Leslie (friend), [>], [>], [>], [>]
Liam (son), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Lillian Annette Rowe Sanctuary, [>]
Lloyd, Olga Hooks, [>]
Lorenz, Konrad, [>]
Louisiana Ornithological Society, [>]
macaw, chestnut-fronted “Charlie,” [>], [>];
affectionate behavior, [>], [>]–[>];
aggressive behavior, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>];
amazement behavior, [>];
arrival, [>], [>]–[>];
and Bill, [>], [>];
biting and nipping, [>], [>], [>]–[>];
commitment and challenges of responsibility, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>];
death, [>];
description, [>];
feeding in captivity, [>];
flight, [>], [>];
glassed-in room, [>], [>], [>];
interaction with the author, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>];
and Liam, [>], [>], [>];
licking mouth and bill, [>];
lifespan, [>];
life without, [>]–[>];
mating behavior, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>];
molting, [>], nesting behavior, [>];
parental behavior, [>];
and Phoebe, [>]–[>], [>];
plucking as a stress response, [>], [>]–[>];
preening, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>];
reaction to raptors, [>], [>];
sleep, [>], [>], [>];
territorial behavior, [>], [>], [>];
toilet training, [>];
toys and rope gym, [>], [>], [>];
training not to bite, [>];
visitors, safe technique with, [>];
vocalization, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
macaws. See parrots and macaws
MacLeod, Astrid, [>], [>]
Mallodon dasystomas, [>]
Marietta League of Women Voters, [>]
Marietta, Ohio, [>]
martins, pu
rple, [>], [>]
Mashomack Preserve, [>]
Matheny, Kandy, [>]–[>], [>]
mealworms:
bought in volume, [>], [>];
effects on molting, [>];
jar lid feeder for, [>];
nutritional issues, [>];
preparation for hummingbirds, [>], [>];
preparation for swifts, [>], [>];
when best to supply, [>], [>]
Micky (sister), [>]
migratory restlessness (Zugunruhe), [>]
mirrors for birds, [>], [>]
mites, [>], [>], [>], [>]
monogamy, in Carolina wrens, [>]–[>]
Montgomery, Sy, [>]
moths, gypsy, [>]
Mozart, [>]–[>]
Mullenix, Matt, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Munn, Charlie, [>]
Murray, Thomas R., [>]
Muskingum River, [>]
National Audubon Society, [>], [>], [>], [>]
National Institute of Amazonian Research, [>]
National Public Radio, [>], [>]
Nature Conservancy, The:
Mashomack Preserve, [>];
property in Connecticut, [>], [>], [>], [>];
shoreline bird habitat conservation, [>]–[>], [>]
nest box trails, [>], [>], [>]
nesting material, supplying, [>]
nests:
baffles to prevent predators, [>], [>]–[>];
competition for nest sites, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>];
disinfection, [>], [>], [>], [>];
orphan introduced into, [>];
parasitization by the cowbird, [>]–[>];
See also under specific bird headings
neurodermatitis, [>]
Newfoundland, [>]
night-herons. See herons, black-crowned night-
North American Bluebird Society, [>]
North American Breeding Bird Survey, [>], [>]
Obama, Barack, [>]
Ohio Division of Wildlife, [>]
Ohio Wildlife Center, [>], [>], [>]
omelet, bug, [>], [>], [>]
O’Neill, John, [>]
opossums, [>], [>], [>]
orioles, orchard, [>], [>];
arrival, [>];
bathing, [>], [>];
death and author’s bond with, [>], [>];
feeding in captivity, [>], [>];
lifespan, [>];
mating instinct, [>];
migration, [>];
molting, [>]–[>];
Ora Lee, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>];
predators, [>], [>];
and Vanna, [>];
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