vocalization, [>], [>]
ospreys (Pandion heliaetus), [>], [>], [>], [>];
colonial nesting, [>], [>];
deductive reasoning, [>], [>];
defensive behavior, [>], [>];
description, [>]–[>], [>];
diet in the wild, [>], [>];
electrocution by power lines, [>];
eyes, [>];
family, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>];
fledglings, [>]–[>];
flight, [>], [>];
foraging, [>], [>], [>], [>];
hunting, [>], [>];
intelligence, [>], [>], [>];
lack of down, [>];
Logie, [>]–[>];
mating behavior, [>], [>];
migration, [>], [>]–[>];
nest, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>];
nestlings, [>]–[>], [>];
nostrils, [>];
observation/drawing time, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>];
odor, [>];
oil gland, [>];
parental behavior, [>]–[>];
population decline due to pesticides, [>]–[>];
population status, current, [>];
predators, [>], [>] (see also ospreys, hunting);
reproduction, [>], [>];
shooting, [>], [>];
talons, [>];
tracking, [>], [>]–[>];
vocalization, [>], [>], [>], [>];
wintering site fidelity, [>];
zygodactyly, [>], [>]
owls, [>], [>]
owls, barred, [>]
owls, great horned, [>], [>], [>], [>]
owls, screech-, [>]
oystercatchers, American, [>], [>]
Pandion haliaetus. See ospreys
parasites, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]. See also disease and illness
Parkes, Ken, [>]
paroquet (parakeet), Carolina, [>]
parrots and macaws:
abuse, [>]–[>], [>];
aggressive behavior in the wild, [>], [>];
captive-bred, [>], [>];
Charlie (see macaw, chestnut-fronted “Charlie”);
diet in the wild, [>];
flight, [>];
illegal trade, [>]–[>];
intelligence, [>], [>];
lifespan, [>], [>];
nestlings, [>];
as pets, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>];
plucking stress response, [>], [>]–[>];
reproduction and parental behavior, [>];
rescue and adoption, [>], [>];
territorial behavior, [>]–[>];
vocalization and mimicry, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
pesticides, organochloride, [>]–[>]
pet carrier, bird transport in, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Peterson, Roger Tory, [>], [>]
Phoebe (daughter), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
phoebes, eastern, Avis, vi, [>]–[>], [>], [>];
bathing, [>];
departure, [>];
fecal sac, [>];
feeding in captivity, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>];
fledglings, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>];
flight, [>];
Luther, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>];
mites on, [>], [>];
nest, [>], [>];
nestlings, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>];
parental behavior, [>];
predators, [>]–[>], [>];
return visits and yard life, [>]–[>];
song development, [>];
vocalization, [>], [>], [>]
photography, [>]–[>]
pigeons, [>], [>], [>]
pigeons, passenger, [>], [>]
Piranga. See tanagers
Pittman-Robertson Act, [>]
plovers, piping (Charadrius melodus), [>];
distraction display, [>], [>];
habitat, [>]–[>];
habitat conservation, [>]–[>], [>], [>];
nest, [>], [>];
nest enclosures for, [>];
parental behavior, [>]–[>], [>];
predators, [>], [>];
recognition of individual people, [>];
reproduction, [>], [>];
threatened/endangered species, [>];
vocalization, [>]
plumage. See feathers
poems, [>]
polygyny, in Carolina wrens, [>]–[>]
Poole, Alan, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Pough, Richard, [>]
power lines, and raptors, [>]
Proctor, Noble, [>]
puffins, Atlantic, [>], [>], [>]
raccoons, [>], [>], [>], [>]
ravens, [>]
recruitment rate, sandhill cranes, [>]; robins, [>]
redbirds. See cardinals, northern
redstarts, [>]
reserves, nature, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
robins, xxii, [>], [>];
diet in the wild, [>];
parental behavior, [>];
recruitment rate, [>];
reproduction, [>], [>]
sanctuaries. See reserves
Saunders, Richard M., [>]–[>]
Sebold, Alice, [>]
Seton, Ernest Thompson, [>]
Shackelford, Clifford, [>]
Short, Lester, [>]
skimmers, black, [>]
snakes, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
soft release of birds, [>]
songs. See bird songs or bird calls
sparrows, [>]
sparrows, chipping, [>]
sparrows, field, [>]
sparrows, house, [>], [>], [>], [>]
sparrows, Savannah:
arrival, [>];
attachment to a junco, [>]–[>];
death, [>];
diet in captivity, [>];
migration, [>];
predators, [>]–[>], [>], [>];
Vanna, [>]–[>], vocalization, [>]
sparrows, white-throated:
arrival, [>];
color morphs, [>];
departure, [>];
description, [>];
diet in the wild, [>], [>];
foraging, [>]–[>];
migration, [>], [>];
return visits, [>]–[>];
roosting call, [>]–[>];
Sunshine, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>];
vocalization, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
starlings, European, [>], [>]–[>];
description, [>];
diet in the wild, [>], [>];
effects of winter feeding, [>];
Einstein, [>];
feeding time, [>];
flocks, [>];
foraging, [>], [>];
intelligence, [>], [>], [>];
as an invasive species, [>], [>];
kept by Mozart, [>]–[>];
mating behavior, [>], [>];
nestling as drawing model, [>], [>];
nests, [>], [>]–[>];
population decline, [>], [>];
reproduction, [>], [>];
vocalization and mimicry, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Strauss, Eric, [>]
strikers, little. See terns, least
sumac, shining (Rhus copallina), [>]
swallows, barn, [>];
description, [>];
diet in the wild, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>];
foraging, [>];
inside large home-improvement stores, [>], [>];
intelligence, [>], [>], [>], [>];
nest, [>], [>], [>];
predation by a snake, [>]–[>];
vocalization, [>]
swallows, tree, [>], [>], [>];
diet in the wild, [>], [>];
eggs, [>]–[>], [>];
juvenile dependency period, [>];
migration, [>];
nesting, [>], [>], [>], [>];
range, [>], [>];
reproduction, [>], [>];
/>
trust, [>];
vocalization, [>]
swans, mute, [>]
swiftlets, edible-nest, [>]–[>]
swifts, chimney, [>];
adaptations to chimney environment, [>]–[>], [>];
alarm call, [>];
Amelia, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>];
Blue, [>];
colonial behavior, [>];
dehydration, [>], [>], [>];
departure, [>]–[>];
destruction by chimney sweeps, [>], [>];
diet in the wild, [>], [>]–[>];
fasting in, [>];
feathers, [>]–[>];
fecal sac, lack of, [>];
feeding in captivity, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>];
fledglings, [>], [>], [>]–[>];
flight, [>], [>];
foraging, [>];
Green, [>];
gular pouch, [>];
incubation period, [>];
instinctive recognition of chimney, [>];
intelligence, [>];
labeling technique, [>];
nest, [>], [>], [>]–[>];
nest building, [>]–[>];
nestlings, [>]–[>], [>];
parental behavior, [>];
Pink, [>];
Red, [>], [>];
reproduction, [>];
saliva, [>], [>];
Sasha, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>];
sensory stimulation, [>];
tongue, [>];
twig gathering, [>];
vocalization, [>], [>], [>];
Willa, [>];
Yellow, [>]
Szaro, R. C., [>]
tanagers (Piranga), range and diversity, [>], [>], [>]
tanagers, paradise, [>]
tanagers, scarlet, [>];
description, [>];
diet in the wild, [>], [>];
fledglings, [>];
home range and habitat loss, [>];
mating behavior, [>];
migration, [>], [>]–[>], [>];
nestlings, [>];
nest parasitization by cowbirds, [>]–[>];
nests, [>];
population dynamics, [>]–[>];
predators, [>], [>];
reproduction, [>]–[>];
sexual dimorphism, [>];
Tangee, [>], [>]–[>];
vocalization, [>], [>], [>];
winter plumage, [>]
Tanner, James, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Tanner, Nancy, [>]–[>]
Teale, Edwin Way, [>]
temperature control:
in captivity, heat, [>], [>]–[>];
in the wild, [>]
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission, [>]
terns, [>]
terns, common, [>], [>]
terns, least, [>], [>];
foraging, [>];
on Great Gull Island, [>];
habitat conservation, [>]–[>], [>], [>];
human depredation, [>]–[>];
on Menunketesuck Island, [>]–[>], [>];
nest, [>];
nest defense behavior, [>];
nestlings, [>], [>], [>];
parental behavior, [>]–[>], [>];
predators, [>]–[>];
recognition of individual people, [>], [>];
reproduction, [>], [>];
threatened/endangered species, [>];
vocalization, [>]
terns, roseate, [>], [>]
territory, competition for, [>]. See also nests, competition for nest sites
Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall, [>]
Thompson, Bill, III (husband):
bird labeling technique, [>];
and Charlie the macaw, [>], [>];
and chimney swifts, [>], [>];
Duck Stamp purchase, [>];
and eastern bluebirds, [>]–[>], [>];
and eastern phoebes, [>];
editor and publisher of Bird Watcher’s Digest, [>];
magazine cover art, [>];
and ruby-throated hummingbirds, [>];
and sandhill cranes, [>];
and a titmouse, [>];
and a turkey vulture, [>];
wedding, [>]
Thompson, Liam (son):
and Charlie the macaw, [>], [>];
and chimney swifts, [>], [>], [>];
and eastern bluebirds, [>];
and eastern phoebes, [>];
and European starlings, [>];
at Festival of Cranes, [>];
life with a bird rehabilitator, [>], [>];
“preening,” [>];
and ruby-throated hummingbirds, [>]
Thompson, Phoebe Linnea (daughter):
and Charlie the macaw, [>]–[>];
and chimney swifts, [>], [>];
and eastern bluebirds, [>];
and eastern phoebes, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>];
at Festival of Cranes, [>];
and grouse, [>]–[>];
life with a bird rehabilitator, [>];
and mourning doves, [>], [>];
and northern cardinal, [>];
and ruby-throated hummingbirds, [>], [>], [>], [>]
thrashers, brown, [>]
threatened species. See endangered/threatened species
threats to birds: cars, [>], [>], [>];
cats, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>];
dogs, [>];
electrocution from power lines, [>];
flying into glass windows/doors, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>];
high tide, [>]–[>];
human (see food, human; habitat degradation; hunting; intervention and interference);
illness (see disease and illness; parasites)
thrushes, [>]
thrushes, hermit, [>], [>]
thrushes, wood, [>]–[>], [>]
Thryothorus, [>], [>]. See also wrens, Carolina
titmice, [>]
titmice, tufted, [>];
arrival, [>], [>];
competition for territory, [>];
departure, [>], [>];
description, [>];
feeder, yard, [>], [>];
feeding in captivity, [>];
predators, [>], [>];
vocalization, [>], [>], [>]
tits, blue, [>]
toenails, clipping, [>]
totems, [>]–[>], [>]
touchstone species, [>], [>]
tourism, [>]
tracking, satellite, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
transport of birds, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Troyer, Andy, [>]
Truslow, Fredrick Kent, [>]
turkeys, [>]
turkeys, wild, [>], [>], [>]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
vigilance behavior, [>]–[>]
vireos, red-eyed, [>]
vireos, white-eyed, [>], [>]
vultures, turkey, [>], [>], [>];
albino sightings, [>]–[>], [>], [>];
arrival, [>]–[>];
description, [>];
diet in the wild, [>], [>], [>], [>];
feeding in captivity, [>];
feeding young, [>];
flight, [>], [>], [>];
hit by car, [>]–[>];
at a landfill, [>];
migration, [>], [>];
nestlings, [>], [>];
as predator, [>], [>];
starving and lethargic, [>]–[>];
stench of vomit, [>]–[>];
as totem, [>]–[>], [>];
vocalization, [>]
warblers, [>], [>]
warblers, Blackburnian, [>]
warblers, blue-winged, [>]
warblers, prairie, [>]
waxwings, cedar, [>], [>], [>]
Weidensaul, Scott, [>], [>]–[>]
whip-poor-wills, [>], [>], [>]
wildlife rehabilitation facilities, bird, [>], [>]
wildlife rehabilitators:
emotional challenges, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
, [>];
euthanasia decision-making process, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>];
joys, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>];
knowing when to release a bird, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>];
naming an animal, [>];
permit, [>], [>];
referred by Bird Watcher’s Digest, [>];
responsibilities, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>];
time and costs, [>], [>]
windows and doors, birds hitting glass, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
woodpeckers, [>], [>]
woodpeckers, downy, [>]
woodpeckers, hairy, [>]
woodpeckers, ivory-billed, [>], [>], [>];
author’s artwork and writing, [>], [>];
in Cuba, [>], [>];
description, [>];
diet in the wild, [>], [>], [>];
extinct status, debate, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>];
fledglings, [>];
flight, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>];
foraging, [>], [>], [>];
habitat and habitat loss, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>];
life span, [>];
locomotion, [>]–[>];
nest, [>];
research on, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>];
search for, [>]–[>], [>];
sightings, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>];
sound of bill hitting wood, [>], [>], [>];
and Thomas Murray, [>];
threat display, [>];
vocalization, [>], [>], [>], [>]
woodpeckers, pileated:
on author’s property, [>];
description, [>];
generalist, [>];
population increase, [>];
tongue, [>]
woodpeckers, red-headed, [>]
World Wildlife Fund, [>]
wrens, buff-breasted, [>]
wrens, Carolina, [>]–[>];
age at fledging, [>];
diet in the wild, [>], [>];
fledglings, [>]–[>], [>];
intelligence, [>], [>];
mating behavior, [>], [>]–[>];
migration, [>];
nest, [>]–[>];
parental behavior, [>], [>], [>];
polygyny, [>]–[>];
predation by snakes, [>];
reproduction, [>]–[>];
vent pecking, [>], [>];
vocalization, [>], [>], [>]
wrens, house, [>], [>]
wrens, riverside, [>]
yellowthroat, common, [>], [>]
Zeleny, Lawrence, [>]
Zickefoose, C. D. (father), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Zickefoose, Ida (mother), [>], [>], [>]
Zickefoose, Julie:
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