Birds of Ne Hampshire & Vermont Field Guide [Paperback]

Learn to Identify Birds in New Hampshire and Vermont!

Make bird watching in New Hampshire and Vermont even more enjoyable! With Stan Tekielas famous field guide, bird identification is simple and informative. Theres no need to look through dozens of photos of birds that dont live in your area. This book features 130 species of New Hampshire and Vermont birds, organized by color for ease of use. Do you see a yellow bird and dont know what it is? Go to the yellow section to find out. Fact-filled information, a compare feature, range maps, and detailed photographs help to ensure that you positively identify the birds that you see.

Focusing on birds of New Hampshire and Vermont, this field guide features full-color photographs and information, organized by color, to help readers quickly and easily identify the birds they see.

Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis

Size:8-9 (20-22.5 cm)

Female:buff brown bird with tinges of red on crest and wings, a black mask and large red bill

Male:red bird with a black mask extending from face down to chin and throat, large red bill and crest

Juvenile:same as female, but with a blackish gray bill

Nest:cup; female builds; 2-3 broods per year

Eggs:3-4; bluish white with brown markings

Incubation:12-13 days; female and male incubate

Fledging:9-10 days; female and male feed young

Migration:non-migrator

Food:seeds, insects, fruit; comes to seed feeders

Compare:The Cedar Waxwing (pg. 143) has a small dark bill. Female Northern Cardinal appears similar to the juvenile Cardinal, but juvenile has a dark bill. Look for the bright red bill of female Northern Cardinal.

Stans Notes:A familiar backyard bird. Look for the male feeding the female during courtship. Male feeds young of the first brood by himself while female builds a second nest. The name comes from the Latin wordcardinalis, wlƒ+