Endangered and Disappearing Birds of the Midwest

229 Pages·2018·11.582 MB·English

by  Matt Williams

Endangered and Disappearing

BIRDS MIDWEST
O F T H E

Endangered
Disappearing
and
BIRDS
OF THE
MIDWEST
Matt Williams
Indiana University Press
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© 2018 by Matt Williams
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Williams, Matt (Photographer), author.
Title: Endangered and disappearing birds of
the Midwest / Matt Williams.
Other titles: Birds of the Midwest
Description: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University
Press, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018015000 (print) | LCCN 2018016443
(ebook) | ISBN 9780253035318 (e-book) |
ISBN 9780253035271 (h : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Birds—Middle West—Identification. |
Birds—Middle West—Pictorial works. | Rare birds—
Middle West—Identification. | Rare birds—Middle West—
Pictorial works. | Endangered species—Middle West.
Classification: LCC QL683.M55 (ebook) | LCC QL683.
M55 W55 2018 (print) | DDC 598.0977—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018015000
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments vii
List of Commonly Used Abbreviations ix
Introduction 1
1 Northern Bobwhite 4 22 Wood Thrush 108
2 Greater Prairie-Chicken 8 23 Evening Grosbeak 114
3 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 14 24 Pine Siskin 120
4 Black-billed Cuckoo 20 25 Snow Bunting 124
5 Whooping Crane 26 26 Field Sparrow 128
6 Piping Plover 30 27 Grasshopper Sparrow 132
7 Marbled Godwit 36 28 Henslow’s Sparrow 138
8 Red Knot 42 29 Bobolink 142
9 Dunlin 46 30 Eastern Meadowlark 146
10 Pectoral Sandpiper 50 31 Golden-winged Warbler 150
11 Semipalmated Sandpiper 56 32 Prothonotary Warbler 156
12 American Woodcock 60 33 Kentucky Warbler 162
13 Lesser Yellowlegs 64 34 Kirtland’s Warbler 168
14 Willet 70 35 Cape May Warbler 172
15 Herring Gull 74 36 Cerulean Warbler 178
16 Snowy Owl 80 37 Blackpoll Warbler 184
38 Prairie Warbler 190
17 Short-eared Owl 84 39 Canada Warbler 196
18 Red-headed Woodpecker 90 40 Wilson’s Warbler 202
19 Loggerhead Shrike 96
20 Horned Lark 100 Works Cited 207
21 Bank Swallow 104 List of Contributors 213

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I’d like to thank Richard Urbanek, Dave Ewert, Amy Kearns, and Francesca Cuthbert
for their contributions to this work. Their deep knowledge and expertise adds much
to the quality of this book; it truly was a privilege to work with each of them. Thanks
also to Dave for helping me locate good places in northern Michigan to photograph
several species I was missing. In addition, I need to thank Ken Brock, Don Gorney,
and John Kendall, who each provided comments that strengthened a number of the
captions in the book giving details on the birds shown. If any errors remain, they are
mine and not theirs.
Thanks also to my family for their encouragement, patience, and support. My
parents and grandparents instilled in me a love of birds and nature, and my wife
and children have shared that love with me and given me the time and freedom to
pursue time-consuming projects like this one! I love you all more deeply than I can
put into words.
Matt Williams
Genesis 1:20–22

LIST OF COMMONLY
USED ABBREVIATIONS
AOU American Ornithological Union
IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature
NABCI North American Bird Conservation Initiative
PIF Partners in Flight
USFWS United States Fish and Wildlife Service
USGS United States Geological Survey
WHSRN Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network