The Aviary
A birding room. Every sheet has the field marks that clinch an identification, the song written out and recorded, the look-alikes and how to separate them, and where and when to go. 254 birds have full sheets; the rest of the world's eleven thousand are in the open stacks.
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Perching birds & songbirds Passeriformes
6
NL·0497 · Icteridae
Baltimore oriole
Icterus galbula
NL·0287 · Bombycillidae
Cedar waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
NL·0596 · Parulidae
Kirtland's warbler
Setophaga kirtlandii
NL·0537 · Mimidae
Northern mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
NL·0320 · Cardinalidae
Painted bunting
Passerina ciris
NL·0496 · Icteridae
Red-winged blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Hawks, eagles & vultures Accipitriformes
1
Ducks, geese & swans Anseriformes
1
Swifts & hummingbirds Apodiformes
2
Shorebirds, gulls & auks Charadriiformes
1
Falcons Falconiformes
1
Cranes & rails Gruiformes
1
Nyctibiiformes Nyctibiiformes
1
Pelicans, herons & ibises Pelecaniformes
4
Flamingos Phoenicopteriformes
1
Woodpeckers, toucans & barbets Piciformes
1
Parrots Psittaciformes
1
Steatornithiformes Steatornithiformes
1
Owls Strigiformes
1
Gannets, cormorants & frigatebirds Suliformes
2
Trogons & quetzals Trogoniformes
1
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