{"product_id":"waterfowl-in-your-pocket-dana-gardner-9781587296833","title":"Waterfowl in Your Pocket: A Guide to Water Birds of the Midwest","description":"\u003ci\u003eWaterfowl in Your Pocket \u003c\/i\u003eis a welcome aid to identifying the many colorful and intriguing water birds of the midwestern states, from the Great Lakes west to the Dakotas, east to Ohio, and south to Kansas and Missouri. Illustrator Dana Gardner has created fourteen panels showing fifty-one species of ducks, geese, swans, grebes, pelicans, coots, cormorants, moorhens, and loons swimming and flying with complete plumage variations--dark phases, light phases, and juvenile and adult male and female forms in summer and winter. The text also includes length, common and scientific names, and frequency and distribution. \u003cbr\u003e Whether flying high overhead in the fall or swimming in a nearby lake in the summer, waterfowl are notoriously difficult to identify, and Gardner has worked hard to make this guide useful for beginning birders as well as those more experienced in the field. Keep binoculars and \u003ci\u003eWaterfowl in Your Pocket\u003c\/i\u003e in your car or backpack--or pocket!--during spring and fall migration and summer nesting season for help in identifying such captivating water birds as greater white-fronted geese and tundra swans during spring and fall migration, male wood ducks and mallards in breeding plumage, immature and female red-breasted mergansers and snow geese, and uncommon winter visitors such as eiders and scoters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dana Gardner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1587296837\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781587296833\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Iowa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Other\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 4.10w x 0.30d","brand":"Dana Gardner","offers":[{"title":"Other","offer_id":43985216536831,"sku":"9781587296833","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9db44ede-c4c1-4b84-940d-28a8d2a318ef.jpg?v=1683276248","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/waterfowl-in-your-pocket-dana-gardner-9781587296833","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}