TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

American Redstart in Hand American Redstart- Setophaga ruticilla American Redstart- Setophaga ruticilla, Order Passeriformes-Family Parulidae. While mist netting in Miami University Birding Observatory with Drs. Jill and Dave Russel, and a covey of students, we netted an American Redstart! Photo: September 10, 2005, Canon EOS-1D Mark II camera with 100 f/2.8 Macro lens For More Species Info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/American_Redstart_dtl.html

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact hays@environment-education-press.org

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.