Map on inside cover

Invitation to birding -- Guide to 160 species -- Ducks-geese-swans -- New world quail -- Pheasants-turkeys-grouse -- Loons -- Grebes -- Cormorants -- Anhinga -- Pelicans -- Herons-egrets -- Ibises-spoonbills -- Storks -- New world vultures -- Osprey -- Hawks-kites-eagles -- Falcons -- Rails-coots -- Cranes -- Plovers -- Avocet -- Sandpipers -- Gulls-terns-skimmers -- Puffins -- Pelagic birds -- Pigeons-doves -- Parrots-parakeets -- Cuckoos- roadrunners -- Owls -- Nightjars -- Swifts -- Hummingbirds -- Kingfishers -- Woodpeckers -- Tyrant flycatchers -- Shrikes -- Vireos -- Crows -- jays -- Larks -- Swallows -- Chickadees -- titmice -- Bushtit -- Nuthatches -- Creepers -- Wrens -- Kinglets -- Gnatcatchers -- Dippers -- Thrushes -- Mockingbirds-thrashers -- Starlings -- Waxwings -- Snow bunting -- Wood-warblers -- Towhees-sparrows -- Tanagers-cardinals-grosbeaks -- Blackbirds -grackles-orioles -- Finches -- Old world sparrows