The Federation of Alberta Naturalists Field Guide to Alberta Birds
- ISBN-10
- 0969613423
- ISBN-13
- 9780969613428
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 350
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Nature Alberta
- Authors
- William Bruce McGillivray, Glen Peter Semenchuk, Federation of Alberta Naturalists
Description
✓Sound : A wheezy , single note “ zwee ” followed by a " chuck " is the best the Brewer's can do for a song . Behavior : A communal nester , it likes spruces planted as ranchhouse windbreaks in the grasslands and parkland .
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