With this durable, color-coded guide to the birds of Bay Area yards, parks, and gardens—and some time outdoors—you will soon know a towhee from a pewee, a phoebe from a chickadee, and when a dazzling flock of cedar waxwings lights nearby, you'll be ready to enjoy it. Courting, nesting, feeding, fledging, singing, shuffling, drilling, perching, soaring...these denizens of our everyday lives will bring beauty and fascination to many a moment.