Birds category: 2059 books
by heidi jacobsen
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
Terradactile Cove
All is peaceful in the village of Eden until human Buster steals a baby terradactile from its rightful nest. Mama and Cinjar Terradactiles must get their baby back, so Cinjar plans to swap babies until their baby gets back home safe. See what happens to the zany birds in this twisted tale.
Imperial Dreams
Tracking the Imperial Woodpecker Through the Wild Sierra Madre
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Explorer and naturalist Tim Gallagher is obsessed with rare birds. A decade ago, Gallagher was one of the rediscoverers of the legendary ivory-billed woodpecker, which most scientists believed had been extinct for more than half a century—an event that caused an international stir. Now, in Imperial...
Alex & Me
How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
On September 6, 2007, an African Grey parrot named Alex died prematurely at age thirty-one. His last words to his owner, Irene Pepperberg, were "You be good. I love you."
What would normally be a quiet, very private event was, in Alex's case, headline news. Over the thirty years they...
Cockatiels
A Guide to Caring for Your Cockatiel
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
This Complete Care Made Easy title offers first-time cockatiel owners insight into every aspect of selecting, caring for, and maintaining well-behaved happy pet birds.
Angela Davids and her flock of bird experts have put together an ideal introductory pet guide, with chapters on the characteristics...
by Barbara Heidenreich
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2005
When not properly trained and socialized parrots are prone to developing behavioral problem including aggression and self-mutilation. Many parrot owners face these problems and need guidance on how to solve them. this is one of the only books on the market to focus on aggression in pet parrots. The author...
by Julie Mancini
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Macaws are exuberant and vibrantly colored members of the parrot family. These intelligent and social birds are generally quite active and love to have plenty of toys to play with. This in-depth guide discusses the nine species of macaws available in the pet trade, as well as various hybrids. Both the...
by C. P. Arthur
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Originally published in the early 1900s. This useful little book deals with all aspects of these popular cage birds: Breeding and Management - Feeding - Ailments - Colours - Habitat and Wildlife - Sexing - Taming - Teaching to Talk, etc. Many of the earliest cage bird books, particularly those dating...
Mind of the Raven
Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Heinrich involves us in his quest to get inside the mind of the raven. But as animals can only be spied on by getting quite close, Heinrich adopts ravens, thereby becoming a "raven father," as well as observing them in their natural habitat. He studies their daily routines, and in the process,...
Thrifty Chicken Breeds
Efficient Producers of Eggs and Meat on the Homestead
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
Do you want your chicken habit to pay for itself?
Many backyard chicken keepers are surprised to learn that they spend more on store-bought feed than they would have paid for eggs and meat at the grocery store. If you're on a budget and want your foray into poultry to save money, not lose money,...
Research Is a Passion With Me
The Autobiography of a Bird Lover
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 1979
In her incredibly productive lifetime (1883-1974), American-born ornithologist Margaret Morse Nice earned the admiration of ornithologists and naturalists in far distant lands.
Research Is a Passion With Me is an enthralling autobiography of one of the great individuals in her field and of...
by Lester Ferguson
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
A young artist, photographer, bird-watcher, & nature lover, befriends nature through wondrous birds of prey. From the imagination of Lester Ferguson-author & illustrator of Forest of the Sprites...
by Dennis Paulson
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2009
Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West is the first fully illustrated field guide to all 348 species of dragonflies and damselflies in western North America. Dragonflies and damselflies are large, stunningly beautiful insects, as readily observable as birds and butterflies. This unique guide makes...
The Double-Crested Cormorant
Symbol of Ecological Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2012
This is the story of the survival, recovery, astonishing success, and controversial status of the double-crested cormorant. After surviving near extinction driven by DDT and other contaminants from the 1940s through the early 1970s, the cormorant has made an unprecedented comeback from mere dozens...
The Art of Bird Identification
A Straightforward Approach to Putting a Name to the Bird
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
How to get good, then better, then even better at identifying birds in the field-and have fun doing it.