Birds category: 2059 books
Hummingbirds
A Guide to Every Species
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014
Hummingbirds have always held popular appeal, with their visual brilliance, extraordinary flight dexterity, jewel-like color, and remarkably small size.
This is the first book to profile all 338 known species, from the Saw-billed Hermit to the Scintillant Hummingbird.
Every bird is shown...
Penguin-Pedia
Photographs and Facts from One Man's Search for the Penguins of the World
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012
Penguins have become a standard fixture in both zoos and imaginations for centuries. But beyond the classic tuxedo markings of the Emperor penguin and what we see in childrens cartoons, how much do we really know about these fascinating creatures? How aware are we of the perpetual danger in which...
The Kirtland's Warbler
The Story of a Bird's Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2012
This book looks at the Kirtland’s warbler and wildlife conservation in a way that no other book has. It looks back on the history of this unique bird, examines the people and policies that kept the warbler from extinction, explores the cult of personality that surrounds it, and examines the challenges...
The Illustrated Guide to Chickens
How to Choose Them, How to Keep Them
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Chickens are fun, useful, and easy to keep. If you have ever considered raising your own backyard flock, The Illustrated Guide to Chickens is the book for you! It offers practical advice and contains all the information you need to choose from one of the 100 most familiar breeds of chicken in North...
How to Speak Chicken
Why Your Chickens Do What They Do & Say What They Say
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
Best-selling author Melissa Caughey knows that backyard chickens are like any favorite pet — fun to spend time with and fascinating to observe. Her hours among the flock have resulted in this quirky, irresistible guide packed with firsthand insights into how chickens communicate and interact, use...
by Mary Hallgren
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013
It seems like it should be so easy to raise those cute little baby chickens or ducks. I thought so too until I lost the first 8 chickens to a fox, spent $200 on a coop my chickens wouldn't use, and shattered my heal cleaning up soggy stinky straw. I also tried to raise ducks along with chickens...
Easy-to-Build Birdhouses
Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-212
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 1999
Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.
by Corinne Tippett
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2013
“Just A Couple of Chickens” is a genuinely enjoyable read. Laugh out loud funny, informative and utterly timely.It is a poignant and very real story of one family's poultry raising adventure during a five-year crucible of economic and identity crisis that took on national relevance...
Building Purple Martin Houses
Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-214
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 1999
Attract and maintain a purple martin colony! Janice Mancuso shows you exactly how to do it. From finding the right site and choosing the best housing materials to constructing a martin house with suitable entrance holes and predator guards, you’ll find everything you need to know in this concise guide.
by Tony Funderburk
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2013
What would you do if you couldn't hear your own heartbeat? OK...now imagine you're a young hippo, and you can't hear your heartbeat.
Henry couldn't hear his heartbeat, and he knew he'd better figure out why. After all...what good is a heart without a beat?
Join Henry on his journey to find his heartbeat. And see how the solutions to big problems can come from small places.
The Biggle Poultry Book
A Concise and Practical Treatise on the Management of Farm Poultry
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
When Jacob Biggle first published his book on the management of poultry, there were more than 300 million chickens and 30 million other domesticated fowl in the United States. Today, the trend continues with thousands if not millions of chickens and other fowl being raised in suburban and urban backyards...
Bird Food Recipes
Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-137
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 1995
Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.
by James T. Tanner
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
All who seek the elusive Ivory-billed Woodpecker rely on this elegant treatise from 1942, an extensive profile of the species' characteristics and habits that includes its original distribution patterns; the history of its disappearance; and its feeding, nesting, and breeding habits. 20 halftones, 17 tables, 22 other illustrations.
The Mississippi Kite
Portrait of a Southern Hawk
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
Floating on air currents over rural countryside and open city spaces, the Mississippi Kite presents a familiar sight to many people across the southern United States, although this graceful hawk is not well known by name. This engaging natural history, illustrated with superb color photographs, provides...