Birds Birdwatching category: 559 books
by June Osborne
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
There is no mistaking a hummingbird. Even people who hardly know a robin from a sparrow recognize that flash of iridescent feathers and the distinctive hovering flight. So popular have "hummers" become that even casual birdwatchers now travel great distances to hummingbird hot spots to see masses...
by Charles Hood
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
As its sister title, A Californian’s Guide to the Trees among Us, did for arboreal varieties, this new guidebook introduces casual birders to 120 of California’s most easily seen bird species—native and exotic alike—as found in a mix of urban, suburban, and traditionally natural habitats....
Birdwatcher's Daily Companion
365 Days of Advice, Insight, and Information for Enthusiastic Birders
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Embrace your love of birdwatching, every day of the year!
By nature, bird lovers are naturalists and collectors, and you know how easy it is to devote hours upon hours of time—a lifetime, in fact—to your hobby. Birdwatcher’s Daily Companion is a fun, sophisticated way to be newly inspired,...
by Thomas Gilbert Pearson, Will Simmons, Illustrator
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes,and Index
CONTENTS
PREFACE
I. FIRST ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BIRDS
Caution in Nest Hunting — Going Afield — Notebooks — Reporting Blanks — Bird Books — Movements of Birds — Artificial Cover in Hiding...
Life with Birds
A Story of Mutual Exploitation
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
Life with Birds uncovers the fascinating story of our interdependence with birds. The author weaves an amazing web of inter-relationships, from the Parsi funeral in Mumbai where birds of prey eat the dead; to collecting eider down from nests in Iceland and standing on the once body-strewn battlefield...
by Philip Stewart Robinson, Charles Whymper
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
Example in this ebook
CHAPTER I
“And now the goddess bids the birds appear, Raise all their music and salute the year.” Wyatt. “The birds sing many a lovely lay Of God’s high praise and of their sweet love-tune.” Spenser. IF we had to distribute the Seasons...
Birdology
Adventures with a Pack of Hens, a Peck of Pigeons, Cantankerous Crows, Fierce Falcons, Hip Hop Parrots, Baby Hummingbirds, and One Murderously Big Living Dinosaur (t)
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
Meet the ladies: a flock of smart, affectionate, highly individualistic chickens who visit their favorite neighbors, devise different ways to hide from foxes, and mob the author like she’s a rock star. In these pages you’ll also meet Maya and Zuni, two orphaned baby hummingbirds who hatched from...
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by Various, William Kerr Higley
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
Example in this ebook
THE HAWKS.
Among the birds that are most useful to man may be classed the Hawks. They, with the vultures, the eagles and the owls, belong to the bird order Raptores, or birds of prey. Unlike the vultures the Hawks feed upon living prey while the former seek the...
Scotland’s Minister for Ornithology
Rare & Unpublished Papers by J. M. McWilliam
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
The Rev. John Morell McWilliam was one of the great characters of the Scottish bird world and first Honorary President of the Scottish Ornithologists’ Club. He is best known as the author of the much sought-after “The Birds of the Island of Bute” and “The Birds of the Firth of Clyde” (also...
The Wall of Birds
One Planet, 243 Families, 375 Million Years
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
A celebration of the diversity and evolution of birds, as depicted in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's magnificent 2,500-square-foot Wall of Birds mural by artist Jane Kim.
Part homage, part artistic and sociological journey, The Wall of Birds tells the story of birds' remarkable 375-million-year...
Gardening for Birds, Butterflies, and Bees
Everything you need to Know to Create a wildlife Habitat in your Backyard
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
Whether you’re installing a new garden bed or trying to attract orioles for the first time, it helps to start with the right information. And here it is! In this book, experts and readers from North America's #1 Bird and Garden Magazine, Birds & Blooms, give their tried-and-true advice.
Attracting...
by James Fisher, R. M. Lockley
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2013
Sea-Birds introduces us to the sea-birds of the North Atlantic, an ocean in which about half the world sea-bird species have been seen at one time or another. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com Few of the higher animals have successfully invaded the polar regions and the sea; but those...
The Bird
A Natural History of Who Birds Are, Where They Came From, and How They Live
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2009
• How are birds so good at flying and navigating?
• Why are birds so like mammals– and yet so very different?
• Did birds descend from dinosaurs, and if so, does that mean birds are dinosaurs?
• How do they court each other and fend off rivals?
• What' s being communicated in birdsong?
•...
Basic Texas Birds
A Field Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Finding all the birds in Texas can be a lifetime pursuit. Basic Texas Birds, an easy-to-use field guide, will help you identify over 180 species of birds that are found across the state, including a selection of the rarer "Texas specialties" that draw birders to Texas from around the world. These are...