Routledge, 2007. — 288 p. — ISBN13: 978-0415540889 Ornithology was born in Ancient Greece, when Aristotle and other writers studies and sought to identify birds. Birds in the Ancient World from A to Z gathers together the information available from classical sources, listing all the names that ancient Greeks gave their birds and their descriptions and analyses. Arnott...
Harper Design, 2012. - 256 p. ISBN13: 978-0062234681 Originally perceived and idolized by the natives of New Guinea and discovered by Europeans in the sixteenth century, birds of paradise have long enchanted observers with their extraordinary beauty. In Drawn from Paradise, world renowned BBC broadcaster David Attenborough and artist and author Errol Fuller share their passion...
Harper Design, 2012. - 256 p. ISBN13: 978-0062234681 Originally perceived and idolized by the natives of New Guinea and discovered by Europeans in the sixteenth century, birds of paradise have long enchanted observers with their extraordinary beauty. In Drawn from Paradise, world renowned BBC broadcaster David Attenborough and artist and author Errol Fuller share their passion...
Parkstone International Publishing, 2013. — 256 p. — ISBN: 978-1-78042-180-3 Audubon’s ambitious project to paint all the birds of North America resulted in a work that represents one of the great steps of ornithology. Not only did he identify new species, he also depicted birds within their natural habitat and in vivid poses. This impressive collection ranges from the Greater...
London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2016. — 240 p. — ISBN: 978-0-500-51853-3. Everything you didn't know about the avian world: a fascinating compendium showcasing the extraordinary wonders of birds, illuminated with exquisite ornithological illustrations, prints, and drawings Humans share the Earth with more than 10,000 species of birds and have always been enchanted by them. Birds...
Willowdale, Ontario: Firefly Books, 2002. — 63 p. — ISBN13: 978-1552093726. The hummingbird brings a whole new meaning to the word "unique." Boasting the smallest bird in the world, this family ranges in size from the two inch long bumblebee hummingbird to the giant hummingbird, which reaches a length of eight inches. The hummer's metabolism is as powerful as the engine of a...
Head Of Zeus, 2016. — 243 p. — ISBN: 9781784970703. One of our most eloquent nature writers offers a passionate and informative celebration of birds and their ability to help us understand the world we live in. As well as exploring how birds achieve the miracle of flight; why birds sing; what they tell us about the seasons of the year and what their presence tells us about the...
London: Reaktion Books ltd, 2014. — 208 p. — ISBN: 978-1-78023-191-4. The albatross has become an iconic bird, celebrated in its own right for its size and mastery of its element, and generating strong emotional responses by its apparent tolerance of humans at its breeding sites and its companion ship at sea. As an indicator of the health of the oceans and as unwelcome victim...
New York: Viking Press, 1958. — 84 p. Near the tip of his hairy head is a deep hole once dug by a desert woodpecker, and long unused. Now an elf owl and his mate live there. The elf owls are the smallest owls in the world — as small as sparrows. Their nest in this deep, dark hole is lined with hardened sap that leaked into the hole, so Elf Owl does not need to line it with...
Westover Publishing Company, 1971. — 66 p. — ISBN: 0-87858-012-3. The third volume in a projected twelve-book series by distinguished naturalist Roger Caras, Birds and Flight concentrates on the beauty and wonder of natural winged flight. From the darting hummingbird which can flap its wings 28,5 times per second to the soaring condor which may not flap its wings once in a half...
Guardian Faber Publishing, 2018. — 272 p. Owls have captivated the human imagination for millennia. We have fixated on this night hunter as predator, messenger, emblem of wisdom, something pretty to print on a tote bag or portent of doom. Darlington sets out to tell a new story. Her fieldwork begins with wild encounters in the British Isles and takes her to the frosted borders...
London: DK Publishing, 2012. — 130 p. Is that a purple martin or a blue jay? Perfect for beginning birders, What's That Bird? is an indispensable pocket guide that includes full-color photographs and illustrations of more than 150 common birds, and instructs bird watchers how to identify different birds and how to tell them apart.
London: Bloomsbury, 2016. — 368 p. — ISBN13: 978-1-4729-1536-8. Have you ever wondered what our birds get up to when they're not pinching our peanuts, pilfering our pyracantha berries or nesting under the eaves of our homes? The One Shows natural history star Mike Dilger tells us the answers in Nightingales in November . This brilliant almanac tells the very different personal...
London, Humphrey Milford: Oxford University Press, 1942. — 77 p. Down on the sea-shore the sun is shining, the sky is blue, and the sea is blue with little, frolicking, white-capped waves riding merrily in, to tumble head over heels on to the pebbly beach, and break themselves up into pools of foam, sending showers of salt sea-spray high into the air. What a delightful game it...
London: Bloomsbury, 2014. — 128 p. — ISBN13: 978-1-4729-0355-6. Enduringly popular, Puffins are perhaps our most iconic species of bird, and are the most immediately identifiable of seabirds with their decorative bills and clown-like gait. Yet when they take to the air they wheel and turn with great agility and underwater these stocky little birds use short specially adapted...
New York, NY: William Morrow and Company, 1962. — 66 p. There are not many birds in this country that are totally black. Because of his loud caw, caw, caw , the American, or common crow, is probably the best-known of the allblack birds. This group includes his relatives, the ravens and the fish crow. Other members of the crow family are the jays, the magpies, and the...
London: Hamlyn Publishing, 1977. — 152 p. — ISBN: 0-600-36575-1. Owls fascinate most people. Their huge heads, large, forward-facing eyes, silent flight, and mainly nocturnal habits make them one of the most interesting groups of birds, but also lend them a particular air of mystery. In this attractive volume, Michael Everett of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds...
National Geographic, 2019. — 288 p. — ISBN10: 1426220030, 13 978-1426220036. How to Know the Birds introduces a new, holistic approach to bird-watching, by noting how behaviors, settings, and seasonal cycles connect with shape, song, color, gender, age distinctions, and other features traditionally used to identify species. With short essays on 200 observable species, expert...
Princeton University Press, 2014. — 184 p. — ISBN13: 9780691162959. At the start of the nineteenth century, Passenger Pigeons were perhaps the most abundant birds on the planet, numbering literally in the billions. The flocks were so large and so dense that they blackened the skies, even blotting out the sun for days at a stretch. Yet by the end of the century, the most common...
Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 1978. — 128 p. — ISBN: 0-440-02486-2. — An Audubon reader book. The sight of a peregrine falcon diving and swooping in the sky used to be common in the northeastern United States. But peregrine falcons began to disappear during the 1950s. Scientists slowly pieced together a disturbing story: DDT and other pesticides were weakening the peregrines'...
New York, NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1981. — 69 p. — ISBN: 0-688-51977-6, Discusses varieties of birds that burrow underground to nest, including the kookaburra, shearwater, kiwi, burrowing owl, common shelduck, crab plover, and the blue-crowned motmot.
New York, NY: Pegasus books, 2016. — 272 p. — ISBN13: 978-1605989631. Part detective story, part love affair, and pure adventure storytelling at its best, a celebration of the thrill of exploration and the lure of wild places during the search for the elusive Nechisar Nightjar. In 1990, a group of Cambridge scientists arrived at the Plains of Nechisar in Ethiopia. On that...
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1987. — 246 p. — ISBN: 0-691-08470-X. One Man's Owl invites the reader to share in the experience of watching a great horned owl — not great horned owls in general but the particular "sorry, sorry-looking bundle of misery" that Bernd Heinrich adopted during a late spring snow when it was too young to fly or survive by itself. Combining...
New York, NY: Golden Press, 1958. — 58 p. — The Golden Library of Knowledge. The Golden Library of Knowledge is a new series of books especially designed for today's generation of young people eager for interesting factual information. The carefully researched, scholarly texts are nevertheless simple and easy-to-read. Beautiful color pictures throughout make each book a...
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1982. — 71 p. — ISBN: 0-396-08073-1. Gliding slowly over the tundra, hardly moving its wings, and making no sound at all, the snowy owl hunts for food. Suddenly it dives down, with one foot thrust forward and all its claws fully extended. The capture takes only a second. Then the owl rises again into the air and returns to its perch — with a lemming...
A & C Black Publishers Ltd., 2013. — 368 p. The book traces Conor Jameson's travels in search of the Goshawk, a magnificent yet rarely seen (in Britain at least) raptor. Each episode of the narrative arises from personal experience, investigation, and the unearthing of information from research, exploration and conversations. The journey takes him from an encounter with a...
NewSouth Publishing, 2019. — 192 p. — ISBN: 978-1-742236-32-4. Millions of Australian feed wild birds in their gardens. Yet there is currently very little information or advice on offer to tell them how to do this properly. This book provides the first readily available source of reliable information relevant to Australia. What's more, it is written by an expert who feeds birds...
London: Southwater, 2002. — 64 p. — ISBN: 978-1842156278. From the soaring egale to the farm-yard owl, birds of prey are amongst the most powerful and agile predators on Earth. With their razor-sharp beaks and awe-inspiring wings, these creatures have captured the popular imagination. This illustrated comprehensive guide offers and insight into the world of birds of prey. This...
HarperCollins, 2018. — 224 p. 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 evolution. With a foreword by John W. Fitzpatrick,...
Durham, NH: University of New Hampshire Press, 2013. — 365 p. — ISBN: 978-1-61168-225-0. A thin black line wavers across the sky. Perhaps they are a flock of undisciplined geese, but even from this distance they appear to be something else. They seem smaller than geese, more slender, their wing-beats quicker. As they gradually descend from their high flight, several of the...
Transworld Digital, 2017. — 94 p. There is something about owls. They feature in every major culture from the Stone Age onwards. They are creatures of the night, and thus of magic. They are the birds of ill-tidings, the avian messengers from the Other Side. But owls – with the sapient flatness of their faces, their big, round eyes, their paternal expressions – are also...
Yale University Press, 2016. — 311 p. Overview: Tim Low, award winning author of Feral Future, in an eye opening book on the unique nature of Australian birds and their role in ecology and global evolution. Renowned for its unusual mammals, Australia is a land of birds that are just as unusual, just as striking, a result of the continent's tens of millions of years of...
Vero Beach, FL: Rourke Publishing, 2009. — 24 p. — ISBN13: 978-1606943984. Amazing Photos and interesting Facts reveal Environmental issues Falcons face as they Hunt for food and raise their young.
Willowdale, Ontario: Firefly Books, 1997. — 145 p. — ISBN: 1-55209-180-5. Looking like a group of elegantly dressed gentlemen at a formal function, penguins remind us of ourselves. According to author Wayne Lynch, part of our curiosity about these stocky little birds is related to just that — their almost human behaviors. Like us, they live in communities where they play and...
Poyser, T. & A. D. Limited, 2010. - 240 p. ISBN13: 978-1408137710 For many people, watching and studying birds is exclusively a day time activity. However, for many birds twilight and night time are not a barrier to useful activity. It is true that very few birds are exclusively nocturnal, but many birds which are active by day also conduct limited, and often crucial,...
Yale University Press, 2014. - 320 p. ISBN13: 978-0300197075 Welcome to Subirdia presents a surprising discovery: the suburbs of many large cities support incredible biological diversity. Populations and communities of a great variety of birds, as well as other creatures, are adapting to the conditions of our increasingly developed world. In this fascinating and optimistic...
New York: Vintage Books, 1988. — 196 p. — ISBN: 0-394-75813-7. The owl is perhaps the most beloved, feared, and evocative of all winged creatures. Jonathan Maslow's vastly entertaining book — a blend of natural history, philosophy, and poetry — investigates the life and habitat of the nocturnal bird of prey. From winter to fall, he follows the birds to listen to their...
San Francisco, CA: Rand McNelly & Co., 1982. — 62 p. — ISBN: 0-528-82413-9. Discusses the evolution of birds from reptiles, the way of life of different types of birds, the adaptation of species to their niches, the care of baby birds, and migration. Birds Many ways of life Wings Bills and beaks Toes and talons Chirps, caws and cackles Nest building Care of the baby birds...
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993. — 36 p. — ISBN: 0-395-64050-4. It is possible to view this barrier beach located in Kennebunk, Maine, without disturbing the Least Terns. Because this is a barrier beach, winter storms sometimes shift the sands, significantly altering nesting sites from year to year. In 1991 this shift occurred, and there was a loss of nesting area...
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. — 32 p. — ISBN: 0618048782. A winning look at the wonder of the common eider, the splendor of Iceland, and the resourcefulness of one child. The author presents the story of Drifa, who lives on a small island off the coast of Iceland and is responsible for the hatching and raising of over 200 peeping wild eider ducks. Supported by a...
Franklin Watts, 2001. — 47 p. — ISBN13: 978-0531116319. — Animals in Order. Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of the order of birds that includes eagles, vultures, kestrels, falcons, condors, caracaras, and secretary birds.
Franklin Watts, 2000. — 47 p. — ISBN13: 978-0531115961. — Animals in Order. Describes the general physical characteristics and behavior of shorebirds and takes an in-depth look at fourteen different species.
Franklin Watts, 2001. — 50 p. — ISBN: 0-531-1-1630-1. Describes the general characteristics of wading birds and the specific physical traits and behaviors of fifteen species, including herons, bitterns, ibises, storks, egrets, and flamingos.
London: Square Peg, 2017. — 208 p. — ISBN10: 1910931314; ISBN13: 978-1910931318 Selected as a Book of the Year 2017 in The Times. No other bird is quite so ever-present and familiar, so embedded in our culture, as the robin. With more than six million breeding pairs, the robin is second only to the wren as Britain’s most common bird. It seems to live its life alongside us, in...
National Library of Australia, 2013. — 216 p. What name could be a more apt description of Australia than ‘The Land of Parrots’, a name inspired by late sixteenth-century maps showing a southern region labelled ‘Psittacorum regio’? This beautiful book takes a close look at parrots in Australia, from the first published illustration of an Australian parrot — a Rainbow Lorikeet...
Authors not specified. - Harlow, Essex: Longman House, 1985. - 128 p. — Longman Nature library. — ISBN: 0-582-89215-5. The living world is a complex and intriguing one. The vast array of plants and animals which it comprises provides an endless source of fascination for the dedicated scientist and casual observer alike. There are nearly 44 000 known kinds of animals with...
Borzoi Book publishing, 1997. — 62 p. — ISBN: 0-679-98543-3. — Eyewitness Books. Get a bird's eye view of the amazing world of raptors--from the majestic falcon, hawk and eagle to the stealthy owl and the formidable vulture. This fascinating overview examines the development, anatomy, mating, and nesting habits of birds of prey as well as their techniques for stalking,...
New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2016. — 80 p. — ISBN13: 978-0-544-67218-5. This meticulously researched and photographed account follows three University of Montana scientists and their interdisciplinary work with osprey: fish-catching birds with gigantic nests and a family that functions with teamwork and cooperation. Today the osprey is studied to...
New York, NY: Time Inc., 1963. — 185 p. — Life Nature Library. Since birds, like men, are largely diurnal creatures and share with us the familiar daytime world of color and sound, our association with them is, not surprisingly, a long and intimate one. Man has always had a double interest in birds — on the one hand esthetic, personal, impractical: on the other, utilitarian....
Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2001. — 127 p. ISBN13: 978-0873386906. This photographic collection explores Lake Erie and its effects on the birds that make this region their home. It observes a year of weather changes and avian migrations - from the wintertime convergence of ducks and othe waterbirds to the raptors and shorebird migrations in the fall.
Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2001. — 127 p. ISBN13: 978-0873386906. This photographic collection explores Lake Erie and its effects on the birds that make this region their home. It observes a year of weather changes and avian migrations - from the wintertime convergence of ducks and othe waterbirds to the raptors and shorebird migrations in the fall.
Pelagic Publishing, 2018. — 340 p. — (Pelagic Monographs). — ISBN10: 1784271691, ISBN13: 978-1784271695. When and where did the ancestors of modern birds evolve? What enabled them to survive the meteoric impact that wiped out the dinosaurs? How did these early birds spread across the globe and give rise to the 10,600-plus species we recognize today - from the largest ratites to...
New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2018. — 352 p.— ISBN10: 0812983769; ISBN13: 978-0812983760 Our relationship to birds is different from our relationship to any other wild creatures. They are found virtually everywhere and we love to watch them, listen to them, keep them as pets, wear their feathers, even converse with them. Birds, Jim Robbins posits, are our most vital connection to...
New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2018. — 352 p.— ISBN10: 0812983769; ISBN13: 978-0812983760. Our relationship to birds is different from our relationship to any other wild creatures. They are found virtually everywhere and we love to watch them, listen to them, keep them as pets, wear their feathers, even converse with them. Birds, Jim Robbins posits, are our most vital connection to...
New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2018. — 352 p. — ISBN13: 978-0812983760. Our relationship to birds is different from our relationship to any other wild creatures. They are found virtually everywhere and we love to watch them, listen to them, keep them as pets, wear their feathers, even converse with them. Birds, Jim Robbins posits, are our most vital connection to nature. They compel...
New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2018. — 352 p. — ISBN13: 978-0812983760. Our relationship to birds is different from our relationship to any other wild creatures. They are found virtually everywhere and we love to watch them, listen to them, keep them as pets, wear their feathers, even converse with them. Birds, Jim Robbins posits, are our most vital connection to nature. They compel...
London: Reaktion Books, Ltd., 2015. — 224 p. — ISBN13: 97881780233901. A symbol of power, divinity, war, and justice, the eagle has been one of the most dominant birds in the human imagination for millennia. Exploring the rich history of this bird and its portrayal in art, film, literature, and poetry, this book examines how eagles became an emblematic creature that also...
Warszawa: Świat Książki, 1996. — 146 s. — ISBN: 8371291930. W książce tej przedstawiono większość spośród lądowych ptaków Europy, wśród których znajdują się ptaki lęgowe, przelotne, zimowi goście i niektóre ptaki przypadkowo zalatujące. W sumie jest to 226 gatunków ptaków, które pokazano na 447 barwnych fotografiach. Oznacza to, że w przypadku wielu gatunków można zobaczyć, jak...
Warszawa: Świat Książki, 1996. — 147 s. — ISBN: 8371299370. Szczegółowe opisy gatunków europejskich ptaków wodnych, rysunki ułatwiające rozpoznawanie ptaków, wykaz polskich i łacińskich nazw gatunków - oto treść kolejnego Leksykonu przyrodniczego .
New York: Crescent Books, 1980. — 272 p. — ISBN: 0-517-321599. Written by fourteen of the world's outstanding authorities on ornithology, illustrated with more than 500 original portraits, 270 line drawings, and 167 maps and diagrams, The World Atlas of Birds offers a fresh look at what birds are, how they live, and what lies behind their extraordinary success in coming to...
Ten Speed Press, 2015. — 190 p. — ISBN: 1607748797. An enchanting illustrated guide to owl species of the world. The owl is one of nature's most captivating creatures. In this enchanting guide, artist Matt Sewell brings to life fifty species from around the world. From the adorable Eurasian Pygmy Owl, small enough to fit in your pocket, to the Great Gray Owl, celebrated for its...
Bloomsbury Natural History, 2018. — 272 p. For centuries, the raven Corvus Corax has stalked us in life and in death. Excavations of Bronze Age settlements in Britain have revealed raven bones mingled with human remains. The Viking and Norman warriors that stormed these shores did so sporting ravens on their shields and banners. By the 15th century the service the birds...
New York, NY: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1973. — 99 p. — ISBN Here is a completely enchanting book about the most enchanting of birds. On the tiniest of avian bodies, Hummingbirds bear the most glittering plumage and the most elegant adornments. Their beauty, intense activity and association with brilliant flowers have fascinated bird-lovers and naturalists for centuries. Within...
Mankato, Minnesota: Crestwood House, 1987. — 56 p. — ISBN: 0-89686-325-5. People have looked carefully at owls for a long time. The first drawing of a bird has been identified as an owl. The artist lived during the Stone Age, thousands of years ago. Our ancestors had many different ideas about owls. The Tlingit Indians of Alaska thought owls were "big medicine." The medicine...
Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2013. — 244 p. ISBN13: 978-1604693379. The Pacific Northwest is a great place for birding. You can find Western Grebes dancing on water, or hear the Pacific Wren’s song cascade through a mossy forest. Must-See Birds of the Pacific Northwest is a lively, practical guide that helps readers discover 85 of the region’s most extraordinary birds. Each bird...
London, UK: Reaktion Books, 2019. — 200 p. — (Animal Series). Kingfishers are a sight to behold. The dash and verve of this cosmopolitan bird has been admired for millennia, appearing in creation myths, imperial regalia and cultural iconography, and they were once valued as highly as gold. Artists used their iridescent feathers in Tian-tsui, an iconic style of Chinese fine art,...
San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books, 1996. — 127 p. — ISBN: 0-87156-901-9. Shorebirds are known for their swift flight, their piercing cries, and their extravagantly long legs and bills. They are also known for their spectacular migrations, which may take them from the Canadian High Arctic to the tip of South America, spanning 15,000 miles or more on their round trip....
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin company, 1916. — 373 p. These pages are written, not only for the bird-lover, but also for the general reader who has no special interest in birds, but who is interested in those matters that pertain to community welfare. Most of the topics presented in this book have been treated in an entertaining way in many excellent bird books, but most of...
Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Press, 1996. — 53 p. ASIN: B0006RW91A. Owls, hawks, and hawklike birds including vultures, osprey, eagles, harriers, and falcons, are birds of prey. Birds of prey, especially hawks and their relatives, are also called raptors, a Latin word meaning “plunderer.” Hawks belong to an order or group of birds with the scientific name...
Philadelphia, PA: Macrae Smith Company, 1964. — 151 p. Curiosity and a sense of wonder both draw the scientist to his particular field of study. In the true scientist die sense of wonder never wholly disappears — wonder at the beauty and thrill of each new discovery and wonder at how much still remains imknown. Anyone whose spare-time interest takes him in search of knowledge...
Workman Publishing Company, 1991. — 144 p. — ISBN: 978-1563050855. Peanuts for Jays, cut-up apples for Waxwings, fruit jelly for Orioles, suet for Nuthatches, dried corn for Pheasants, and soaked raisins for Bluebirds and Mockingbirds: Now you can attract the birds of your choice by serving them the food they really love. Feed the Birds shows how to make your yard the birds'...
Revised Edition. — New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1977. — 72 p. — ISBN: 0-688-32109-7. Owls make up an especially interesting group of birds perhaps because of the surprising differences among them. In size, for example, the great gray owl of the North may grow over five times as tall as the tiny elf owl of the Southwest. Here Dr. Zim describes the various kinds of...
Chronicle Books, 2009. — 298 p. Andrew Zuckerman approaches birds with a contemporary, minimalist attitude: no more narrative context, no more psychological interpretations, no more candid shots in the wilderness. An absolute background made of pure white light acts as the field on which the birds fly or rest. In this incredibly luminous setting, the colors of the birds’...
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