'No budding ornithologist should be without Matt Sewell's Atlas of Amazing Birds... sumptuous illustrations and brief captions tell us all we need to know' The Telegraph Matt Sewell, creator of Our Garden Birds, presents his personal selection of the most amazing birds from around the world, with dazzling watercolour illustrations, witty and informative descriptions and maps of every continent. Did you know that the bald eagle holds the record for the world's biggest nest - weighing more th...
Bird Song has long been an inspiration to poets, and a delight to many other people, but why do birds sing? Bird song has been studied extensively in the past few decades, so that there is now hardly an area of animal behaviour on to which studies of song do not shed light. This book explores the study of bird song from the biological viewpoint, reviewing the literature written on the subject and considering its intricate nature. It is written with a wide readership in mind so that, while underg...
Rising from sandbars on the Platte River with clarion calls, the sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) feels the urgency of spring migration. Elegant, noble, and spiritual, the sandhill crane is one of the most ancient of all birds. More than a half-million strong, flying in squadrons, these majestic creatures point northward to their Arctic and sub-Arctic breeding ranges. Theirs is an epic story of endurance through the ages. With 153 stunning color photographs, On Ancient Wings presents sandhill cr...
Birds of Cyprus
An easy-to-use book that is accessible to all, including children. It refers to all the birds that live in Cyprus and includes useful information concerning these birds as well as for the endangered species. All birds are presented with their scientific name, their name in Greek and their name in the Cypriot dialect.
This substantially revised and expanded edition of the Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand is the official list of all the birds in the New Zealand region, including Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Published in association with the Ornithological Society of New Zealand, this comprehensive guide was compiled by the society's Checklist Committee. It provides details of the nomenclature, taxonomy, classification, status and distribution (current, historical and...
De opvolger van de bestseller Wat Zingt Daar? Inclusief CD met 100 vogelgeluiden & determinatiesleutel. Dit boek leert je 100 Nederlandse vogels herkennen aan hun zang. Met een nieuwe, toegankelijke methode leer je alle vogelgeluiden gemakkelijk herkennen. Duidelijke beschrijvingen en handige ezelsbruggetjes helpen je op weg. Zo doet de monotone melodie van de geelgors op een hete zomerse dag bijvoorbeeld denken aan: `'Mamamamamamamamama mag `k een ijsje?'' Bevat overzichtelijke hoofd- en deelsl...
Raptors are formally classified into five families and include birds—such as eagles, ospreys, kites, true hawks, buzzards, harriers, vultures, and falcons—that are familiar and recognized by many observers. These diurnal birds of prey are found on every continent except Antarctica and can thrive in seemingly inhospitable spots such as deserts and the tundra. They have powerful talons and hooked beaks for cutting and tearing meat, and keen binocular vision to aid in their hunting prowess. Because...
De Camargue is een prachtig, uitgestrekt natuurgebied in Zuid-Frankrijk. Op de grens van zoet en zout vind je er een uniek landschap van meren, moerassen, rietvelden en zoutpannen, met tal van bijzondere planten- en diersoorten. Je vindt er volop karakteristieke vogelsoorten, zoals flamingo en bijeneter. Vogels Kijken in de Camargue en de Crau is een praktische gids voor natuurliefhebbers die dit bijzondere gebied willen verkennen. De belangrijkste vogelplekken in de Camargue; Veel praktische ti...
Erma J. (Jonnie) Fisk, at seventy-three, lived alone for five months in a tiny cabin in the foothills of Arizona’s Baboquivari Peak, recording and banding birds for the Nature Conservancy. This is her lively account of that adventure.
Urban Ornithology
by Pa Buckley, Walter Sedwitz, William J. Norse, and John Kieran
Urban Ornithology is the first quantitative historical analysis of any New York City natural area’s birdlife and spans the century and a half from 1872 to 2016. Only Manhattan’s Central and Brooklyn’s Prospect Parks have preliminary species lists, not revised since 1967, and the last book examining the birdlife of the entire New York City area is now more than fifty years old. This book updates the avifaunas of those two parks, the Bronx, and other New York City boroughs. It treats the 301 bird...
The Petrels, or tubenosed birds, include the shearwaters, albatrosses and the storm, diving petrels, and gadfly petrel families. As a group, they enjoy worldwide distribution and often form an important component of the marine communities of which they are a part. The long distance migrations and colonial breeding habits of many of the species pose fascinating questions in biology and much can be learned from comparative work on species from different parts of the world. In this book, the author...
This beautifully illustrated book offers full details of the habits and habitats of over 150 birds native to the Vale of Kashmir and the neighbouring valleys of the Kishenganga, Lidear, Sind, and Wardwan rivers. It will prove an essential companion for all ornithologists and visitors to the western Himalaya. The authors worked together as a team for more than twenty years and 151 remarkable photographs illustrated here were taken in the course of sixteen visits. Although intended primarily for o...
A month-by-month guide to the birds that flock to the peaceful New England backyard of a noted writer, birder, and naturalist. Robert Tougias's house on Berry Lane may look like a typical Connecticut suburban home, but as his fascinating year-long account reveals, its three-acre backyard is teeming with nature's mysteries. Acutely sensitive to the activities of birds, Tougias notes which species are present, which are breeding, and where their nests are. He identifies each species by its song,...
The British Expeditionary Force sent to France in the late summer of 1914 has been referred to as the 'Best British Army Ever Sent to War' as it was one of the most highly trained and disciplined forces in the world. It was also the 'Best Birdwatching Army Ever Sent to War' for among its ranks were hundreds of both amateur and professional ornithologists. When not fighting, many soldiers turned to birdwatching as a way of whiling away the long hours spent on guard duty or watching over 'no man's...
The bustards, hemipodes, and sandgrouse represent three taxonomically distinct and diverse families. Most of their members have become adapted to life in deserts, semi-deserts, or steppes of the Old World. This is the first monograph covering any of these groups, and is a companion volume to the author's The Pheasants of the World and The Quails, Partridges, and Francolins of the World. It covers all fifty-one extant species, and all but one of them are illustrated by paintings by Major Henry Jo...
An exploration of all that is known about the origin of birds and of avian flight. It draws on fossil evidence and studies of the structure and biochemistry of living birds to present knowledge and data on avian evolution and to propose a new model of this evolutionary process.
The way birds behave is one of the vital keys to accurate identification and this book provides the experienced instruction needed to understand and get the most out of watching birds. The guide covers all the fundamental types of bird behaviour, including movement, feeding, breeding, migration, navigation, distribution, range, life and death, all of which are illustrated with beautiful photographs. There is a whole section dedicated to the behaviour of different species groups, from divers and...
