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ABA Birdfinding Guide: A Birder's Guide to Belize | |
| AUTHOR: Frenz, Bert | ||
| FORMAT: Paperback | $29.95 | |
| ITEM CODE: ABABZ | In Stock | |
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Why bird in Belize? Well, the birds of course. The spectacularly colorful are the first to grab your attention; and it is the appeal of finding another species at every turn in the trail. Belize's scenic beauty, its Mayan history, and its fascinating and elusive wildlife and the dense beautiful jungles are all reasons to visit. This guide covers over 100 sites in detail, with directions, description including trails, conditions, vendors, and facilities such as toilets, accomodations, and exhibits; birding strategy for arranging the visit, finding birds, and optimizing time; pointer to appropriate ecoregion (Appendix A); habitat; concerns, such as safety, difficulty, and access; fees, for entrance, tours, or services; contacts, including name, address, phone and fax numbers, e-mail, website; GPS coordinates to aid in locating sites; location and directions; map(s) illustrating the directions or the site layout; and a list of key species found at the site. Birders guide. |
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Birds of Paradise: Revealing the World's Most Extraordinary Birds | |
| AUTHOR: Laman, Tim & Scholes, Edwin | ||
| FORMAT: Hardcover | $50.00 | |
| ITEM CODE: 13732 | In Stock | |
| Legendary naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace once observed, The bird of paradise really deserves its name and must be ranked as one of the most beautiful and most wonderful of living things. In this dazzling photo essay, Tim Laman and Edwin Scholes explain why, presenting gorgeous full-color photographs of all 39 species of the Birds of Paradise that highlight their unique and extraordinary plumage and mating behavior. The authors take you into the depths of the remote New Guinea rainforest to find each of these birds, some of which have never before been photographed. In pursuit, the authors pose answers to questions raised by eminent evolutionary biologists such as Ernst Mayr: How can natural selection favor, one might almost say permit, the evolution of such conspicuously bizarre plumes and displays? How can it permit such 'absurd exaggerations', as one is almost tempted to call them? How can it happen that apparently closely related species and genera differ so drastically in their habits and colorations? Field notes, conservation success stories, and observations of native peoples' interactions with these magnificent birds provide a rich feast for birders, naturalists, and any one who is seduced by the power and majesty of the natural world. | ||
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Original Artwork by Tony Angell: Pair of Scott's Orioles | |
| AUTHOR: Tony Angell | ||
| $1,600.00 | ||
| ITEM CODE: PPASC | In Stock | |
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Master artist Tony Angell has written and illustrated books on birds for over thirty years. Here, we are pleased to offer four of his original pen and ink drawings on clayboard from Blackbirds of the Americas [1985]. This piece shows a Pair of Scott's Orioles visiting the flowering stalk of an agave. The image in frame measures 19 x 27 in. Angell describes his technique as follows: "an ink drawing is more a declaration than an explanation. To achieve this effect, I transfer the outline of an initial drawing onto the surface of the board. I then paint in the outlines in ink, and the details of the original pencil drawing are produced by using a sharp stylus to scratch through the dry ink into the white clay finish of the board. A very fine line of white is revealed, and eventually, using the stylus, I can produce the fine details, patterns, and highlights that are important in defining and giving vitality to my subject." -Puget Sound through an Artist’s Eye (2009). These works are exquisitely framed and silk-matted, in a matching series. Dimensions shown are framed dimensions; frames not pictured here. Tony Angell works not only in pen and ink, but in stone. He was named the 2001 Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum Master Wildlife Artist for his sculpture. |
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AVES: A Survey of the Literature of Neotropical Ornithology | |
| AUTHOR: Taylor, Tom | ||
| FORMAT: Hardcover | $60.00 | |
| ITEM CODE: 13731 | In Stock | |
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This book was originally prepared in conjunction with an exhibition of books from the E.A. McIlhenny Natural History Collection displayed at the Hill Memorial Library in 2011, showcasing Four centuries of illustrated books on the birds of Mexico, the Caribbean, and South and Central America. The book is far more than an exhibition catalogue as it contains biographies of many eminent collectors and ornithologists who worked and traveled in the New World tropics. A commentary on the principal works produced by these individuals accompanies the biographical sketches. Illustrations in color and black & white from the books and expeditions are included. The book concludes with an account of past and continuing research on neotropical ornithology by the LSU Museum of Natural Science. Limited to 500 copies, this contribution to the history of ornithology in the neotropics is delightful to read and an invaluable reference. Tom Taylor has put his considerable experience as a book collector and antiquarian bookseller to great use. BIOGRAPHIES: Miguel Alvarez del Toro, Félix de Azara, William Beebe, Hermann Burmeister, M. A. Carriker, Jr., Francis L. de Laporte, Comte de Castelnau, Frank M. Chapman, George K. Cherrie, Charles B. Cory, Charles Darwin, Jean Théodore Descourtilz, Eugene Eisenmann, Claudio Gay, Frederick DuCane Godman, Phillip Henry Gosse, John Gould, François Haverschmidt, Carl Eduard Hellmayr, Francisco Hernández, W. H. Hudson, Alexander von Humboldt, Maria Koepcke, Georg Markgraf, Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee, Leo E. Miller, Juan Ignacio Molina, Robert Cushman Murphy, Johann Natterer, Elsie M.B. Naumburg, Alcide d’Orbigny, Ted Parker, William Phelps, Jr., William Phelps, Sr., Robert Ridgway, Osbert Salvin, Richard Schomburgk, Robert Schomburgk, Philip Lutley Sclater, Helmut Sick, Alexander Skutch, Emilie Snethlage, Johann Baptist von Spix, Johann Jacob von Tschudi, Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot, Alexander Wetmore, Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, John T. Zimmer |
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Save the Last Dance: A Story of North American Grassland Grouse | |
| AUTHOR: Paothong, Noppadol | ||
| FORMAT: Hardcover | $45.00 | |
| ITEM CODE: 13749 | In Stock | |
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CONDITION NOTE: All copies received slightly bumped corners during shipping from the publisher. All are brand new and in very good condition otherwise. A new book by award-winning photographer Noppadol Paothong, and noted outdoor writer Joel M. Vance, strives to rescue grassland grouse from the brink of extinction by showing the world what it stands to lose if these species are allowed to disappear forever. This 204-page hardbound book captures the dazzling beauty of seven grouse species whose populations are diminishing across the prairies and plains of America - and one species that has already lost its battle for survival. Fortunately, many conservation groups have championed the cause of grassland grouse. But will it be too little, too late? The birds can be saved if enough people care. The book fosters knowledge and understanding of these spectacular birds and their diminishing habitats so future generations, too, can marvel at their grace and beauty. The book covers the following species: Heath Hen, Greater Prairie-Chicken, Lesser Prairie-Chicken, Attwater’s Prairie-Chicken, Greater Sage-Grouse, Gunnison Sage-Grouse, and Sharp-tailed Grouse, along with conservation efforts to save these species. ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Story by Joel M. Vance. Joel Vance worked for 22 years as an award-winning news and magazine writer for the Missouri Department of Conservation. He has published eight print books and two e-books. He has been awarded all three of the top honors bestowed by the Outdoor Writers Association of America — one of only three members in the history of the organization to be so honored. Foreword by Paul A. Johnsgard. Paul Johnsgard is a renowned ornithologist, artist and emeritus professor at the University of Nebraska. His works include nearly fifty books including several monographs, principally about the waterfowl and cranes. He is considered one of the most prolific authors of ornithology books. |
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The Jewel Hunter | |
| AUTHOR: Chris Gooddie | ||
| FORMAT: Paperback | $25.95 | |
| ITEM CODE: 13704 | In Stock | |
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A tale of one man's obsession with rainforest jewels, this is the story of an impossible dream: a quest to see every one of the world's most elusive avian gems--a group of birds known as pittas--in a single year. Insightful, compelling, and laugh-out-loud funny, this is more than a book about birds. It's a true story detailing the lengths to which a man will go to escape his midlife crisis. A travelogue with a difference, it follows a journey from the suburban straitjacket of High Wycombe to the steamy, leech-infested rainforests of remotest Asia, Africa, and Australia. Dangerous situations, personal traumas, and logistical nightmares threaten The Jewel Hunter's progress. Will venomous snakes or razor-clawed bears intervene? Or will running out of fuel mid-Pacific ultimately sink the mission? The race is on. . . . If you've ever yearned to escape your day job, wondered what makes men tick, or simply puzzled over how to make a truly world-class cup of tea, this is a book for you. Chris Gooddie set fire to a carefully constructed career ladder and warmed his hands over the flames. Then he went traveling all over Asia and beyond in pursuit of the world's most beautiful birds, the pittas. Reviews: [A] highly entertaining read. --Jeremy Brock, Scottish Birds Do you have a 'plan B'--that secret dream you've quietly nurtured for much of your life? . . . The Jewel Hunter is the real-life story of one man who finally overcame inertia to devote eleven months of his life to his 'plan B': his obsession to see all living species of a small jewel-like songbird, the pittas . . . . [T]his rollicking tale is an engaging and compelling memoir that bird watchers, nature lovers and fans of travel literature will enjoy. This book is a must-read for those who (like me) are nurturing their own dream to go on a tropical birding expedition, and is essential reading for anyone who nurses their own secret 'plan B'.--Devorah Bennu, GrrlScientist Gooddie's twenty chapters are for the most part straightforwardly chronological, each devoted to one of the major destinations he visited in his quest. The result is a series of adventure tales, 'good reads' all, guaranteed to whet the reader's appetite for exotic locales and their birds. The color photos illustrating the accounts are unfailingly evocative, ever--perhaps especially--the poor-quality images of some of the most elusive pitta species. Not a few of Gooddie's photos are the first ever published of the species depicted. - Rick Wright, ABA Blog |
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The John James Audubon Portfolio: A Selection of Drawings and Watercolors | |
| AUTHOR: John James Audubon, Ben Forkner | ||
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| ITEM CODE: 13747 | In Stock | |
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The John James Audubon Portfolio: A Selection of the Original Drawings and Watercolors Used in the Making of Birds of America Accompanied by a Choice of Audubon's Writings. Fans of John James Audubon, the naturalist's art, or rare and unusual books, do not pass up the opportunity to own this gorgeous edition of high quality reproductions of Audubon's original watercolors. The portfolio is presented along with key notes and correspondence by Audubon and a biographical introduction, creating an impression of the man himself and his development as an ornithologist. Printed in a 14-point font on 200g deckled cream stock, 22 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches open, and French bound (which is to say unbound) in an olive linen clamshell case, each copy is numbered from a printing of only 2500, and illustrated with 48 paintings by the artist, including some from Birds of America and also early works recently rediscovered in the Natural History Museum of La Rochelle. The real pièce de résistance here is the portfolio of individual reproductions, identical to those in the text. With a printed area of up to 10 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches, on heavyweight 300g stock with a sheet size of about 11 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches, these prints can be leafed through, removed for consideration, or framed as art. 208 pp, 48 prints |
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