BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY, ESSAYS

The titles listed under these headings are BRAND NEW books listed alphabetically by author.
Price is for the cloth (hardback) edition unless indicated otherwise. Buteo Books makes
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23-213. ADAMS, Marjorie V. Bird-Witched! How Birds Can Change a Life. University of Texas Press, 2005. The author, one of the founders of the ABA, looks back at her evolution into a birder, and at the concurrent growth of the sport. 288 pp. $24.95

1622. ADAMS, Mark T. Chasing Birds Across Texas: A Birding Big Year. Texas A&M, 2003. 254 pp. Paper. In one year, the author saw 482 species, 92% of the species reported in Texas that year. $18.95

26-199. ALI, Salim. The Illustrated Salim Ali: The Fall of a Sparrow. Oxford University Press, 2007. India's greatest ornithologist recounts his exciting experiences in the outdoors and chronicles his love of birds. 128 pp. Paper. $24.95
This illustrated edition includes black & white photographs and drawings throughout the text, plus color paintings originally prepared for the ten-volume Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan.

26-200. ANDERSON, Ora. Out of the Woods: A Bird Watcher's Year. Ohio University Press, 2007. Illustrations by Julie ZICKEFOOSE. Author, birder, bird carver, naturalist, and nature writer reveals the insights and recollections of a keen-eyed observer of nature. 176 pp. Cloth - $28.95; Paper - $16.95

1623. ARNAUDIN, Margaret Pye. A Bird in the Bush: The Story of the Province of Quebec Society for the Protection of Birds, 1917 - 2002. PQSPB, 2002. 256 pp. Paper. $39.00

1624. AUDUBON, John James. John James Audubon: Writings and Drawings. Edited by Christoph IRMSCHER. The Library of America, 1999. 942 pp. $40.00
A comprehensive selection of Audubon's writings, with several sections of color plates.

1625. AUSBAND, Stephen Conrad. Byrd's Line: A Natural History. University of Virginia Press, 2002. 187 pp. $22.95
Excerpts from William Byrd's "Histories of the Dividing Line" betwixt Virginia and North Carolina, with comments and notes by a modern woodsman.

24-192. BAKER, Karle Wilson. The Birds of Tanglewood. Texas A&M University Press, 2006. A reissue of Baker`s 1930 book of four essays which consisted of her observations of the many birds that lived around her Nacogdoches home, called Tanglewood. 148 pp. $16.95

NEW! BARCOTT, Bruce. The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw: One Woman’s Fight to Save the World’s Most Beautiful Bird. Random House, 2008. When local development threatened nesting grounds in Belize, Sharon Matola fought back. This book addresses the realities of economic survival in the third world and puts a human face on the tension between environmental conservation and human development. 352 pp. $25.95

23-219. BARNES, Simon. How to be a (Bad) Birdwatcher. Pantheon, 2005. Barnes shares his relaxed principles of birdwatching with enthusiastic and inspiring stories. 220 pp. $17.95

1626. BARROW, Mark V., Jr. A Passion for Birds: American Ornithology after Audubon . Princeton, 1998. B& W illustrations. 326 pp. Cloth - $39.50; Paper - $19.95

NEW! BEEHLER, Bruce. Lost Worlds: Adventures in the Tropical Rainforest. Yale University Press, 2008. This eminent naturalist recounts details from twelve trips he has taken to the tropics over the past three decades. 258 pp. $28.00

1627. BEOLENS, Bo and Michael WATKINS. Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. Yale, 2004. 384 pp. Paper. $35.00

1628. BIRDING. Volume XXV, Number 1. February 1993. ABA. 80 pp. $5.00
This issue contains the 36-page article "Building a Birder's Library" by Richard Webster.

1629. BIRKHEAD, Tim. Great Auk Islands: A Field Biologist in the Arctic. Poyser, 1993. Illustrations by David QUINN. Color and b&w photos. 275 pp. $46.00

1630. BLUNT, Wilfrid. Linnaeus: The Compleat Naturalist. Princeton, 2002. Color plates and photographs illustrate this biography of the Great Biologist. 264 pp. $37.95

NEW. BOCK, Walter J. and M. Ross LEIN, Editors. Ernst Mayr at 100: Ornithologist and Naturalist. American Ornithologists' Union, 2005. Ornithological Monographs #58. 109 pp. Includes a DVD with excerpts of an interview with Ernst Mayr. Includes a complete bibliography of Mayr's works. Paper. $20.00 See a complete list of Mayr's books View the complete AOU publications

1631. BRANCH, Michael P. & Daniel J. PHILLIPON. The Height of Our Mountains. Johns Hopkins, 1998. 421 pp. Paper. $18.95
Nature writing from Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah Valley.

1632. BROWN, Charles R. Swallow Summer. Nebraska, 1998. 396 pp. Paper. $16.95
The joys and frustrations of a 15-year study of the colonial Cliff Swallow.

1633. CAMERINI, Jane R., editor. The Alfred Russel Wallace Reader: A Selection of Writings from the Field. Johns Hopkins, 2002. 219 pp. Paper. $18.95

NEW! CARLSON, Douglas. Roger Tory Peterson: A Biography. University of Texas Press, 2007. With his 1934 Field Guide to the Birds, Roger Tory Peterson introduced millions of people to the pleasures of observing birds in the wild. His guide fostered an appreciation for the natural world that set the stage for the modern conservation movement. In this authoritative, highly readable account, the author creates a fascinating portrait of the complex man behind the name. $24.95

1634. CARR, Archie. High Jungles and Low. Florida, 1953 (1992 reprint). The author's experiences in Honduras and around Central America. B&W photos. 226 pp. Paper. $17.95

1635. CARR, Archie. A Naturalist in Florida: A Celebration of Eden. Yale, 1994. Maps. This book consists of a collection of Carr's writings spanning a period of fifty years. 264 pp. Cloth - $32.50; Paper - $18.95

1636. CARRIKER, Melbourne R. Vista Nieve: The Remarkable True Adventures of an Early Twentieth Century Naturalist and his Family in Colombia, South America. Blue Mantle Publishing, 2001. 312 pp. Paper. List Price - $25.00; On Sale for $17.95
Principally, a biography of Melbourne A. Carriker, Jr., who collected and wrote on the birds of Costa Rica and the Santa Marta region of Colombia.

25-191. CARRIKER, Melbourne Armstrong, Jr. Experiences of an Ornithologist Along the Highways and Byways of Bolivia: Collecting Birds in an Isolated, Magnificent Land in the Nineteen Thirties. AuthorHouse, 2006. 452 pp. Paper. $22.50

1637. CASHWELL, Peter. The Verb `To Bird:' Sightings of an Avid Birder. Paul Dry Books, 2003. 273 pp. Cloth - $22.95; Paper - $14.95
Written by an English teacher / birder, this is a whimsical and critical book about birds, birders, language, literature, and the human race.

1638. CERULEAN, Susan. Tracking Desire: A Journey After Swallow-tailed Kites. University of Georgia Press, 2005. Both natural history and biology and the story of the author's passionate search for these fascinating birds. 192 pp. Cloth - $24.95; Paper - $16.95

1639. CHALMERS, John. Audubon in Edinburgh: The Scottish Associates of John James Audubon. National Museums of Scotland, 2003. 340 pp. Color and b&w illustrations. Based largely on Audubon's own writings, and describes this period in his life, which was to prove a turning point. Paper. $45.00

1640. CHARTER, Kay. For the Love of Birds. Crofton Creek Press, 2000. Illustrations by Thomas W. FORD. 196 pp. $24.95

CHEKE, Anthony and Julian HUME. Lost Land of the Dodo: The Ecological History of Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues A&C Black, 2008. The Mascarene islands in the southern Indian Ocean - Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues - were once home to an extraordinary range of birds and reptiles. This book provides a comprehensive yet enjoyable account of the story of the islands’ changing ecology, interspersed with human stories, the islands’ biogeographical anomalies, and much more. 480 pp. $90.00

24-200. CHU, Miyoko. Songbird Journeys: Four Seasons in the Lives of Migratory Birds. Walker & Co, 2006. Chu, an ornithologist at Cornell, follows the migrations of birds through the seasons and chronicles the efforts of scientists to track them with technology and their own ingenuity. She includes information on the best places to observe migrating birds and provides lists of citizen-science projects and resources for amateurs birders. 224 pp. Cloth - $23.00; Paper - $13.95

1641. COCKER, Mark. Birders: Tales of a Tribe. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2002. 230 pp. A witty and entertaining collection of essays on the community and subculture of birdwatching. $24.00

1642. COCKER, Mary & Carol INSKIPP. A Himalayan Ornithologist: The Life and Works of Brian Houghton Hodgson. Oxford, 1988. 49 plates, 87 pp. $75.00

1643. COKINOS, Christopher. Hope is the Thing with Feathers: A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds. Putnam, 2000. B&W photos. 359 pp.. Cloth - $24.95; Paper - $13.95

1644. CONDOR: Journal of the Cooper Ornithological Club. Ten Year Indices. Paper - $7.50, Cloth - $10.00 (Fourth, Fifth, & Sixth)

• Second Ten Years: 1909-1918 (PCA 13)
• Third Ten Years: 1919-1928 (PCA 20)
• Fourth Ten Years: 1929-1938 (PCA 28)
• Fifth Ten Years: 1939-1948 (PCA 30)
• Sixth Ten Years: 1949-1958 (PCA 36)

1645. CORNELI, Helen McGavran. Mice in the Freezer, Owls on the Porch: The Lives of Naturalists Frederick and Frances Hamerstrom. University of Wisconsin Press, 2002. B&W photos. 336 pp. Cloth - $29.95; Paper - $24.95

1646. CUTRIGHT, Paul Russell. Lewis & Clark: Pioneering Naturalists. Nebraska, 1989. First published in 1969, a comprehensive account of the scientific studies of Lewis & Clark. 506 pp. Paper. $24.00

1647. CUTRIGHT, Paul R. and M.J. BRODHEAD. Elliott Coues, Naturalist and Frontier Historian. Illinois, 1981. 509 pp. $39.95

1649. DAVIS, William E. History of the Nuttall Ornithological Club: 1873-1986. Nuttall Memoirs Volume 11, 1987. 179 pp. $20.00

1650. DAVIS, William E., Jr. and Jerome A. JACKSON, Editors. Contributions to the History of American Ornithology. Cambridge, Memoirs of the Nuttall Ornithological Club. B&W photos. The history of American Ornithology at universities, museums, government agencies, societies, and foundations written by key figures at those institutions.

• [Volume I]. Memoir No. 12, 1995. 501 pp. $40.00
• Volume II. Memoir No. 13, 2000. 401 pp. $30.00

1651. DICKERMAN, Robert W., compiler. The Era of Allan R. Phillips: A Festschrift. Horizon, 1997. A collection of papers solicited to celebrate the ornithological contributions of the author of, among others, The Known Birds of North and Middle America. This book is available under Phillips in the Neotropical section. 245 pp. $50.00

25-199. DOOLEY, Sean. The Big Twitch: One Man, One Continent, a Race against Time - A True Story about Birdwatching. Allen & Unwin, 2006. One man's quest to realize a boyhood dream of breaking the Australian twitching record. 322 pp. Paper. $16.95

1652. DUNNE, Pete. Golden Wings and Other Stories about Birders and Birding. University of Texas Press, 2003. Forty-one of Dunne's recent essays, both humorous and heartfelt. 122 pp. Cloth - $29.95; Paper - $15.95

1653. DUNNE, Pete. The Feather Quest: A North American Birder's Year. Houghton Mifflin, 1999 (first published in 1992). Color photographs. 355 pp. Paper. $18.00

1654. DUNNE, Pete. Pete Dunne on Birdwatching: The How-to, Where-to, and When-to of Birding. Houghton Mifflin, 2003. B&W photos and illustrations. A comprehensive survey of skills and tools for beginners. 334 pp. Paper. $12.00

1655. DUNNE, Pete. Small-Headed Flycatcher and Other Stories. Texas, 1998. A classic cliffhanger of the one that got away. 138 pp. Paper. $16.95

1656. DUNNE, Pete. Tales of a Low-Rent Birder. Texas, 1986. 157 pp. Paper. $14.95

1657. DUNNE, Pete. More Tales of a Low-Rent Birder. Texas, 1994. 120 pp. $18.95

1658. FAANES, Craig. Somewhere South of Miami. AmErica House, 2002. Birding adventures in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America. 411 pp. Paper. $29.95

1659. FARBER, P. Discovering Birds, The Emergence of Ornithology as a Scientific Discipline: 1760-1850. Johns Hopkins University, 1982 (1997). 191 pp. Paper. $17.95

1660. FIENNES, William. The Snow Geese: A Story of Home. Random House, 2003. Charting the northern migration of the Canada Snow Goose. 253 pp. Paper. $12.95

1661. FISCHER, Dan L. Early Southwest Ornithologists, 1528-1900. University of Arizona Press, 2001. 271 pp. $45.00
Survey of more than 100 ornithologists and explorers from Coronado to Coues.

1662. FISHER, Clemency, Editor. A Passion for Natural History: The Life and Legacy of the 13th Earl of Derby. National Museums and Galleries on Meyserside, 2002. Companion to the exhibition commemorating the life of Edward Stanley, a naturalist and collector who greatly advanced the study of Ornithology. 240 pp. Paper. $55.00

1663. FISK, Erma J. Parrot's Wood. Norton, 1985. Bird banding in Belize. 240 pp. $15.95

1664. FLANNERY, Tim. A Gap in Nature: Discovering the World's Extinct Animals. Atlantic Monthly, 2001. Color plates by Peter SCHOUTEN. 184 pp. $34.95

1665. FOSHAY, Ella M. John James Audubon. Abrams, 1997. 160 pp. $45.00
Life of the flamboyant frontier naturalist with illustrations from his work.

1666. FULLER, Errol. Dodo: A Brief History. Universe Books, 2002. This book pieces together from historical documents, illustrations, and literary sources the bird's natural history, biology and behavior, as well as its mythology cultural significance. 192 pp. $22.50

1667. FULLER, Errol. Extinct Birds. Revised edition. Cornell, 2001. 398 pp. $49.95
Lavishly illustrated with historical and contemporary paintings.

1668. FULLER, Errol. The Great Auk. Abrams, 1999. Trade edition. Illustrated in color and b&w with virtually every known image of this extinct species. 448 pp. $75.00
A copy of the Subscribers' Edition, limited to 450 copies, bound in half Morocco with a hand-colored frontispiece and a limited edition print by Raymond HARRIS-CHING is also available for $620.00.

25-205. GALLAGHER, Tim. In Search of Birds and Wild Places. Lyons Press, 2006. A collection of essays with a particular focus on raptors and the arctic. 227 pp. Paper. $14.95

25-207. GARFIELD, Brian. The Meinertzhagen Mystery: The Life and Legend of a Colossal Fraud. Potomac Books, Inc., 2006. 386 pp. $22.00

1670. GASKELL, Jeremy. Who Killed the Great Auk? Oxford, 2001. An account of the demise of the Great Auk and its effect on the early conservation movement. Color and b&w illustrations. 227 pp. $25.00

26-222. GESSNER, David. Soaring with Fidel: An Osprey Odyssey from Cape Cod to Cuba and Beyond. Beacon Press, 2007. Gessner picks up where he left off in Return of the Osprey and followed the 7,000-mile osprey migration across two continents. 289 pp. Paper. $25.95

23-233. GIBSON, Graeme. The Bedside Book of Birds: An Avian Miscellany. Random House, 2005. A treasure trove of paintings, drawings, poems, essays and scientific observations about birds. 352 pp. $29.95

1671. GILBERT, Pamela. John Abbot: Birds, Butterflies and Other Wonders. London: Merrell Holberton, 1998. 60 color plates of the artist's work. 128 pp. $45.00
Abbot did not receive the acclaim of his more famous contemporaries, though his output was prolific and his observations of a high standard.

1672. GOODWIN, Clive. The Traveling Birder: 20 Five-Star Birding Vacations. Doubleday, 1991. 306 pp. Paper. $13.00

1673. GOULD, Carol Grant. The Remarkable Life of William Beebe: Explorer and Naturalist. Island Press, 2004. Many black & white photos. 447 pp. $30.00; On Sale for $18.00

1674. GRAHAM, Frank, Jr. The Audubon Ark: A History of the National Audubon Society. Texas, 1992. 334 pp. Paper. $14.95

NEW! HAFFER, Jürgen. Ornithology, Evolution, and Philosophy: The Life and Science of Ernst Mayr 1904-2005. Springer, 2008. The first detailed biography of the greatest evolutionary biologist since Charles Darwin, an architect of the Synthetic Theory of Evolution, influential historian and philosopher of biology, outstanding taxonomist and ornithologist, and naturalist. 474 pp. Paper. $59.95

1675. HALLE, Louis J. The Appreciation of Birds. Johns Hopkins, 1989. Line drawings. 140 pp.$14.95; On Sale for $5.00

1676. HAMERSTROM, Frances. My Double Life: Memoirs of a Naturalist. Wisconsin, 1994. Halftones and drawings. The story of the debutante who became a trailblazer in her profession and for her gender. 316 pp. Cloth - $35.00; Paper - $19.95

NEW! HEITMAN, Danny. A Summer of Birds: John James Audubon at Oakley House. LSU Press, 2008. A look at a pivotal season Audubon spent in Louisiana, where he worked on at least twenty-three bird paintings. Color illustrations. 85 pp. $26.95

NEW! HENDERSON, Carroll L. Oology and Ralph's Talking Eggs: Bird Conservation Comes Out of Its Shell. University of Texas Press, 2007. A fascinating account of oology and its role in the origins of modern birdwatching, scientific ornithology, and bird conservation in North America. Lavishly illustrated with color photos. 177 pp. $29.95

26-231. HILL, Geoffrey E. Ivorybill Hunters: Search for Proof in a Flooded Wilderness. Oxford University Press, 2007. The discovery of what may be a breeding population of Ivory-billed Woodpeckers in the swamps of northern Florida, and the political maneuvering, evidence documentation, and secret keeping that is part of modern science. 260 pp. $24.95

1677. HOLLOWAY, Joel Ellis. Dictionary of Birds of the United States: Scientific and Common Names. Timber Press, 2003. With illustrations by George Miksch Sutton. Explains the scientific binomial and common names of the birds of the United States. 244 pp. $19.95

1678. HOULE, Marcy. The Prairie Keepers. Addison-Wesley, 1995 (1996). A biologist's experiences with hawks, ranchers, and environmentalists in the Zumwalt Prairie of northeastern Oregon. 266 pp. Paper. $14.00

1679. HOUSTON, Stuart, Tim BALL, and Mary HOUSTON. Eighteenth-Century Naturalists of Hudson Bay. McGill-Queens University Press, 2003. 336 pp. $49.95
The fur-trade officers of the Hudson's Bay Company were involved in some of the earliest scientific observations on the North American continent.

23-241. HUME, Rob. Life with Birds: Reflections of a Naturalist. David & Charles, 2005. 320 pp. $29.95

1680. HUXLEY, Elspeth. Peter Scott: Painter and Naturalist. Fulcrum, 1995 (1993). Biography of this talented and influential conservationist. 326 pp. $24.95

26-235. JACKSON, Jerome. George Miksch Sutton: Artist, Scientist and Teacher. University of Oklahoma Press, 2007. Sutton's artwork is reproduced in color and b&w. 239 pp. $29.95
Drawing on a wealth of information, Jackson's account of Sutton's life fills in details missing from Sutton's autobiography, Bird Student.

24-227. JOHNSGARD, Paul A. Earth, Water and Sky: A Naturalist's Stories and Sketches. University of Texas Press, 1999. 166 pp. Paper. $15.95

1681. JUNIPER, Tony. Spix's Macaw: The Race to Save the World's Rarest Bird. Pocket Books, 2003. 320 pp. $25.00

NEW! KAUFMAN, Kenn. Flights Against the Sunset: Stories that Reunited a Mother and Son. Houghton Mifflin, 2008. The author returns home to visit his ailing mother and explain what drove his obsession with birds. The stories range over settings from Alaska to Africa, from trackless jungles to parking lots and delve into subjects from first dates to last rites. 225 pp. $24.00

1682. KAUFMAN, Kenn, Editor. City Birding: True Tales of Birds and Birdwatching in Unexpected Places. Stackpole, 2003. 179 pp. $18.95
Entertaining stories by some of the country's top birders and nature writers.

1683. KAUFMAN, Kenn. Kingbird Highway: The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand. Houghton Mifflin, 2000. 318 pp. Paper. $13.00

1684. KEENE, Ann T. Earthkeepers: Observers and Protectors of Nature. Oxford, 1994. Illustrated with color and b&w photos. 222 pp. $40.00
Biographical notes and extended essays on famous naturalists and conservationists.

23-245. KOEPPEL, Dan. To See Every Bird on Earth: A Father, a Son, and a Lifelong Obsession. Hudson Street Press, 2005. One of only a dozen people to ever list over 7,000 species of birds, Dan Koeppel's father spent a lifetime on his chase. The author tells the story of this obsession, and his part in it. 278 pp. $24.95

1686. KOMITO, Sandy. I Came, I Saw, I Counted. Fair Lawn: Bergen Publishing Co, 1999. A chronicle of the author's Big Year. 339 pp. $41.00

1686. KOMITO, Sandy. Birding's Indiana Jones: A Chaser's Diary. Published by the author, 1990. Describes his record-setting 1987 Big Year. 216 pp. $55.00

1687. KRUUK, Hans. Niko's Nature: A Life of Niko Tinbergen and His Science of Animal Behaviour. Oxford University Press, 2004. B&W illustrations. 408 pp. $30.00
The biography of the naturalist who founded the science of animal behavior.

1688. LEMBKE, Janet. Looking for Eagles: Reflections of a Classical Naturalist. Lyons & Burford, 1990. 181 pp. $19.95

1690. LINDSEY, Alton A. The Bicentennial of John James Audubon. Indiana, 1985. Essays on the "American Woodsman". 175 pp. $25.00

1691. LUTWACK, Leonard. Birds in Literature. University Press of Florida, 1994. Explores the depiction of birds in literature. 286 pp. $55.00

. MABEY, Richard. Gilbert White: A Biography of the Author of The Natural History of Selborne. University of Virginia Press, 2007. 239 pp. Paper. $16.50
Originally published in 1986, this edition coincides with a new BBC documentary on White, for which Mabey is a featured commentator.

23-252. MARREN, Peter. The New Naturalists: Half a Century of British Natural History. Second edition. HarperCollins, 2005. The story behind what has been described as the most significant and long-running natural history series in the world. Appendices include a complete bibliographical list and a collectors' guide. Revised and updated. 363 pp. Cloth - $75.00; Paper - $45.00

1692. MATTHIESSEN, Peter. End of the Earth: Voyages to Antarctica. National Geographic, 2003. Two voyages into the frozen seas and close encounters with the birds and other creatures inhabiting them. 242 pp. $26.00

1693. MATTHIESSEN, Peter. The Wind Birds: Shorebirds of North America. Firefly, 1994. 160 pp. Paper. $12.95
Matthiessen's narrative from "The Shorebirds of North America" (1967) with drawings by Robert GILLMOR.

26-239. MABEY, Richard. Gilbert White: A Biography of the Author of The Natural History of Selborne. University of Virginia Press, 2007. 239 pp. Paper. $16.50
Originally published in 1986, this edition coincides with a new BBC documentary on White, for which Mabey is a featured commentator.

1695. McCRACKEN, Karen H. The Life History of a Texas Birdwatcher: Connie Hagar of Rockport. Texas A&M, 2001. Expanded edition. Roger Tory Peterson called her the "wonder woman" of Texas birding. 299 pp. Paper. $17.95

1696. McNICHOLL, Martin K. & John L. CRANMER-BYNG, Editors. Ornithology in Ontario. Ontario Field Ornithologists, 1994. 400 pp. Paper. $24.95
A comprehensive overview of Ontario Ornithology with photos and illustrations.

1697. MEARNS, Barbara and Richard. Audubon to Xantus: The Lives of Those Commemorated in North American Bird Names. Academic Press, 1992 (2003). Illustrated by Dana Gardner. Foreword by Dean Amadon. 588 pp. Paper. $45.00

1698. MEARNS, Barbara and Richard. The Bird Collectors. Academic, 1997. B&W drawings and phtographs. 472 pp. $49.95
The Mearns team has put together a fascinating history of bird collecting with a list of major study collections, biographical sources, and extensive bibliography.

1699. MEINE, Curt. Aldo Leopold: His Life and Work. University of Wisconsin Press, 1988. 638 pp. Paper. $27.95

1700. MEINE, Curt and Richard KNIGHT, Editors. The Essential Aldo Leopold: Quotations and Commentaries. University of Wisconsin, 1999. 362 pp. $27.95

1701. MEYERS, Amy R.W. and Margaret Beck PRITCHARD. Empire's Nature: Mark Catesby's New World Vision. North Carolina, 1998. 272 pp. $60.00
A collection of essays considering the English naturalist Catesby (1682-1749) as naturalist-artist, scientific explorer, experimental horticulturist, ornamental gardener, and early environmental thinker.

1702. MORRISON, Alastair. The Bird Fancier: A Journey to Peking. Pandanus Books, 2001. The account of the author's travels through Scandanavia, Iceland, Europe, South America and Asia in search of bird specimens for the British Museum and live birds for the London Zoo. 278 pp. Paper. $30.00

23-257. MOSS, Stephen. A Bird in the Bush: A Social History of Birdwatching. Aurum Press, 2004. Why and how do people watch birds for pleasure? Traces the history of birdwatching on both sides of the Atlantic. 375 pp. Paper. $16.95

25-223. MOSS, Stephen. This Birding Life: The Best of the Guardian's Birdwatch. Aurum Press, 2006. A collection of the UK newspaper The Guardian 's popular `Birdwatch' column. 192 pp. $19.95

1703. NAVEEN, Ron. Waiting to Fly: My Escapades with the Penguins of Antarctica. Quill, 1999. Color photos. 374 pp. $26.00

1593. NERUDA, Pablo. Arte de Pajaros/Art of Birds. Lynx Edicions, 2002. Parallel text in English and Spanish. Neruda's poems about birds are accompanied by 37 original color illustrations. 205 pp. $24.95

24-239. NEWBERRY, Todd and Gene HOLTAN. The Ardent Birder: On the Craft of Bird-Watching. Ten Speed Press, 2005. Fifty short essays on the passion of millions. 214 pp. Paper. $14.95

NA06. NICE, Margaret Morse. Research Is a Passion With Me: The Autobiography of Margaret Morse Nice. Amethyst, 1979. Foreword by Konrad Lorenz. 322 pp. Paperback. $6.95

1705. OBMASCIK, Mark. The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession. Free Press, 2004. 268 pp. $25.00
Three men who braved deserts, oceans, swamps, mountain lions, and lumpy motel mattresses in search of a North American birding record.

1707. ORR, Oliver H., Jr. Saving American Birds: T. Gilbert Pearson and the Founding of the Audubon Movement. Florida, 1992. 296 pp. $34.95

1708. OSBORNE, June. I'd Rather Be Birding. Texas A&M, 2003.B&W illustrations. Osborne leads readers through backyards and river bottoms. 200 pp. $24.95

1709. PAGE, Jake. Songs to Birds. Godine, 1993. 138 pp. $18.95; On Sale for $5.00

1710. PALMER, T.S. et. Biographies of Members of the American Ornithologists' Union . Washington, 1954. Reprinted from the Auk 1884-1954, edited by Paul H. Oehser. Martino reprint (1998), initial printing limited to 60 copies. 630 pp. $75.00

1711. PARMELEE, David F. Bird Island in Antarctic Waters. Minnesota, 1980. The adventures of an Artist/Ornithologist. 140 pp. $18.95

1712. PECK, Robert McCracken. Headhunters and Hummingbirds: An Expedition into Ecuador. Walker, 1987. 115 pp. $14.95

1713. PETERSON, Roger Tory and James FISHER. Wild America. Houghton Mifflin, 1955 (1997). B&W illustrations by PETERSON. 448 pp. Paper. $17.00

25-225. PETERSON, Roger Tory. All Things Reconsidered: My Birding Adventures. Houghton Mifflin, 2006. Columns first published in Bird Watcher's Digest, selected and edited by and Bill THOMPSON, III. Each essay is illustrated with Peterson's own color photographs. 320 pp. Cloth - $30.00; Paperback - $14.95

1714. PETTINGILL, O.S., JR. My Way to Ornithology. Oklahoma, 1992. The story of the forces in the author's life which guided him towards the study of birds. 245 pp. $24.95

1715. QUAMMEN, David. The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction. Scribner, 1997. 704 pp. Paper. $20.00
The author explains just how critical the field of island biogeography is in the face of massive habitat destruction and ecosystem decay, offering us insight into the origin and extinction of species.

1716. RABY, Peter. Alfred Russel Wallace: A Life. Princeton, 2002. 340 pp. $26.95
See CAMERINI above for more on Wallace.

1717. RABY, Peter. Bright Paradise: Victorian Scientific Travellers. Princeton University Press, 1997. 276 pp. Paper. $25.00

RAFFAELE, Herbert A. Birds, Beasts and Bureaucrats: A Naturalist on a Caribbean Island. Cold Tree Press, 2007. An adventure to remote islets, hidden caves, and tropical forests tracing a young naturalist’s steps to study and conserve the extraordinary wildlife of Puerto Rico. 256 pp. Paper. $13.95

1718. RALPH, Robert. William MacGillivray. London: The Natural History Museum, HMSO, 1993. 32 color plates. 94 pp. $49.95
Biography of this eminent Scottish naturalist and friend of Audubon.

24-250. RHODES, Richard. The Audubon Reader. Random House, 2006. An anthology of Audubon's writings about the American wilderness. With 16 color illustrations. 630 pp. $27.50

1719. RHODES, Richard. John James Audubon: The Making of an American. Alfred A.Knopf, 2005. 528 pp. Cloth - $30.00; Paper - $16.00
A biography of the "American Woodsman" by a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian.

24-251. RILEY, Adrian. Arrivals and Rivals: A Birding Oddity. A Year of Competitive Twitching. Brambleby Books, 2004. An account of the struggle to become Britain's nationally recognized 'Birder of the Year.' 165 pp. Paper. $19.95

1720. RIVINUS, E.F. and E.M. YOUSSEF. Spencer Baird of the Smithsonian. Smithsonian, 1992. Biography. 228 pp. $29.95

1721. ROGER, Jacques. Buffon: A Life in Natural History. Cornell University Press, 1997. 492 pp. A giant of the French Enlightenment. $55.00

NEW! ROSEN, Jonathan. The Life of the Skies: Birding at the End of Nature. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2008. Rosen argues that birdwatching is nothing less than the real national pastime. Moreover, it's inextricably linked to our history. 324 pp. $24.00

NEW! ROSENTHAL, Elizabeth J. Birdwatcher: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson. Lyons Press, 2008. For this meticulously detailed biography, the author interviewed more than 300 of Peterson’s family, friends and associates, and included many never-before-seen photographs. 437 pp. $29.95

NEW! SANTELLA, Chris. Fifty Places to Go Birding Before You Die: Birding Experts Share The World's Greatest Destinations. Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2007. Illustrated with color photos. 222 pp. $24.95

1722. SAUER, Gordon C. John Gould the Bird Man: Associates and Subscribers. Maurizio Martino, 1995. 190 pp. Limited to 300 copies. Signed. $50.00

Biographical index of individuals associated with John Gould.

1723. SAUER, Gordon C., Editor. John Gould the Bird Man: Correspondence with a chronology of his life and works. Martino. Each volume is limited to 400 copies.

• Volume 1 - Through 1838. 1998. 340 pp. $60.00
• Volume 2 - 1839-1841. 1998. 408 pp. $64.00
• Volume 3 - 1842-1845. 1999. 502 pp. $65.00
• Volume 4: 1846-1851. 2001. 622 pp. $85.00

1725. SHAW, Harley G. Stalking the Big Bird: A Tale of Turkeys, Biologists and Bureaucrats. University of Arizona Press, 2004. 150 pp. Paper. $17.95

1726. SHUGART, H.H. How the Earthquake Bird Got its Name and Other Tales of an Unbalanced Nature. Yale, 2004. 227 pp. Cloth - $27.50; Paper - $17.00
Through animal parables, the author tells the stories of extinct or endangered birds and mammals, and what their fates reveal about the interactions between environmental change and shifting animal populations.

1727. SHULER, Jay. Had I the Wings: The Friendship of Bachman and Audubon. University of Georgia Press, 1995. 233 pp. Cloth - $29.95; Paper - $18.00

1728. SILL, Ben et al. A Field Guide to Little-Known and Seldom-Seen Birds of North America. Peachtree, 1988. A hilarious field guide spoof! 73 pp. Paper. $9.95

1729. SILL, Ben et al. Another Field Guide to Little-Known and Seldom-Seen Birds of North America. Peachtree, 1990. Add these to your life list! 71 pp. Paper. $9.95

1730. SILL, Ben, Cathyrn, and John. Beyond Birdwatching. Peachtree, 1993. A send-up of birder's magazines. 80 pp. Paper. $9.95

1731. SKUTCH, Alexander F. The Imperative Call: A Naturalists' Quest in Temperate and Tropical America. Florida, 1979. 331 pp. Paper. $19.95

1732. SKUTCH, Alexander F. A Naturalist Amid Tropical Splendor. Iowa State University Press, 1987. 232 pp. $29.95

1733. SKUTCH, Alexander F. A Naturalist in Costa Rica. University Press of Florida, 1992 (1971). 416 pp. Paper. $24.95

1734. SKUTCH, Alexander F. Origins of Nature's Beauty. Texas, 1992. A though- provoking study of the evolutionary processes that produce quality and beauty. Illustrations by Dana GARDNER including four color plates. 292 pp. $29.95

1735. SKUTCH, Alexander F. and Dana GARDNER. Harmony and Conflict in the Living World. University of Oklahoma Press, 2000. 216 pp. The eminent ornithologist and naturalist discusses natural relations, both violent and cooperative. $24.95

1736. SNETSINGER, Phoebe. Birding on Borrowed Time. American Birding Association, 2003. Illustrations by H. Douglas PRATT. 307 pp. Paper. $19.95
The posthumously published memoirs of the woman who saw more birds in her lifetime than any other human being in the history of the world.

1737. SNOW, David W., Editor. Birds, Discovery and Conservation: 100 Years of the Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Helm Information, 1992. 198 pp. $40.00

1738. SNYDER, Noel. The Carolina Parakeet: Glimpses of a Vanished Bird. Princeton University Press, 2004. Illustrated. 176 pp. $32.95
The first comprehensive account of the biology of the only parrot endemic to the U.S.

1739. SOUDER, William. Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of The Birds of America. North Point Press, 2005. 367 pp. Cloth - $25.00; Paper - $15.00
Another account of Audubon's life and ambitious achievements.

1740. STAP, Don. A Parrot Without a Name: The Search for the Last Unknown Birds on Earth. Texas, 1990. 239 pp. Paper. OUT OF PRINT
Stap followed John O'Neil and Ted Parker on an expedition to a remote and zoologically rich area of the Amazon basin in Peru.

1741. STROM, Deborah, Ed. Birdwatching with American Women: A Collection of Nature Writings. Norton, 1986. 283 pp. Paper. $17.95

1742. STROUD, Patricia Tyson. The Emperor of Nature: Charles-Lucien Bonaparte and His World. Pennsylvania, 2000. 328 pp. $34.95
Bonaparte, nephew of Napoleon, continued Wilson's American Ornithology, and played an important role in descriptive ornithology.

26-259. STUTCHBURY, Bridget. Silence of the Songbirds. Walker, 2007. A distinguished scientist reveals how we are losing the world's songbirds, why this predicts widespread environmental problems, and what we can do to save the birds and their habitats. 256 pp. Paper. $24.95

1743. SUTTON, George Miksch. Bird Student: An Autobiography. University of Texas Press, 1980. Includes his sketches and paintings. 216 pp. $15.95

1744. SUTTON, George M. To a Young Bird Artist: Letters from Louis Agassiz Fuertes to George Miksch Sutton. Stackpole, 2002. A reprint of the 1979 Oklahoma Press edition. Illustrated with photos and drawings. 160 pp. Paper. $16.95

23-273. TAIT, Malcolm and Olive TAYLER. The Birdwatcher's Companion. Robson Books, 2005. Quirky English anecdotes, quotes, trivia, facts. 160 pp. $15.00

1745. THORNTON, Vera and Bob. Chasing Warblers. University of Texas Press, 1999. Color photographs. 148 pp. Paper. $19.95

24-266. TROUERN-TREND, Jonathan. Birding Babylon: A Soldier's Journal from Iraq. Sierra Club Books, 2006. This lifelong birdwatcher kept a fascinating and touching journal of his bird sightings in Iraq. 64 pp. $9.95

24-267. URQUHART, Thomas. For Beauty of the Earth: Birding, Opera and Other Journeys. Shoemaker & Hoard, 2006. A former director of the Maine Audubon Society describes his trips around the globe, his insights into the avian world and experiences that shaped him as a conservationist. 313 pp. Paper. $15.00

1746. VASQUEZ, William. R. An Eagle Named Bart: The true story of a healing friendship. Eriksson, 1990. 164 pp. $19.95

23-279. WALLACE, Ian. Beguiled by Birds: Ian Wallace on British Birdwatching. Christopher Helm, 2004. Describes the development of birdwatching in Britain over the last 125 years. Illustrated by the author. 272 pp. $55.00

26-284. WALTERS, Mark Jerome. A Shadow and a Song: The Struggle to Save an Endangered Species. Chelsea Green, 2007 (1992). 238 pp. Paper. $25.00

1747. WALTERS, Michael. A Concise History of Ornithology. Yale University Press, 2003. Truly concise at 255 pp, but still quite complete, surveying writings and discoveries from ancient China and the Middle Ages to modern classification systems and forward. Cloth - $32.50; Paper - $22.00

WATKINS, Peter and Jonathan STOCKLAND. Winged Wonders: A Celebration of Birds in Human History. Celebrating the powerful role of birds in human customs and traditions from around the world and throughout history, this sourcebook explores the delightful stories surrounding some of the world’s best-known birds - including the eagle, owl, pelican, falcon, dove, swan, and raven. Topics include folklore, literature, music, dance, and spirituality. 206 pp. $22.00

24-270. WATTERS, Christa, Editor. Attu: Birding on the Edge: A Quarter Century of Birding the Western Reaches of North America. Charles Osgood/American Birding Association, 2003. Color photos. 214 pp. Paper. $35.00

1749. WEBSTER, Fred and Marie S. The Road to El Cielo: Mexico's Forest in the Clouds . Texas, 2001. Color photos, line drawings by Nancy MCGOWAN. 265 pp. $34.95
A personal history of the El Cielo Biosphere Reserve in Tamaulipas.

23-281. WEIDENSAUL, Scott. Return to Wild America: A Yearlong Search for the Continent's Natural Soul. North Point Press, 2005. In 1955, Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher wrote Wild America, about their trek around North America. Scott Weidensaul retraces Peterson and Fisher's steps to tell the story of wild America today. How has the continent's natural landscape changed over the past fifty years? 416 pp. $25.00

1750. WEIDENSAUL, Scott. The Ghost with Trembling Wings: Science, Wishful Thinking, and the Search for Lost Species. North Point, 2002. 341 pp. $26.00
Stories of extinction and recovery, endurance, and surprising resurrections.

1751. WEINER, Jonathan. The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time. Knopf, 1994. 332 pp. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Paper. $14.00
An account of Peter & Rosemary Grant's evolutionary studies in the Galapagos.

26-268. WHITE, Clayton. Peregrine Quest: From a Naturalist's Field Notebook. Western Sporting, 2006. 390 pp. $32.95
A compelling memoir by the naturalist and scientist who has dedicated his life to the study and protection of falcons.

26-269. WHITE, Lisa (editor). Good Birders Don't Wear White: 50 Tips From North America's Top Birders. Houghton Mifflin, 2007. A fun collection of birding advice, with contributions from Kenn Kaufman, David Sibley, Pete Dunne, Tim Gallagher, Don and Lillian Stokes, Bill Thompson III, and forty-four others. 268 pp. Paper. $8.95

24-272. WINKLER, Robert. Going Wild: Adventures with Birds in the Suburban Wilderness. National Geographic, 2003. An unexpectedly exciting foray into the wild kingdom just beyond our backyards. 208 pp. Paper. $16.00

1752. YANG Qun-rong. Cheng and the Golden Pheasant: A Biography of China's Leading Ornithologist. Fujian Science and Technology Press/World Pheasant Association, 1995. Translated from the Chinese edition. 268 pp. $37.50

25-242. ZICKEFOOSE, Julie. Letters From Eden: A Year at Home, in the Woods . Houghton Mifflin, 2006. A frequent commentator for NPR's All Things Considered, Zickefoose's well-crafted essays based on her daily walks and observations are complemented by her paintings. 224 pp. $26.00