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13883 | Alexander Wilson: The Scot Who Founded American Ornithology | $35.00 |
| Burtt,Edward H., Jr.;Davis,William E., Jr. | |||
| Audubon was not the father of American ornithology. That honorific belongs to Alexander Wilson, whose encyclopedic American Ornithology established a distinctive approach that emphasized the observation of live birds. In the first full-length study to reproduce all of Wilson’s unpublished drawings for the nine-volume Ornithology, Edward Burtt and William Davis illustrate Wilson’s pioneering and, today, underappreciated achievement as the first ornithologist to describe the birds of t . . . | |||
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13924 | Birdwatching in New Hampshire: A Guide to Birding in the Granite State | $22.95 |
| Masterson, Eric A. | |||
| 217 pp. 47 color photos, 46 figs. New Paperback. With maps that outline more than 120 birding sites. . . . | |||
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13890 | Looking for the Goshawk | $26.95 |
| Jameson, Conor Mark | |||
| 360 pp. 20 black and white illustrations.. 2013. New Hardcover. . . . | |||
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13961 | Birds of Cape Cod and the Islands | $45.00 |
| Everett, Roger S. | |||
| 224pp. 2006. New hardcover with dust jacket. Brings together aspects of field guide, travelogue, and photo-essay on appreciating nature. Roger Everett shares his personal record of glimpses into nature's wild and beautiful byways tenanted by small lives that tolerate - or endure - our proximity. --paraphrased from Priscilla H. Bailey's Foreword. . . . | |||
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13960 | Nighthawk | $12.95 |
| Bastedo, Jamie | |||
| 245pp. 2013. New paperback. Jamie Bastedo spins a high-flying adventure that weaves together themes of family and friendship, courage and perserverance, against the backdrop of our fast-changing world where it's tougher than ever just being a bird. --from publisher's information. . . . | |||
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HMW3 | Handbook of the Mammals of the World, Volume 3: Primates | $225.00 |
| Wilson, Don E.; Mittermeier, Russell A. | |||
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Volume 3 has just arrived, and will begin shipping immediately. Anyone who has pre-ordered should be receiving regular e-mail updates from us. Following in the footsteps of the highly lauded Handbook of the Birds of the World series, the newly announced Handbook of the Mammals of the World is already creating a buzz. To be completed over the next several years in eight volumes, this series is expected to be an extraordinary and unique project, illustrating and describing in detail every mamma . . . |
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13956 | Birds of Uzbekistan: Photoalbum | $65.00 |
| Kashkarov, Roman and James Willsher | |||
| Birds of Uzbekistan presents almost 200 photos of over 100 species, with 95% of the photos having been taken in the wild and being unique to this publication. Each photo caption provides the exact date and place which makes it a great guide to travelling birdwatchers. . . . | |||
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HMC1 | Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 4th edition. Volume 1: Non-passerines | $95.00 |
| Dickinson, Edward C. and James V. Remsen Jr. | |||
| The Fourth Edition of the Howard and Moore Checklist of the Birds of the World will be published in two volumes: Volume 1 - Non-passerines and Volume 2 - Passerines. This is a new edition of a major reference work and most respected scientific checklist of birds of the world. It has been updated to reflect the considerable change in our understanding of the evolution of birds derived from the study of their DNA over the past decade; thus the Cracraft sequence adopted in 2003 is c . . . | |||
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13923 | Imperial Dreams: Tracking the Imperial Woodpecker Through the Wild Sierra Madre | $26.00 |
| Gallagher, Tim | |||
| Explorer and naturalist Tim Gallagher is obsessed with rare birds. A decade ago, Gallagher was one of the rediscoverers of the legendary ivory-billed woodpecker, which most scientists believed had been extinct for more than half a century—an event that caused an international stir. Now, in Imperial Dreams, Gallagher once again hits the trail, journeying deep into Mexico’s savagely beautiful Sierra Madre Occidental, home to rich wildlife, as well as to Mexican drug cartels, in a perilous quest to . . . | |||
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13941 | Roberts Guide to the Nests and Eggs of Southern African Birds | $36.95 |
| Tarboton, Warwick (Editor) | |||
| Filled with beautiful images, this new field guide presents the nesting habits of the 730 bird species known to breed in southern Africa. From vultures and eagles to waxbills and cisticolas, this comprehensively cross-referenced book contains up-to-date information about each species-when and where they nest, what the nest and eggs look like, and how long it takes for the eggs to hatch. A perfect gift for nature-lovers, it also includes accurately colored, life-size reproductions of all the spec . . . | |||
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13882 | Roberts Bird Guide: Kruger National Park and Adjacent Lowveld: A Guide to More than 420 Birds in the | $18.95 |
| Chittenden,Hugh;Whyte, Ian | |||
| Compiling a colorful collection of artistic representations of the myriad bird species found in South Africa, this beautifully illustrated manual celebrates the diverse, fascinating, and unique feathered fauna found in the national park and the adjoining Mpumalanga Province. Featuring 91 annotated plates dynamically illustrated by seven of South Africa's finest bird artists, this comprehensive guide provides details on each bird's habitat, food source, behaviors, breeding strategies, and in some . . . | |||
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13937 | Parrot Quiz Book No 1 | $12.95 |
| Low, Rosemary | |||
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Review from Australian Birdkeeper magazine: What a terrific idea! From one of the most prolific avicultural writers and authorities in the world today, Rosemary Low has compiled this wonderful little book. Consisting of 92 pages, this soft covered book is absolutely packed with questions and answers, in fact 644 questions with accompanying answers, Graded for Standard, Advanced and Expert aviculturists. A wonderful way to while away the hours when you’re not cleaning cages, feeding birds, cha . . . |
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13881 | National Geographic Kids Bird Guide of North America | $15.95 |
| Alderfer, Jonathan | |||
| Featuring 100 species of birds from coast to coast this colorful guide helps kids identify and understand birds. The National Geographic Kids Bird Guide of North America will be both accessible and tons of fun. Fifty of the country's most popular birds will be laid out in stunning two-page spreads that will include information such as their range, the sounds they make, and the food they like to eat. Each profile will also include a cool or weird fun fact, and a feature called 'A Closer Look,' wh . . . | |||
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13922 | Butterfly People: An American Encounter with the Beauty of the World | $32.50 |
| Leach, William | |||
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With 32 pages of full-color inserts and black-and-white illustrations throughout. From one of our most highly regarded historians, here is an original and engrossing chronicle of nineteenth-century America’s infatuation with butterflies, and the story of the naturalists who unveiled the mysteries of their existence. A product of William Leach’s lifelong love of butterflies, this engaging and elegantly illustrated history shows how Americans from all walks of life passionately pursued butte . . . |
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13921 | National Geographic Pocket Guide to the Birds of North America | $12.95 |
| Erickson, Laura; Alderfer, Jonathan | |||
| This fun, affordable, beautifully illustrated introduction to birding is like taking a walk with National Geographic's birding experts. Of this book's 192 pages, 160 are devoted to North America's top species, one per page, from the lowly House Wren to the majestic Bald Eagle. Carefully chosen illustrations and photographs capture the key details and typical behavior of each bird, paired with a short list of essential facts and a fun, fascinating, colloquially written 'bird-ography' of each bird . . . | |||
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13901 | The Dodo and the Solitaire: A Natural History | $75.00 |
| Parish, Jolyon C. | |||
| The Dodo and the Solitaire is the most comprehensive book to date about these two famously extinct birds. It contains all the known contemporary accounts and illustrations of the dodo and solitaire, covering their history after extinction and discussing their ecology, classification, phylogenetic placement, and evolution. Both birds were large and flightless and lived on inhabited islands some 500 miles east of Madagascar. The first recorded descriptions of the dodo were provided by . . . | |||
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13917 | 1001 Secrets Every Bird Watcher Should Know: Tips and Trivia for the Backyard and Beyond | $20.00 |
| Stiteler, Sharon | |||
| Bird watching is one of the most popular hobbies in America, and 1,001 Secrets Every Bird Watcher Should Know is the first photographic guide and fact book written in a humorous conversational tone that appeals to every age and skill level. Replete with sound information, 1,001 Secrets will expose many birding myths: a bald eagle cannot carry off a four-month old baby, and crows do not go sledding for fun.This accessible guide includes fun facts, such as where certain birds got their names, how . . . | |||
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NOM29 | Marine Birds of the Eastern United States and the Bay of Fundy | $49.75 |
| Nisbet, Ian C. T.; Richard R. Veit, Sasha A. Auer and Timothy P. White | |||
| Marine Birds of the Eastern United States and the Bay of Fundy: Distribution, Numbers, Trends, Threats, and Management. Nuttall Ornithological Monographs No 29. This monograph reviews the distribution and numbers of 83 marine species (31 breeding species) that occur regularly along the east coast of the US, in the Bay of Fundy, or in waters of the continental shelf. It assesses trends in numbers since 1970, threats, and research and conservation needs. It compiles data from many published and . . . | |||
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13915 | A Sound Like Water Dripping: In Search of the Boreal Owl | $26.95 |
| Bondrup-Nielsen, Soren | |||
| With enthusiasm and sincerity biologist Soren Bondrup-Nielsen recalls his experience as a graduate student in the 1970s researching the Boreal Owl in northern Ontario and Alberta. After receiving his B.Sc. in the spring of 1974, Bondrup-Nielsen travels by train to Kapuskasing to begin his study of this tiny, elusive species, cousin to the Tengmalm’s Owl of Scandinavia. Though initially dissuaded by his supervisor, the author sets about recording the owl’s call and locating individual territories . . . | |||
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13914 | All the Birds of Nova Scotia: Status & Critcal Identification | $47.95 |
| McLaren, Ian | |||
| All the Birds of Nova Scotia aims to help observers evaluate bird sightings in Nova Scotia by focusing on the finer details of occurrence and identification. Compiling and evaluating a broad range of historical and contemporary data gathered by both ornithologists and amateur observers, Ian McLaren provides brief accounts of the status and key identification issues for all bird species, distinctive subspecies, and variations believed to have occurred in Nova Scotia up to 2010. In these accounts, . . . | |||
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