Birds

Have Fun with These Wild and Wonderful Bird Words! A murder of crows, a charm of goldfinches, a huddle of penguins-groupings of birds are more than just a "flock." Collective nouns for specific types of birds range from fascinating to funny, and this...

Birdwatching, also known as "birding," is a popular pastime that can be both an enjoyable and educational family activity. This guide focuses on the best birding spots in Texas for children, when to go, what birds you'll see, and where to stay...

Falcon Pocket Guide: Birds of Prey is a field guide to the 55 birds of prey in North America. Anatomically correct illustrations of the birds in flight and on the ground and detailed descriptions about each bird's prominent physical attributes and...

This Second Edition of Australian Bird Names is a completely updated checklist of Australian birds and the meanings behind their common and scientific names, which may be useful, useless or downright misleading! For each species, the authors examine the...

A Great Blue Heron wades in the shallows of the Potomac River, scanning for unsuspecting prey. Sunlight turns the water translucent as a small school of fish rises to the water's surface. The heron strikes and moments later is swallowing its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780884155515Author Edward A. KutacFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint Lone Star BooksPublisher Gulf Publishing CoWeight(grams) 531gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820009032Author Patricia E. PopeFormat PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint Great Outdoors Publishing CompanyPublisher Great Outdoors Publishing...

A birdsong expert's poignant and beautifully illustrated memoir of a bicycle journey across America with his sonJoin birdsong expert Donald Kroodsma on a ten-week, ten-state bicycle journey as he travels with his son from the Atlantic to the Pacific,...

Birds of Prey of the East and its companion volume, Birds of Prey of the West, are the most comprehensive and authoritative field guides to North American birds of prey ever published. Written and lavishly illustrated with stunning, lifelike paintings by...

The Birds of Indiana is a treasure-trove for ornithologists, casual birders, and art-lovers everywhere. Drawing on decades of field work and data collection and featuring the paintings of one of America's finest bird artists, this classic work is an...

Through a hundred short vignettes accompanied by stunning avian portraits, Bird Brains takes a look at the antics, behaviors, and idiosyncrasies of wild birds from the viewpoint of a professional wildlife biologist and award-winning wildlife photographer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789460223730Author Gregory PetersonFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint KIT PublishersPublisher KIT PublishersWeight(grams) 2335g

The Eagle's Shadow is a profusely illustrated celebration of all things eagle, by a naturalist who has kept eagles himself and ridden with the eagle tribes of Central Asia."About the AuthorStephen Bodio was born and educated in Boston. He has lived in a...

The west coast region of Vancouver Island encompasses mountainous terrain, rainforest, mudflats, and ragged coastlines that bear the brunt of storms spawned by an immense ocean. Remote and inaccessible to birders until well into the twentieth century,...

Nunavut is a land of islands, encompassing some of the most remote places on Earth. It is also home to some of the world's most fascinating bird species. Birds of Nunavut is the first complete survey of every species known to occur in the territory...

Join birdsong expert Donald Kroodsma on a ten-week, ten-state bicycle journey as he travels with his son from the Atlantic to the Pacific, lingering and listening to our continent sing as no one has before. On remote country roads, over terrain vast and...

Birds of Prey of the West and its companion volume, Birds of Prey of the East, are the most comprehensive and authoritative field guides to North American birds of prey ever published. Written and lavishly illustrated with stunning, lifelike paintings by...

Imagine a creature the size of your thumb, weighing less than a penny, but consuming half of its weight in food each day...Hummingbirds may be the smallest birds in the world, but they have the biggest appetites. Their wings flutter on average fifty to...

Falcon Pocket Guide: Backyard Wildlife is a field guide to the most common and sought-after species you can find in your very own backyard. Anatomically correct illustrations and detailed descriptions about each animal's prominent physical attributes and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621459774Author Birds & BloomsFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Trusted Media BrandsPublisher Trusted Media BrandsWeight(grams) 617g

When you're out and about, keep this tabbed booklet by Stan Tekiela close at hand. Featuring only shore birds seen in the Southeast and the Gulf States, the booklet is organized by group for quick and easy identification. Narrow your choices by group,...

More than 100 beautiful color photographs of Bald Eagles in flight and in the nestTells the story of a family of Bald Eagles that raised four chicks to adulthood--a rare featPhotos illustrate feeding behavior, hunting, mating flight, behavior of chicks...

New York just might be the most biologically diverse city in temperate America. The five boroughs sit atop one of the most naturally rich sites in North America, directly under the Atlantic migratory flyway, at the mouth of a 300-mile-long river, and on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820009070Author Frances Wyly HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Great Outdoors Publishing CompanyPublisher Great Outdoors Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621062820Author Washo ShadowhawkFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Microcosm PublishingPublisher Microcosm Publishing

When newly paired American bald eagles nested in a tulip poplar tree at the United States National Arboretum, the American Eagle Foundation partnered with the Department of Agriculture and the National Arboretum to launch the DC Eagle Cam Project. With...

Take a photographic journey through nesting season with a newly mated osprey pair. In this true raptor adventure, the ospreys prepare a nest and mate, but their eggs do not hatch. Through an unlikely twist of events, biologists swap the unviable eggs...

The Great Horned Owl is the largest owl found throughout most of North America. Adult owls are between eighteen to 24 inches from head to tail and can have a wing span of more than four feet. Their long ear tufts and cryptic coloration enables them to...

This beautifully illustrated, BILINGUAL reference highlights over 140 of the 432 species of permanent or migratory species of birds in Quebec and includes an ecoregion map featuring prominent bird-viewing areas. Laminated for durability, this...

Learn to attract and feed a variety finches with this pocket-sized guide. The bold yellow color of the male American Goldfinch is a welcome sight in any summer garden. And the pleasing songs and high-pitched calls of all the finches truly bring your...

Learn to attract and feed a variety of hummingbirds with this pocket-sized guide. The glittering throat patch of the male Ruby-throated Hummingbird is a worthy adornment for this princely bird. And what else can captivate a bird watcher as much as a...

Learn to attract and feed a variety of woodpeckers with this pocket-sized guide. The splash of red on black and white-few backyard guests are more exciting to behold than the Downy Woodpecker. And what can capture a bird-watcher's attention like a...

Learn to attract and feed a variety of orioles with this pocket-sized guide. The flaming orange of the male Baltimore Oriole is always splendid to see. And the oriole's familiar series of whistle songs pleasantly reminds us that spring has arrived...

Learn to attract and feed cardinals with this pocket-sized guide. The vibrant red of the male Northern Cardinal is stunning any time of year-and nothing is more beautiful than the early spring duets of cardinals singing their hearts out. You love...

“Birds are my almanac. They tune me into the seasons, and into myself.”So begins this lively collection of essays by acclaimed filmmaker and novelist Priyanka Kumar. Growing up at the feet of the Himalayas in northern India, Kumar took for granted her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781921517877Author Hannu JannesFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint New Holland PublishersPublisher New Holland PublishersWeight(grams) 427gDimensions(mm)...

This book uniquely presents familiar birds in unfamiliar ways. For each species group, there are images of the male and female, nest, nestlings, feeding time, and the fledglings as they take their first leap. The featured birds include songbirds, urban...

The Royal Irish Academy's New Survey of Clare Island, a unique multidisciplinary endeavour that together with Robert Lloyd Praeger's first Clare Island Survey provides an invaluable body of research informing future conservation of natural and built...

Many marvelous species of bird call New York's boroughs home, though it takes a keen eye to spot them. Birds of New York City is the culmination of years of work from photographer Cal Vornberger. The product of a master photographer's patience and ardor,...

An exploration of the causes and patterns of avian vagrancyAvian vagrancy-the appearance of birds outside of their expected habitat-is a phenomenon that has fascinated natural historians for centuries, from Victorian collectors willing to spend fortunes...