Wildlife: birds and birdwatching: general interest

The perfect guide to the birds of the southeastern United States, from the #1 birding website AllAboutBirds.

A stunningly illustrated celebration of the world's best bird photographyThe Bird Photographer of the Year is a competition that celebrates the artistry of bird photography from around the world, and this beautiful, large-format book showcases the best images from the contestsome of the most stunning bird photographs ever taken.

The definitive guide to the birds of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia The Horn of Africa has the highest endemism of any region in Africa, and around 70 species are found nowhere else in the world.

The Birds of Turkey is the first avifauna to document this country's amazing ornithological diversity.

This antique text contains a detailed yet accessible treatise on bird flight and how to identify birds based on how they fly.

A glimpse into the secret lives of over 50 garden birds, with beautiful illustrations and intriguing factsDid you know that woodpeckers are capable of learning simple codes?

Until now there has been no single, comprehensive resource on the status of North America's most threatened birds and what people can do to help protect them.

This field guide offers information on the 450 bird species of the Big Bend, including behavior notes, status reports, statistics, records, and much more.

New Guinea, the largest tropical island, supports a spectacular bird fauna characterized by cassowaries, megapodes, pigeons, parrots, kingfishers, and owlet-nightjars, as well as the iconic birds of paradise and bowerbirds.

This text contains a comprehensive treatise on the nesting habits of birds common to India, including a calendar of the breeding seasons and a popular guide to their habits and haunts.

Another volume in the widely-read New Naturalist series, this book is an in-depth study of the natural developments and history of Galloway and surrounding areas.

This is the first ever monograph on the Whooper Swan.

"e;It's up to every single one of us to do our bit for wildlife, however small our gardens, and The Butterfly Brothers know just how that can be achieved.

"e;Lawrence was quite possibly the most remarkable woman in Canada.

The lives and activities of seabirds as you've never seen them beforeSeabirds evoke the spirit of the earth's wildest places.

A comprehensive study of Pine Crossbills.

A comprehensive field guide covering the birds of the Dutch Caribbean.

A comprehensive and fully illustrated field guide to the birds of Venezuela, covering all 1,400 species.

This is the third volume in the Birds of Africa series, covering the rich avifauna of the world's second largest continent.

Eastern waterfowlers, who know the black duck best, regard this big dusky bird as the top game bird against which all other ducks are measured.

This new edition is the most comprehensive field guide to the birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, covering all 673 species known to occur in the region.

THE WILD DUCK CHASE is the basis for "e;The Million Dollar Duck,"e; a documentary feature film, directed by Brian Golden Davis and written by Martin J.

An enthralling exploration of the biologically richest island on Earth, featuring more than 200 spectacular color images by award-winning National Geographic photographer Tim LamanIn this beautiful book, Bruce Beehler, a renowned author and expert on New Guinea, and award-winning National Geographic photographer Tim Laman take the reader on an unforgettable journey through the natural and cultural wonders of the world's grandest island.

The Barnacle Goose, a distinctive, handsome black-and-white bird, gets its name from a mediaeval myth that the birds hatched from barnacles how else to explain their sudden appearance each autumn in northern Britain?

A beautiful photographic celebration of the world's 18 species of penguin.

This eagerly awaited guide offers the most comprehensive treatment ever published on the gulls of Europe, Asia and North America.

First published in 1842, this vintage book contains part three of Charles Darwin's "e;The Zoology of The Voyage of H.

In seven works of non-fiction, especially in Birders and the universally acclaimed Birds Britannica, Mark Cocker has established himself as one of the foremost writers on nature and wilderness.

How and why did our most acclaimed birdwatchers take up birding?

Sea-Birds introduces us to the sea-birds of the North Atlantic, an ocean in which about half the world sea-bird species have been seen at one time or another.

Every year on January 1, a quirky crowd of adventurers storms out across North America for a spectacularly competitive event called a Big Year -- a grand, grueling, expensive, and occasionally vicious, "e;extreme"e; 365-day marathon of birdwatching.

This book summarises the status and distribution of all species of wild birds known to have bred in Britain and Ireland since 1800.

This is the seventh volume in the Birds of Africa series, looking at the rich avifauna of the world's second largest continent.

Shrikes are a charismatic group of birds occur ring throughout most of the Old World and North America.

RSPB Spotlight: Owls is packed with eye-catching, informative colour photos, and features succinct, detailed text written by a knowledgeable naturalist.

The Collins Nature Library is a new series of classic British nature writing - reissues of long-lost seminal works.

This antiquarian book contains a complete guide to keeping roller canaries, and includes information on their history, breeding, training, and management.

A detailed, authoritative yet highly readable monograph on one of Britain's best-loved farmland birds, the Lapwing.

Despite the depiction of nature "e;red in tooth and claw,"e; cooperation is actually widespread in the animal kingdom.

Each Falcon Field Guide to birds introduces the 180 most common and sought-after species in a state.

Drawn from Paradise is David Attenborough's journey through the cultural history of the birds of paradise, one of the most exquisite and extravagant, colourful and intriguing families of birds.

'thoroughly recommended' -Country-side magazineThe Red Kite (Milvus milvus) one of our most elegant and impressive birds of prey has a varied and dramatic history in Britain.

Contained within the pages of this book is an interesting and insightful guide to pheasant hunting, containing tips and techniques employed in the fields by some of the finest hunters of the time.

ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S BEST NATURE BOOKS OF 2020SHORTLISTED FOR THE RICHARD JEFFERIES SOCIETY & WHITE HORSE BOOKSHOP LITERARY PRIZE'Lovely: full of fascinating detail and anecdote, but the undertow of the virus moving in real time beneath its sunlit surface gives it a unique emotional heft.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLD DAGGER AWARD'A tale of obsession .

This early works on Wildfowling is an informative and illustrated look at the subject.

North Carolina harbors an incredible diversity of habitats that provide food and shelter for more than 440 bird species throughout the year, making the state a destination for birders and nature lovers.

This is a fully updated second edition of 2009's well reviewed RSPB Handbook of Scottish Birds detailing Scotland's rich birdlife.