Guía aves de Chile es una invitación a detenerse y observar a nuestro alrededor las múltiples especies que habitan en el país; ya sea en la playa, el bosque, la montaña o hasta en la plaza y el jardín de su casa.
Engaging natural history information for a general audience on one of the most beloved groups of birds, including tips on attracting and watching hummingbirds.
A beautifully illustrated exploration of the ways birds cohabitFeaturing dramatic and delightful wild bird colonies and communities, How Birds Live Together offers a broad overview of social living in the avian world.
This field guide offers information on the 450 bird species of the Big Bend, including behavior notes, status reports, statistics, records, and much more.
From inland peaks and forests to the bold and rocky shore, Maine provides habitat for more than 400 species of birds--roughly half of the species that can be found in all of North America.
New York Times BestsellerPeregrine Spring, Nancy Cowan's memoir of her thirty years living intimately with raptors, gives us a new perspective on the relationship between humans and the natural world.
Learn how to:*; Attract particular species by choosing the right foods, plants, trees, water sources, and nesting materials*; Create a garden, region by region, that will be an oasis for birds and butterflies*; Instantly recognize, and attract, those birds you are most likely to seeincluding the top birds found nationally as well as in Eastern and Western locations*; Identify species by field marks, plumage, and more*; Make your yard the hummingbird capital of the neighborhood*; Fend off predators and other uninvited backyard guests
The sixth instalment of the popular Birder Murder series A trail of a murder leads Domenic Jejeune across a vast continent Newly estranged from his girlfriend, Lindy Hey, Inspector Domenic Jejeune returns to Southern Ontario, where he receives news that his brother, Damian, has gone missing in Wood Buffalo National Park while conducting research on Whooping Cranes.
Verblüffende Fakten über die Vögel der Nacht Neueste Erkenntnisse zu den außergewöhnlichen Eigenschaften und Verhaltensweisen der Eule: Vogelexpertin Jennifer Ackerman erzählt spannend und informativ von den symbolträchtigen Tieren.
'BEAUTIFULLY, A BOOK ABOUT BIRDS' The Sunday Times | 'ENGAGING AND EYE-OPENING' The Countryman Uncover the life of owls through this beautiful guide to these secretive and charismatic birds from the bestselling author of The Robin, The Wren, and The Swan.
A richly illustrated field guide to all of North America's major habitatspacked with invaluable information to help you get the most out of your outdoor adventuresWhether you're a birder, naturalist, outdoor enthusiast, or ecologist, knowing the surrounding habitat is essential to getting the most out of your experiences in the field.
An artist's uniquely personal journey across AmericaIn the nineteenth century, ornithologist and painter John James Audubon set out to create a complete pictorial record of North American birdlife, traveling from Louisiana and the Florida Keys to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the cliffs of the Yellowstone River.
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.
The best photographic field guide to Australia's birdsAustralia is home to a spectacular diversity of birdlife, from parrots and penguins to emus and vibrant passerines.
Ten Thousand Birds provides a thoroughly engaging and authoritative history of modern ornithology, tracing how the study of birds has been shaped by a succession of visionary and often-controversial personalities, and by the unique social and scientific contexts in which these extraordinary individuals worked.
An indispensable color-illustrated field guide to the tracks and signs of Europe's animals and birdsThis beautifully illustrated field guide enables you to easily identify the tracks and signs left by a wide variety of mammal and bird species found in Britain and Europe, covering behaviors ranging from hunting, foraging, and feeding to courtship, breeding, and nesting.
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.
A complete illustrated guide to these enigmatic seabirdsPetrels, albatrosses, and storm-petrels are among the most beautiful yet least known of all the world's birds, living their lives at sea far from the sight of most people.