Shorebirds: Beautiful Beachcombers
de Arthur Morris (Ed. Northword) Isbn : 1559715677
13.50 € / 88.55 FF
A wonderfully illustrated introduction to identifying North American shorebirds: sandpipers, plovers, oystercatchers, turnstones, and dowitchers. Shorebirds offer unique challenges to both beginning and experienced birdwatchers. They're large, forage in the open, and are easy to spot, but their infinitely variable plumage makes them difficult to identify. With beautifully detailed images taken by one of the country's premier bird photographers, this book offers invaluable assistance to those who want to distinguish a yellowlegs from a willet, or a snipe from a dowitcher. It also offers sound advice on how best to observe these fascinating creatures, details on their natural history, and information on how mankind's actions have affected their populations.

Peterson Birding by Ear: A Guide to Bird-Song Identification : Eastern and Central North America
de Richard K. Walton, Robert W. Lawson (Ed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)) Isbn : 0618225919
27.09 € / 177.7 FF
A unique system for distinguishing and remembering bird songs.Birding By Ear uses an educational and entertaining method for learning bird songs. Instead of merely providing a catalog of bird song samples, Birding By Ear actually teaches. This proven methodhas greatly enhanced the field experience for birders across North America. The authors have created learning groups of similar vocalizations and clearly point out distinguishing characteristics. Using techniques such as phonetics, mnemonics, and descriptive words, Walton and Lawson provide a context for learning the songs and calls of eighty-five species of birds found east of the Rockies.Combine the auditory instruction here with the visual features of the Peterson Identification System. Page numbers in Birding By Ear's booklet refer t...

Where to Watch Birds in South America
de Nigel Wheatley (Ed. Princeton Univ Pr) Isbn : 069104337X
31.86 € / 208.99 FF
A unique field guide and reference, Where to Watch Birds in South America is designed to help the avid birder and the general wildlife enthusiast organize eventful journeys throughout the richest continent for birds, where the species number over three thousand. This book covers more than two hundred of the best sites for birdwatching, and includes the archipelagos of Trinidad and Tobago, the Galapagos and Falkland Islands, the Netherland Antilles, and part of Antarctica. The reader will find...

Where to Watch Birds in South America
de Nigel Wheatley (Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 0691070466
17.16 € / 112.56 FF
A unique field guide and reference, Where to Watch Birds in South America is designed to help the avid birder and the general wildlife enthusiast organize eventful journeys throughout the richest continent for birds, where the species number over three thousand. This book covers more than two hundred of the best sites for birdwatching, and includes the archipelagos of Trinidad and Tobago, the Galapagos and Falkland Islands, the Netherland Antilles, and part of Antarctica. The reader will find...

Birds in the Hand: Fiction and Poetry About Birds
de Dylan Nelson (Ed. North Point Press) Isbn : 086547673X
19.12 € / 125.42 FF
A unique anthology of avian literatureFrom the myths of ancient Greece to the fables of Aesop, from Chaucer to contemporary poetry and fiction, birds are central to literature because they connect us intimately to the natural world. Whether we watch birds at our feeders, travel vast distances to identify rare species, or simply pause in a busy day to listen to the coo of a dove or the trill of a warbler, birds sustain us.Birds in the Hand is a collection of contemporary fiction and poetry that explores the complex, often startling ways in which birds shed light upon our lives. In work from a diverse and celebrated group of contemporary authors such as Charles Baxter, T.C. Boyle, Jim Harrison, Flannery O'Connor, Pattiann Rogers, Seamus Heaney, Derek Walcott, Ethan Canin, and Jorie Graham, b...

De l'oeuf à la poule
de Frédéric Flamant (Ed. Belin) Isbn : 2701129265
18.00 € / 118.07 FF
A une époque où la fécondation in vitro et la procréation assistée ont porté la biologie du développement en première ligne des questions publiques, observons dans De l'oeuf à la poule le mystère du début de la vie. Comment un oeuf composé d'un jaune entouré de blanc entouré d'une coquille se transforme-t-il en 21 jours en un poussin fait d'os, de chair, de sang, de plumes et d'un cerveau ? Pourquoi les pattes du poulet ne sont elles pas palmées ? Une horloge est-elle cachée dans l'embryon? Comment les cellules peuvent-elles coopérer pour participer chacune à l'élaboration harmonieuse de l'organisme? Comment le tout est-il orchestré par les gènes ? Dans cet ouvrage, Frédéric Flamant raconte les événements qui se déroulent dans le secret de l'oeuf de poule et explique en quoi cette espèce c...

La marche de l'Empereur
de Jean-Joseph Julaud, Sylvain Tesson, Luc Jacquet (Ed. Hachette) Isbn : 2012247156
6.50 € / 42.64 FF
A travers de magnifiques photos, ce livre raconte le curieux destin “ amoureux “ des manchots empereurs - oiseaux fort attachants à la silhouette “ étrangement humaine “ qui, tous les ans, à la même période, parcourent des centaines de kilomètres, contre vents et tempêtes en Antarctique, pour trouver l'amour et assurer leur descendance. Une histoire extraordinaire que nous offre la nature, digne des plus beaux contes...

Bird Sounds: How and Why Birds Sing, Call, Chatter, and Screech
de Barry Kent Mackay (Ed. Stackpole Books) Isbn : 0811727874
15.89 € / 104.23 FF
A thorough and engaging examination of the variety of sounds birds make, from the familiar singing of songbirds and the hammering of woodpeckers to the harsh cacklings of crows. The how's and why's of bird vocalization, regional variation and speciation, and communication among species are discussed. Describes both native and exotic bird behavior and includes the latest research-all illustrated with full-color paintings by the author.

Know Your Bird Sounds: Songs and Calls of Yard, Garden, and City Birds
de Lang Elliott (Ed. Stackpole Books) Isbn : 081172963X
15.89 € / 104.23 FF
A superb collection of field recordings and descriptions offer unparalleled access to the sounds and calls of numerous popular and less well-known birds. The book and CD provide an introduction to the sound repertoire of species living in eastern and central North America. A variety of calls from each species are included, along with an in-depth description and explanation of their significance. In addition to color photographs of the most common species, the text offers a fascinating look at the science of avian calls, making this an indispensable aid for the outdoor enthusiast.

Know Your Bird Sounds: Songs and Calls of Birds of the Countryside
de Lang Elliott (Ed. Stackpole Books) Isbn : 0811729648
15.89 € / 104.23 FF
A superb collection of field recordings and descriptions offer unparalleled access to the sounds and calls of numerous popular and less well-known birds. The book and CD provide an introduction to the sound repertoire of species living in eastern and central North America. A variety of calls from each species are included, along with an in-depth description and explanation of their significance. In addition to color photographs of the most common species, the text offers a fascinating look at the science of avian calls, making this an indispensable aid for the outdoor enthusiast.