The Bowerbirds: Ptilonorhynchidae
de Clifford B. Frith, Dawn W. Frith, Eustace Barnes (Ed. Oxford University Press) Isbn : 0198548443
99.99 € / 655.89 FF
In this brand new guide, renowned experts Clifford and Dawn Frith include all the latest scientific discoveries on every aspect of the bowerbird family. These fascinating and complex birds, found in New Guinea and Australia, are characterized by their unique and intricate 'bowers' which the males build and decorate to entice and woo the females. Beautifully illustrated with colour plates and line drawings, The Bowerbirds will be welcomed by all ornithologists, andparticularly by those with an...

A Sense of the Morning: Field Notes of a Born Observer
de David Brendan Hopes (Ed. Milkweed Editions) Isbn : 1571312331
11.11 € / 72.88 FF
In this book, David Brendan Hopes fuses the spiritual and the mystical with the natural, invoking the possibility of grace. Writing about hiking, camping, and particularly about birds, he invites readers to mark the moment when flower, bird, and mountain announce themselves to the soul, bristling and wondrous.

A World Checklist of Birds
de Burt L. Monroe, Charles G. Sibley, Burt L. Monroe (Ed. Yale University Press) Isbn : 0300055471
55.76 € / 365.76 FF
In this book, Burt L. Monroe, Jr., and Charles G. Sibley provide a checklist of 9,702 living avian species based on the Sibley-Ahlquist-Monroe classification presented in their 1990 book Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World and its 1993 Supplement.

A World Checklist of Birds
de Burt L. Monroe, Charles G. Sibley, Burt L. Monroe (Ed. Yale University Press) Isbn : 0300070837
31.86 € / 208.99 FF
In this book, Burt L. Monroe, Jr., and Charles G. Sibley provide a checklist of 9,702 living avian species based on the Sibley-Ahlquist-Monroe classification presented in their 1990 book Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World and its 1993 Supplement.

Familiar Birds of Lakes and Rivers
de Richard K. Walton (Ed. Alfred a Knopf) Isbn : 0679749225
7.16 € / 46.97 FF
In these pages you’ll see boldly colored Red-winged Blackbirds, long-legged Great Blue Herons, secretive rails, and many more beautiful and varied birds of North America’s lakes and rivers. This guide is designed to help you identify these birds in the field and learn about their habits, life cycles, and history. This guide features 80 species of birds that occur on or near North American lakes, ponds, and rivers. They include swans, geese, and ducks ; loons and grebes ; wading birds ; cranes ; marsh birds ; shorebirds and gulls ; birds of prey ; and songbirds. In addition, you’ll find tips on birding technique (including the use of binoculars and spotting scopes) and identification skills, as well as notes on conservation and more.

The Geese of Beaver Bog
de Bernd Heinrich (Ed. Ecco) Isbn : 0060197455
19.87 € / 130.34 FF
In the summer of 1998, award-winning writer and biologist Bernd Heinrich found himself the unwitting -- but doting -- foster parent of an adorable gosling named Peep. Good-natured, spirited Peep drew Heinrich into her world -- one he found to be filled with as much color and drama as that of her human counterparts. And so, with a scientist's training and a nature lover's boundless curiosity and enthusiasm, Heinrich set out to observe and understand the travails and triumphs of the Canada geese,...

Audubon's Wilderness Palette: The Birds of Canada
de David M Lank (Ed. Key Porter Books Ltd) Isbn : 1550139789
31.82 € / 208.73 FF
In the summer of 1833, John James Audubon, his son and several friends embarked on the schooner«Ripley»and sailed from Eastport, Maine to Nova Scotia to the St. Lawrence. Audubon kept a detailed diary describing the land, the sea, the vegetation, the people and, above all, the birds that he encountered. Many of the paintings he created along the way are considered his most beautiful and are reproduced here in«Audubon's Wilderness Palette.»Many of the birds represented here have become extinct or are threatened. With the strokes of his brush, Audubon has in many ways preserved a natural legacy, permitting those who view his paintings and engravings the opportunity to visit a world that has vanished. David Lank has written twenty-one books on subjects ranging from wildlife art to trekking in...

Ecology and Management of Cowbirds and Their Hosts: Studies in the Conservation of North American Passerine Birds
de Jamie Smith (Ed. University of Texas Press) Isbn : 0292777388
67.71 € / 444.15 FF
In the past two centuries, cowbirds have increased in numbers and extended their range across North America, while many of the native songbird species whose nests they parasitize to raise their young have declined. This timely book collects forty essays by most of the principal authorities on the biology and management of cowbirds. The book's goals are to explore the biology of cowbirds, the threats they pose to host species and populations, and the management programs that are being undertaken to minimize these threats. The book is organized into five sections, each with an extended editors' introduction that places the contributions in a broad, up-to-date setting. The sections cover : sum ; The changing abundance of cowbirds and the ways in which their numbers can be estimated. sum ; Hos...

The Imperative Call: A Naturalist's Quest in Temperate and Tropical America
de Alexander F. Skutch (Ed. University Press of Florida) Isbn : 0813011493
15.89 € / 104.23 FF
In The Imperative Call, Alexander F. Skutch recounts his early years growing up in Maryland and Maine and his adventures in Central America and Jamaica during the 1920s and 1930s, well before modernization affected the region, when the began his classic studies of nesting birds. Weaving precise descriptions of tropical plan, bird, and animal life into a personal philosophy about man and nature, the book is both autobiography and natural history.

One Wing's Gift: Rescuing Alaska's Wild Birds
de Joan Harris (Ed. Alaska Northwest Books) Isbn : 0882405608
13.50 € / 88.55 FF
In the cleanup following the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, workers rescued dozens of wild birds from the shores of Prince William Sound. One bald eagle, poisoned by oily prey, came to the rescue center with a wing so mangled it had to be amputated. No one expected the bird to survive. But even after vets repeatedly took the eagle's blood for transfusions to other eagles,«One Wing»clung to life, an unexpected survivor. ONE WING'S GIFT tells the heartwarming stories of this special bird and a...