A Familiar History of Birds of the World - Stanley, Edward Originally published in 1865.
An early and extremely detailed study of birds of the world. Contents include: - Tables of Classification - Structure of Birds - Organs of Sound ...
An exquisitely beautiful book ...These stories about birds are ultimately reflections on the curious nature
of humanity itself Helen Macdonald, author of H Is for HawkThere is no denying that many people are crazy for birds. Packed with intriguing facts ...
A writer’s search for inspiration, beauty, and solace leads her to birds in this intimate
and exuberant meditation on creativity and life—a field guide to things small and significant.When it comes to birds, Kyo Maclear isn’t seeking the exotic. Rather ...
From the bestselling author of The Genius of Birds, the revised and reissued edition of
her beloved book of essays describing her forays along the Delaware shoreFor three years, Jennifer Ackerman lived in the small coastal town of Lewes, Delaware, ...
Conservationists across North America are working to help protect and support bluebirds, and you can
do your part by creating a bluebird trail. This is simply a series of nesting boxes (anywhere from a few to a few thousand) set ...
Chimney Swifts, birds that nest and roost in chimneys, have been historically abundant in North
America. But by the late 1980s, the number of swifts migrating to North America from the Amazon River Basin had declined. A growing number of ...
An exuberant and vibrant illustrated exploration of birds and our relationships with themFrom the Common
Swift, which can stay in the air continuously without landing for up to ten months at a time, to the tiny Goldcrest, Europe's smallest bird, ...
In this book two eminent ornithologists, Charles G. Sibley and Burt L. Monroe, Jr., present
authoritative and comprehensive descriptions of the geographic distributions, and comments about the species-level taxonomy, of the living birds of the world. The accounts of the ...