A birders' guide to the behaviour of European and North American birds. Click here to buy
Michl, Gabor.
$50.00
293 pp., black and white illustrations.
An excellent summary of field studies from the last 2 decades, this volume aims to fill the gap between the level of knowledge of professional ornithologists and serious birders. In Part A, the author describes the origin and functions of plumage colouration as well as the social role of bird song and various calls. Part B discusses male and female contests, the complex process of mate choice, the consequences of cuckoldry, endurance rivalry, sexual coercion and infanticides. Part C summarizes the behaviour of 48 non-passerine bird families.
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A comparative study of the behavior of red-winged, tricolored, and yellow-headed blackbirds. Click here to buy
Orians Gordon H. and Gene M. Christman.
$35.00
large octavo, wrappers, 81 pp., photographs, text illustrations, a fine copy.
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A year with the birds. Click here to buy
Fowler, W. Warde.
$25.00
Octavo, 262 pp., illustrations by Bryan Hook. Blue publisher's cloth with minor wear. Bookplates, library stamps, a good copy.
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An introduction to the study of bird behaviour. Click here to buy
Howard, H. Eliot.
$80.00
Quarto, 136 pp., ten uncoloured plates. Publisher's cloth, a few spots throughout, lacks dustwrapper, the bookplate of Stephen Marchant.
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An introduction to the study of bird behaviour. Click here to buy
Howard, H. Eliot.
$200.00
Quarto, 136 pp., ten uncoloured plates. Very good copy in damaged dustwrapper, a few spots.
An introduction to the study of bird behaviour. Click here to buy
Howard, H. Eliot.
$350.00
Quarto, 136 pp., ten uncoloured plates, near fine copy in excellent dustwrapper.
An introduction to the study of bird behaviour. Click here to buy
Howard, H. Eliot.
$400.00
Quarto, 136 pp., ten uncoloured plates. Contemporary red half calf by Waltbys of Oxford, apart from a few minor spots a handsome copy.
Arena birds: sexual selection and behavior. Click here to buy
Johnsgard, Paul A.
$30.00
WAS $88.00Octavo, dustwrapper, 330 pp., colour photographs, text illustrations.
WAS $88.00 (ISBN: 1560983159) (EAN: 9781560983156)
Avian incubation behaviour, environment and evolution. Click here to buy
Deeming, D C.
$190.00
Octavo, 421 pp., photographs, text illustrations.
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Biology of birds. Click here to buy
Lanyon, Wesley E.
$20.00
Octavo, dustwrapper, 163 pp., ext illustraions.
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Bird behaviour. Click here to buy
Burton, Robert.
$10.00
Quarto, dustwrapper, 224 pp., colour photographs, minor annotations, signature.
(ISBN: 0246124407) (EAN: 9780246124401)
Bird behaviour. Click here to buy
Burton, Robert.
$40.00
Quarto, 224 pp., colour photos, fine copy in dustwrapper.
(ISBN: 0246124407) (EAN: 9780246124401)
Bird display and behaviour: an introduction to the study of bird psychology. Click here to buy
Armstrong, Edward A.
$25.00
Octavo, 432 pp., photographs, publisher's wrappers slightly worn and grubby.
First published in 1942 as Bird display: an introduction to the study of bird psychology.
Bird display: an introduction to the study of bird psychology. Click here to buy
Armstrong, Edward A.
$50.00
Octavo, 382 pp., photographs. Slightly faded spine.
Bird migration. Click here to buy
Couzens, Dominic.
$40.00
Large octavo, dustwrapper, 136 pp., illustrations, maps.
This book takes a birdwatcher's view of migration. It focuses on what a birder might see and experience and question. Information on where to see migrating birds or observe ringing is included, as is how to interpret the weather in terms of its impact on migration. As a result, this book includes as many practical tips and suggestions as possible, in addition to scientific findings. Full of enthusiasm for the subject, this indispensable and expertly written book is a must for any birder who has ever wondered how and why so many seemingly fragile birds make such arduous journeys.
Bird migration: the biology and physics of orientation behavior. Click here to buy
Griffin, Donald R.
$20.00
Octavo, softcover, 180 pp., text illustrations, signature and owner's label.
Bird nests and construction behaviour. Click here to buy
Hansell, Mike.
$250.00
Large octavo, laminated boards, 280 pp., black and white photographs, line drawings.
Bird nests and contruction behaviour provides a broad view of our current understanding of the biology of the nests, bowers and tools made by birds.
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Birds asleep. Click here to buy
Skutch, Alexander F.
$65.00
Octavo, 219 pp., text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper.
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Birds of the world: their life and habits. Click here to buy
Barruel, Paul.
$35.00
Quarto, dustwrapper, 204 pp., colour plates by the author, colour photographs, other illustrations, signature.
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Bird-song: the biology of vocal communication and expression in birds. Click here to buy
Thorpe, W. H.
$75.00
Octavo, dustwrapper, 144 pp., illustrations.
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Bird-song: the biology of vocal communication and expression in birds. Click here to buy
Thorpe, W. H.
$75.00
Octavo, 144 pp., illustrations, dustwrapper, long and turgid inscription.
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Competition and the structure of bird communities. Click here to buy
Cody, Martin L.
$45.00
Octavo, 318 pp., tables and graphs, publisher's green cloth, a fine copy.
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Courtship and display among birds. Click here to buy
Stonor, C. R.
$35.00
Octavo, dustwrapper, 140 pp., photographs.
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Courtship and display among birds. Click here to buy
Stonor, C. R.
$30.00
Octavo, 140 pp., photographs. Slight wear to publisher's red cloth, spine sunned, otherwise a good copy, inscription.
Discovering bird courtship. Click here to buy
Armstrong, Edward A.
$10.00
64 pp., blak and white illustrations and photographs.
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Geographic variation in social behaviour and in adaptations to competition among Andean birds Click here to buy
Moynihan, Martin.
$36.00
162 pp.
Helpers at birds' nests: a worldwide survey of cooperative breeding and related behavior. Click here to buy
Skutch, Alexander F.
$50.00
Octavo, paperback, 298 pp., illustrations.
In this expanded edition, Skutch describes the cooperative behaviour of more than fifty families of birds. Each family is introduced by a brief sketch of its distribution and outstanding features, followed by intimate, nontechnical accounts of the helpful behaviours that have been most carefully studied. Skutch considers the significance of helpful birds and discusses the theoretical aspects of cooperative breeding, its evolution, kin selection, altruism, and demography.
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How to study birds. Click here to buy
Smith, Stuart.
$15.00
Octavo, 192 pp., photographs, good copy in worn dustwrapper.
Identifying birds by behaviour. Click here to buy
Couzens, Dominic.
$55.00
Octavo, paperback, 256 pp., colour illustrations. BRAND NEW.
This book covers Britain and Europe and aids identification of birds by the way in which they fly, feed and flock, as well as by their physical features.
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Instructions to young ornithologists, part six: domestic birds. Click here to buy
Goodwin, Derek.
$30.00
Octavo, 124 pp., photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper.
Instructions to young ornithologists, part two: Bird behaviour. Click here to buy
Goodwin, Derek.
$20.00
Octavo, dustwrapper, 124 pp., photographs, signature.
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Mating systems, sexual dimorphism, and the role of male North American Passerine birds in the nesting cycle. Click here to buy
Verner, Jared and Mary F. Willson.
$15.00
Octavo, 76 pp. Cardboard wrappers, pages are photocopies of original publication.
Ornithological Monographs No. 9,
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More tales of the birds. Click here to buy
Fowler, W. Warde.
$25.00
Octavo, 262 pp., illustrations by Frances L. Fuller. Blue publisher's cloth, bookplates, library stamps, a very good copy.
Nature's music: the science of birdsong. Click here to buy
Marler, Peter and Hans Slabbekoorn.
$129.00
Quarto, dustwrapper, 513 pp., colour photographs, other black and white illustrations and diagrams.
The voices of birds have always been a source of fascination. This book reviews the advances that have taken place in our understanding of how and why birds sing, what their songs and calls mean, and how they have evolved. It is illustrated with the use of audio graphs.
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Partnership in birds: the study of monogamy. Click here to buy
Black, Jeffrey M.
$250.00
Octavo, 420 pp., line drawings, other illustrations. Publisher's blue and gilt cloth, a fine copy.
Fourteen classic studies of bird behaviour are used to compare different partnership patterns from ecological and evolutionary perspectives.
Pirates and predators: the piratical and predatory habits of birds. Click here to buy
Meinertzhagen, R.
$500.00
Quarto, 230 pp., 18 colour plates by Lodge and others, fine copy in fine dustwrapper, scarce in this condition.
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Pirates and predators: the piratical and predatory habits of birds. Click here to buy
Meinertzhagen, R.
$250.00
Quarto, 230 pp., 18 colour plates by Lodge and others, very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper.
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Problems of bird-migration. Click here to buy
Thomson, A. Landsborough.
$90.00
Octavo, 350 pp., bookplate, signature, a little spotting, otherwise a near fine copy in a slightly chipped printed dustwrapper, scarce in this condition.
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Sexual selection, lek and arena behavior, and sexual size dimorphism in birds. Click here to buy
Payne, Robert B.
$20.00
Octavo, wrappers, 52 pp.
Songbird journeys: four seasons in the lives of migratory birds. Click here to buy
Chu, Miyoko.
$25.00
Octavo, paperback, 312 pp., colour illustrations.
Songbird journeys pays homage to the wonder and beauty of songbirds while revealing the remarkable lives of migratory birds and the scientific quest to answer age-old questions about where songbirds go, how they get there, and what they do in far-flung places they inhabit throughout the year. Also available in hardcover [stock id 24245].
Songbird journeys: four seasons in the lives of migratory birds. Click here to buy
Chu, Miyoko.
$20.00
WAS $44.00Octavo, dustwrapper, 312 pp., colour illustrations. BRAND NEW.
WAS $44. Songbird journeys pays homage to the wonder and beauty of songbirds while revealing the remarkable lives of migratory birds and the scientific quest to answer age-old questions about where songbirds go, how they get there, and what they do in far-flung places they inhabit throughout the year. Also available in paperback [stock id 25978]. (ISBN: 0802714684) (EAN: 9780802714688)
Territory in bird life Click here to buy
Howard, H. Eliot.
$120.00
Octavo, 308 pp., illustrations by G. E. Lodge and H. Gronvold. Handsome maroon half calf, a few spots otherwsie a very good copy.
A classice of twentieth century ornithology, Howard clearly defined the importance of territorial behaviour,
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The behavior of the Great Tit (Parus Major), and some other related species. Click here to buy
Hinde, R. A.
$40.00
Octavo, 201 pp., some wear to wrappers, text illustrations.
Behaviour, an International Journal of Comparative Ethology, Supplement no. 2.
The complete encyclopedia of birds and bird migration. Click here to buy
Elphick, Jonathan and Christopher Perrins.
$60.00
WAS $120.00Quarto, dustwrapper, 516 pp., colour plates and photographs, maps.
WAS $120.00 This work includes comprehensive coverage of all the mysteries of bird migration, featuring innovative computer-generated maps tracing the migration routes of more than 100 species; 1,200 bird species illustrated and described in a detailed species-by-species encyclopedia; and is packed with all the hard information birders and bird enthusiasts need in order to fully appreciate birds, their behaviour and the irreplaceable part they play in our natural heritage.
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The courtship habits of the Great Crested Grebe. Click here to buy
Huxley, Julian.
$10.00
Octavo, 98 pp. text illustration, fair copy in a grubby dustwrapper.
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The courtship of birds. Click here to buy
Simon, Hilda.
$15.00
Octavo, 190 pp., colour illustrations, slight wear to dustwrapper, otherwise a very good copy.
(ISBN: 0396074596) (EAN: 9780396074595)
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The cowbirds a study in the biology of social parasitism. Click here to buy
Friedmann, Herbert.
$40.00
Large octavo, 421 pp., photographs, substantial fragment of dustwrapper, upper board with top-edge blemish.
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The human nature of birds: a scientific discovery with startling implications. Click here to buy
Barber, Theodore Xenophon.
$40.00
Octavo, 226 pp., colour photographs, a very good copy in dustwrapper.
(ISBN: 1863950257) (EAN: 9781863950251)
The life of birds. Click here to buy
Attenborough, David.
$30.00
Octavo, dustwrapper, 320 pp., colour photographs.
The migration ecology of birds. Click here to buy
Newton, Ian.
$120.00
Quarto, laminated boards, 976 pp., illustrations. BRAND NEW.
Presents a detailed review of the fascinating ecological findings of bird migration. This book deals with various aspects of this subject, including the problems of navigation and vagrancy, the timing and physiological control of migration and the factors that limit their populations.
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The parasitic cowbirds and their hosts. Click here to buy
Friedmann, Herbert and Lloyd F. Kiff.
$22.00
Octavo, 78 pp., paperback.
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The private life of birds. Click here to buy
Bright, Michael.
$20.00
Octavo, 462 pp., photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper.
The secret lives of garden birds. Click here to buy
Couzens, Dominic.
$45.00
Quarto, paperback, 160 pp., colour illustrations, colour photographs. BRAND NEW.
The singing life of birds: the art and science of listening to birdsong. Click here to buy
Kroodsma, Donald E.
$50.00
Large octavo, dustwrapper, 482 pp., text illustrations and diagrams, audio CD of birdsong included.
This book on birdsong comes highly recommended. Through personal stories, Kroodsma puts the reader inside the mind of a research scientist to explore how and why birds sing and how people can better understand them through their songs. Includes an audio CD of birdsongs.
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The sunning behaviour of birds: a guide for ornithologists. Click here to buy
Simmons, K. E. L.
$35.00
Octavo, wrappers, 120 pp., line drawings.
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The winter birds. Click here to buy
Ogilvie, M. A.
$50.00
Octavo, dustwrapper, 224 pp., photographs.
Understanding bird behaviour. Click here to buy
Moss, Stephen.
$25.00
Octavo, paperback, 160 pp., colour photographs and illustrations.
This attractive guide is an essential, information-packed introduction to bird behaviour, perfect for both the novice birdwatcher keen to learn and the more practised birder, who wants to know more. The way birds behave is one of the vital keys to accurate identification and this book provides that all-important experienced instruction needed to understand and get the most out of watching birds. This informative guide covers all the important types of bird behaviour, including movement, feeding, breeding, migration, navigation, distribution, range, life and death, all of which are lavishly illustrated with full-colour photographs and artwork. There is a whole section dedicated to the behaviour of different species groups, from divers and grebes right through to sparrows, buntings and finches. Full of enthusiasm for the subject, this indispensable and expertly written book will pay ample rewards when bird watching, giving the reader a real insight into and understanding of the psychology of bird behaviour.
Weather and bird behaviour. Click here to buy
Elkins, Norman.
$99.00
Octavo, dustwrapper, 276 pp., text illustrations, colour photographs. BRAND NEW.
This classic Poyser title discusses in depth the various ways in which weather conditions influence bird behaviour.
Weather and bird behaviour. Click here to buy
Elkins, Norman.
$60.00
Octavo, 239 pp., text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper.
Why birds sing: a journey into the mystery of bird song. Click here to buy
Rothenberg, David.
$14.00
WAS $27.00Octavo, paperback, 258 pp., text illustrations.
WAS $27. The richness and variety of birdsong is both a scientific mystery and a source of wonder. David Rothenberg has a unique approach to this fascinating subject - a musician and a philosopher, he is not satisfied with the conventional wisdom. Combining the latest scientific research with a deep understanding of musical beauty and form, he questions whether the standard explanations of territoriality or sexual selection account for so many species' astonishing inventiveness and devotion to singing? Could birds in fact sing just because they like to? Whether playing the clarinet with the white-crested laughing thrush in Pittsburgh or jamming in the Australian winter breeding grounds of the Albert's lyrebird, Rothenberg touches the heart and soul of birdsong. (ISBN: 0739467107) (EAN: 9780739467107)
Why birds sing: one man's quest to solve an everyday mystery. Click here to buy
Rothenberg, David.
$18.00
WAS $40.00Octavo, dustwrapper, 258 pp., illustrations.
WAS $40. The richness and variety of birdsong is both a scientific mystery and a source of wonder. David Rothenberg has a unique approach to this fascinating subject - a musician and a philosopher, he is not satisfied with the conventional wisdom. Combining the latest scientific research with a deep understanding of musical beauty and form, he questions whether the standard explanations of territoriality or sexual selection account for so many species' astonishing inventiveness and devotion to singing? Could birds in fact sing just because they like to? Whether playing the clarinet with the white-crested laughing thrush in Pittsburgh or jamming in the Australian winter breeding grounds of the Albert's lyrebird, Rothenberg touches the heart and soul of birdsong. Also available in paperback [stock id 26232]. (ISBN: 0713998296) (EAN: 9780713998290)
Why birds sing: one man's quest to solve an everyday mystery. Click here to buy
Rothenberg, David.
$27.00
Octavo, paperback, 258 pp., illustrations.
The richness and variety of birdsong is both a scientific mystery and a source of wonder. David Rothenberg has a unique approach to this fascinating subject, combining the latest scientific research with a deep understanding of musical beauty and form. Can the standard explanations of territoriality or sexual selection account for so many species' astonishing inventiveness and devotion to singing? Whether playing the clarinet with the white-crested laughing thrush in Pittsburgh or jamming in the Australian winter breeding grounds of the Albert's lyrebird, Rothenberg touches the heart and soul of birdsong, offering an intimate look at the most lovely of natural phenomena. Also available in hardcover [stock id 26234].
Wings of spring: courtship, nesting and fledging. Click here to buy
Hagner, Chuck.
$80.00
Quarto, dustwrapper, 158 pp., colour photographs.
With more than 200 stunning images by one of America's top nature photographers, this beautiful and informative book tells the age-old story of how birds migrate to their nesting grounds, select a mate, establish a nest site, and raise their young in the wild. The nesting cycle starts when early migrants return to snow-covered breeding territories. It includes colourful courtship displays; intricate nest-building techniques; egg laying, brooding, and hatching and the never-ending hunt for food. It also includes ingenious methods of protection and the miraculously quick growth of chicks. It can end with a fall migration flight thousands of miles long. Songbirds, owls, hummingbirds, shorebirds, raptors, waterfowl...All engage in breeding rituals, and all are included here. Featuring a wealth of information conveyed by words and pictures, this handsome book offers a fascinating look at a rarely observed world.