The Shelduck: a study in behavioural ecology.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
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The house of owls.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white illustrations, maps. For a quarter of a century, Tony Angell had the remarkable experience of closely observing pairs of Western screech owls that occupied a nesting box outside the window of his forest home. This book draws on the..... More
The house of owls.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. Tony Angell, master artist and naturalist, offers an intimate account of owls he has observed, admired, and depicted for decades For a quarter century, Tony Angell and his family shared the remarkable experience of closely observing pairs of..... More
Waterfowl in New South Wales.
[Melbourne]: CSIRO, [1963]. Octavo, text illustrations, stiff card. More
Owls: wild guide.
Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 2005. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Explores the lives of owls, including their fearsome hunting abilities, their tender courtship rituals, and, of course, their haunting vocalisations. This book also includes an identification guide covering several North American species - from the tiny Elf Owl to the imposing Great..... More
Owls of the world: their evolution, structure and ecology.
Weert: Peter Lowe, (1973. first edition). Quarto, colour illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Owls of the world: their evolution, structure and ecology.
Sydney: Hodder and Stoughton, (1985. second edition), Quarto, colour paintings, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapperr. More
Owls of the world: their evolution, structure and ecology.
Sydney: Hodder and Stoughton, (1973. reprint). Quarto, photographs, signature, softcover. More
Wildfowl of Britain and Ireland.
Glasgow: Harper Collins Publishers, 2009. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, line drawings. New Naturalist110. David Cabot has been obsessed with wildfowl for nearly sixty years. In this seminal new work, he discusses the 56 species of wildfowl that have been recorded either in a natural state, or that have been introduced..... More
Wildfowl of Britain and Ireland.
Glasgow: Harper Collins Publishers, 2009. Octavo, colour photographs, line drawings, fine copy in dustwrapper. New Naturalist 110. David Cabot has been obsessed with wildfowl for nearly sixty years. In this seminal new work, he discusses the 56 species of wildfowl that have been recorded either in a natural state, or..... More
The curse of the Labrador Duck: my obsessive quest to the edge of extinction.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2009. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Working bibliography of owls of the world: with summaries of current taxonomy and distributional status.
Washington: National Wildlife Federation, 1978. Quarto, paperback, More
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The waterfowl of the world [volume two only].
London: Country Life, (1956. first edition). Octavo, colour plates by Peter Scott, very good copy in dustwrapper, owner's signature on endpaper. More
The waterfowl of the world.
London: Hamlyn, (1975. reprint). Quarto, 66 colour plates by Peter Scott, distribution maps, a fine set in the publisher's box. More
American water birds: also hawks, owls and game birds.
New York: Random House, 1941. Quarto, colour plates, bookplate of Roy Cooper, a good copy in dustwrapper. More
Gamebirds and waterfowl of southern Africa: a collection of 68 water-colours by C. G. Finch-Davies, originally commissioned to illustrate Lt.-Col. Boyd Robert Horsbrugh's 1912 volume The Game-Birds and Water-Fowl of South Africa.
Johannesburg: Winchester Press, 1986. Quarto, colour plates, fine copy in slipcase, the subscribers' edition. More
Population demography of Northern spotted owls.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011. Large octavo, laminated boards, illustrations. The Northern spotted owl, a threatened species that occurs in coniferous forests in the western United States, has become a well-known environmental symbol. But how is the owl actually faring? This book contains the results of a long-term effort..... More
Population dynamics of the California spotted owl (Strix occidentalis occidentalis): a meta-analysis.
Washington D C: American Ornithologists' Union, 2004. Octavo, illustrations, softcover. American Ornithologists' Union Monograph number 54. More
Waterfowl in Australia.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1968. reprint). Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Report of the Little Owl Food Enquiry 1936-37, organised by the British Trust for Ornithology.
London: British Trust for Ornithology, 1938. Octavo, photographs, signature. Cover boards a little grubby and some spotting of endpapers, otherwise a very good copy. Reprinted with corrections from British Birds, Volume XXXI, Nos. 6, 7 and 8. More
Owls: journeys around the world.
Melbourne: Bloomings Books, 2004. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. The detailed text is accompanied by fabulous photographs of owls from around the world. The result is an amalgam of all these things, a book not just about owls but also about their dwindling habitat and the remarkable people..... More
Wildfowl of the northern hemisphere.
United Kingdom: Merlin Publications, 2008. Oblong format, paperback, colour illustrations, distribution maps. An illustrated field guide, showing all 77 species of wildfowl found in the Northern Hemisphere, male and female, Whistling ducks, Swans, Geese, Shelducks and Ducks, painted in the water and on the water. Each species account contains information..... More
Waterfowl: their biology and natural history.
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1968. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Ducks in the wild: conserving waterfowl and their habitats.
Shrewsbury: Airlife, 1992. Octavo, colour illustrations, maps. With colour photographs of each of the 111 species, an identification guide and a map showing distribution. More
Tawny frogmouth.
Collingwood: CSIRO, (2018. second edition), Octavo, paperback, photographs. A fully revised, easy-to-read second edition providing the most comprehensive single study of tawny frogmouths. The tawny frogmouth is one of Australia’s most intriguing and endearing birds. Written by award-winning author Gisela Kaplan, one of Australia’s leading authorities on animal behaviour and..... More