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
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
Richmond Hill: Firefly Books, 2013. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, maps. NOW IN PAPERBACK. An in-depth yet lively study of these fascinating birds on the North American continent. Topics include anatomy and adaptations, mating behaviours, egg laying and chick rearing, feeding habits, communication displays and location. Superbly designed birds of prey..... More
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
Calton: Poyser, 1982. Octavo, text illustrations, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Weert: Peter Lowe, (1973. first edition). Quarto, colour illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: Hodder and Stoughton, (1985. second edition), Quarto, colour paintings, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapperr. More
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
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
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2009. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Washington: National Wildlife Federation, 1978. Quarto, paperback, More
Princeton: Princeton University Press/WILDGuides, 2010. Large octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. Includes all Nightjars, Potoos, Frogmouths, Oilbird and Owlet-nightjars. Each species fully described, with local and international status shown. This lavishly illustrated book is the first comprehensive photographic guide to the Caprimulgiformes of the world. Each of the 100 species..... More
London: Reaktion Books, 2008. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs and illustrations. Reaktion Animal Series. From the Eider duck to the Brazilian teal to the familiar mallard, duck species are richly diverse, and de Rijke offers a comprehensive overview of their evolutionary history as well as a cultural history. Other titles in..... More
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London: Country Life, (1956. first edition). Octavo, colour plates by Peter Scott, very good copy in dustwrapper, owner's signature on endpaper. More
London: Hamlyn, (1973. reprint). Quarto, 66 colour plates by Peter Scott, distribution maps. Later publisher's decorated cloth, each volume in a glassine wrapper, owner's sticker, a fine set. More
New York: Random House, 1941. Quarto, colour plates, bookplate of Roy Cooper, a good copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Picador, 2002. Octavo, dustwrapper, Snow geese spend their summers in the Canadian Arctic, on the tundra. Each autumn they migrate south, to Delaware, California and the Gulf of Mexico. In the spring, they fly north again. William Fiennes decided to go with them and to write about his travels..... More
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
Washington D C: American Ornithologists' Union, 2004. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. American Ornithologists' Union Monograph number 54. More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1967. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1997. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
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
New York: Thomasson-Grant, 1988. Quarto, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Collins, (1949. first edition). Quarto, photographs, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
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