Lincoln: Nebraska University Press, 2011. Octavo, paperback, line drawings, maps. Driving west from Lincoln to Grand Island, Nebraska, Paul A. Johnsgard remarks, is like driving backward in time. "I suspect," he says, "that the migrating cranes of a pre-ice age period some ten million years ago would fully understand every..... More
Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 2001. Octavo, softcover. The most authoritative, detailed, and up-to-date checklist of the 566 bird species reliably recorded in Belize. More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2004. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, text illustrations, maps. The first ever field guide to the birds of Belize, Central America, with 573 species illustrated in colour. More
Moscow: Pensoft, 2006. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. In English and Russian, this atlas is a complete collection of distribution maps of all 273 breeding, migrant, nomadic and wintering bird species recorded in Moscow City and the Moscow Region during 1999-2004. The maps are accompanied by brief texts characterising..... More
Sydney: Macmillan Publishing Company, 2019. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white photographs, black and white illustrations. Some Australian native birds become childhood sweethearts and court for years before they get 'married'. Others divorce because of personality clashes and different skill levels. Many negotiate their parenting duties. But how do..... More
Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, 2015. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. The first attempt to shine a critical and scientific light on the cognitive behaviour of Australian land birds. Demonstrating how intelligent and emotional birds can be, Kaplan describes complex behaviours such as grieving, deception, problem solving and the use..... More
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
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2015. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. A highly visual guide to identifying birds in the field based on the important, unchanging features of size, shape, structure, and behavior. Birding is an extremely rewarding and fun hobby, but some situations can be frustrating or unsuccessful because of a...... More
Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, illustrations. A chronicle of the efforts of Robert Allen Porter, an ornithologist with the National Audubon Society, to find the only remaining whooping crane nesting site in North America in an effort to save the nearly extinct species..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. Octavo, colour photographs, maps, dustwrapper. More
London: A & C Black, (2011. second edition). Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. Trinidad and Tobago are popular tourist destinations and the islands are also a top location for visiting birders. This comprehensive and portable field guide covers every species found on the islands. The concise text includes descriptions of every..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, map. Covers four major national parks - Lake Nakuru, Lake Bogoria, Mount Longonot, and Hell's Gate - as well as smaller outstanding wildlife areas. Looks at over 300 bird species most likely to be encountered on safari in this world-famous region..... More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2010. Octavo, colour illustrationsand photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. This is an amazing book which covers the identification of Reed and Bush warblers (families Lucustellidae and Acrocephalidae) in astonishing detail. The colour plates by Brian Small are of a very high standard and the..... More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, (2002. reprint). Small octavo, paperback, colour plates and maps. 380 species of birds of Britain and North-West Europe fully described, including all breeding species, and all regular and scarce migrants. 288 colour plates with clearly laid-out text, integrated illustrations and maps. More
College Station: Texas A & M UP, (2000. reprint). Octavo, paperback, illustrations by Joan Waltermire. A detailed study of behaviour including foraging and nesting. More
Durham, NH: University Press of New Hampshire Press, 2013. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs. King goes back in time and around the world to show us the history, nature, ecology, and economy of the world’s most misunderstood waterbirds. Behold the cormorant: silent, still, cruciform, and brooding; flashing, soaring, quick..... More
Durham, NH: University of New England, 2014. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. Behold the cormorant: silent, still, cruciform, and brooding; flashing, soaring, quick as a snake. Evolution has crafted the only creature on Earth that can migrate the length of a continent, dive and hunt deep underwater, perch comfortably..... More
Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2013. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, colour and black and white illustrations, maps, graphs. This is the most comprehensive account of Gloucestershire's birds ever produced, covering all the species recorded in the county in modern times. There are detailed maps showing the distribution and abundance of over..... More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2011. Large octavo, 40 colour plates by Eustace Barnes, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. The New World tropics possess the richest avifauna on Earth, with more than 4000 recorded species, many of which are endemic. Two groups found exclusively in this region are..... More
London: A & C Black, 2008. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. Turkey is a popular destination for birders and tourists, and although there has been much published on its birds over the past 40 years, there has never been a comprehensive avifauna. This book contains a detailed account of every..... More
New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2012. Quarto, colour illustrations, photographs, publisher's quarter cloth and printed boards.. Chronicles the story of Genevieve Jones, her family, and the making of an extraordinary nineteenth century book, "Illustrations of the nests and eggs of birds of Ohio". At the age of twenty-nine, Genevieve Jones..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011. Quarto, laminated boards, tables, maps, graphs and diagrams. Admired for its elaborate breeding displays and treasured as a game bird, the Greater sage-grouse is a charismatic symbol of the broad open spaces in western North America. Unfortunately these birds have declined across much of..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Small quarto, paperback, text illustrations. Cooperative breeders are species in which more than a pair of individuals assist in the production of young. Cooperative breeding is found in only a few hundred bird species world-wide, and understanding this often strikingly altruistic behaviour has remained an..... More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, (2008. second edition). Large octavo, colour plates, distribution maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. This revised second edition (first published 1999) covers the identification of owls of the world. The plumages of many species are cryptic and difficult to separate by plumage alone. This problem..... More
Toronto: Key Porter Books, (2001. revised edition). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Describes North American owls and includes for each species a measurement chart and range map. More