Guildford: Falcon, 2004. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. WAS $30. Venerable ornithologist Heintzelman updates his 1979 guide to incorporate new knowledge about raptor biology, identification, and the locations where they concentrate during their seasonal migrations. He discusses the species, identification and study, types of hawk watching, field equipment, the..... More
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, (1991. second edition). Octavo, laminated boards, colour illustrations, black and white illustrations, colour photographs. WAS $39. The first edition was published in 1958 (authors Keith Hindwood and Arnold McGill). This updated version contains observations and records made by the Ern Hoskin since the death of Keith..... More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1999. Octavo, paperback, line drawings. WAS $28. Paul Johnsgard is one of America's most prominent ornithologists and a world authority on waterfowl behavior. In these popularly written, often lyrical essays, he describes some of his most fascinating encounters with birds, from watching the annual mating..... More
Vermillion: Buteo Books, 1980. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, other illustrations. WAS $40. A timely and absorbing account of the Hawaiian goose, or Nene, its near extinction, eleventh hour rescue and restoration to the wild. More
London: Reaktion Books, 2015. Octavo, paperback, photographs, illustrations. WAS $25. Reaktion Animal Series. The flamingo is possibly the most easily recognized bird in the world. But it is not a single species - there are six different species of flamingos, each differing in size and colour. Caitlin R. Kight presents..... More
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2011. Octavo, paperback and DVD, colour illustrations. WAS $35. Part of a series presenting historic volumes. Drawing from Georges-Louis Leclerc's 36 volume masterpiece, "Histoire Naturelle, Generale Et Particuliere", this title features 350 of Leclerc's magnificent original paintings, faithfully reproduced in full colour. A visual index..... More
London: Poyser, 1998. Octavo, dustwrapper, one colour plate, other illustrations. WAS $100. The nuthatches are common and widespread birds throughout the Northern Hemisphere, but only poorly studied until quite recently. Erik Matthysen's extensive studies, started in 1982, have done much to illuminate the ecology of the Eurasian species, and to..... More
Cambridge: Birds International, 1994. Octavo, paperback, WAS $75. BirdLife Conservation Series No. 1. More
New York: Free Press, 2004. Octavo, paperback, WAS $25. Ever since Roger Tory Peterson recorded seeing and hearing a total of 572 bird species in North America in 1953, fanatical bird watchers have pursued the "big year," hoping for a record number of observations. In 1998, Sandy Komito, Al Levantin..... More
Melbourne: Hawthorn Press, 1978. Octavo, dustwrapper, More
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2013. Quarto, dustwrapper, lavishly illustrated throughout with colour and black and white illustrations. The first and only proper biography of both Cayleys. This skillfully researched and handsomely produced book charts the lives and works of this Australian father-and-son pair of bird artists. Neville Henry, peripatetic..... More
Washington D C: American Ornithologists' Union, 1998. Octavo, paperback, text figures. WAS $20. American Ornithologists' Union Monograph number 49. More
Calton: T & A D Poyser, (2001. third edition). Octavo, dustwrapper, 96 black and white photographs. The identification of the diurnal birds of prey is especially difficult. There is wide variation in plumage among some species, especially the eagles and buzzards, and in all species general outlines and wing positions..... More
Calton: T & A D Poyser, (2001. third edition). Octavo, dustwrapper, 96 black and white photographs, some minor tape marks, inscription. The identification of the diurnal birds of prey is especially difficult. There is wide variation in plumage among some species, especially the eagles and buzzards, and in all species..... More
Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 2008. Octavo, dustwrapper, map. WAS $55. Thirty years ago researchers discovered a previously unknown species of bird in the rain-soaked and remote mountains of Hawai'i. As they studied the bird - which sported a black mask and was called the Po'ouli - they soon learned that its..... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. WAS $42. A comprehensive field guide to the 346 species of birds found in Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2006. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, maps. WAS $110. This field guide is the companion volume to the Birds of northern South America: an identification guide (Volume 1): species accounts. [stock id 24369] by the same authors. Over 2,250 species are accurately illustrated with a...... More
London: Academic Press, 1997. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, text illustrations, maps. While good general guides to North American birds are widely available, these days careful and avid birders require the most specialised information on bird identification, especially for the more complex species groups. A Guide to the Identification and Natural..... More
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1998. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, other illustrations. WAS $90. Some of the chapters in this volume have been drawn from papers presented at the Inaugural Albatross Conference in Hobart in 1995. Presents information about systematics and status, population studies, foraging and fisheries relationships, and mortality due..... More
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2001. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour and black and white photographs. WAS $70. The Flight of the Emu is a history of Australian birding in the twentieth century. The Emu of the title comes from the hundred-year old journal of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union (later Birds Australia)..... More
Mountfield: Pica Press, 2000. Octavo, paperback, tables. WAS $50. This checklist covers all 2245 species recorded in the region. Each species account includes useful annotations including regional subspecies and taxonomic notes, altitudinal range, references, and status on regional checklists. For field guide and identification guide see also [stock id 24369..... More
New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2011. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. WAS $20. No matter where you live, you have the joy of hearing and seeing birds. This easy-to-use guide teaches how to identify different bird species by observing their body-parts, understand birds' behavior and habits, get to know the birds around..... More
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, (1993. revised edition). Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, colour photographs, maps. WAS $17. The authors describe the plumage, body size, status and some interesting aspects of the biology of each of the common species on the island. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, line drawings. Remainder mark. WAS $60. Birds is the first book to examine bird remains in archaeology and anthropology. Providing a thorough review of the literature on this topic, it also serves as a guide to the methods of..... More
London: Academic Press, 2000. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, bumped corners WAS $69. Over a hundred superb colour photographs covering numerous aspects of condor natural history and recent conservation efforts. Includes historic photographs by William Finley and other conservationists working in the early 20th century. More