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 about Guide to hawk watching in North America
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 Hindwood. More about The birds of Sydney, County of Cumberland, New South Wales, 1770-1989
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 2004. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs. WAS $45. Looks at the bird's lifestyle, habitat, and cultural significance, examining its iconic status from the late 1800s to the present. More about In search of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker
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 about Earth, water and sky: a naturalist's stories and sketches
New York: Atria, 2002. Octavo, colour illustrations, maps, paperback. WAS $35. Describes the desperate race against time to save a rare blue parrot, the Spix's macaw, from extinction, by calling for private collectors to allow their birds to mate with the last wild specimen. Also available in hardcover [stock id 25827]. More about Spix's macaw: the race to save the world's rarest bird
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 about The Hawaiian goose: an experiment in conservation
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 about Birds
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 about The nuthatches
Berkhamsted: Poyser, 1979. Octavo, dustwrapper, photograph. WAS $60. A monograph on this particularly interesting and attractive wader, the Greenshank Tringa nebularia, by a world authority on the species. More about Greenshanks
Cambridge: Birds International, 1994. Octavo, paperback, WAS $75. BirdLife Conservation Series No. 1. More about Seabirds on islands: threats, case studies and action plans
New York: Harper Collins, 2006. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, remainder mark. WAS $50. The fascinating tale of survival of the condor and their re-introduction to the wild in California, as told by John Nielsen, an environmental journalist and a native Californian. More about Condor: to the brink and back: the life and times of one giant bird
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 about The big year: a tale of man, nature and fowl obsession
Melbourne: Hawthorn Press, 1978. Octavo, dustwrapper, More about Recollections of a birdwatcher
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2013. Quarto, dustwrapper, lavishly illustrated throughout with colour and black and white illustrations. WAS $50. 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... More about Cayley and son: the life and art of Neville Henry Cayley and Neville William Cayley
Washington D C: American Ornithologists' Union, 1998. Octavo, paperback, text figures. WAS $20. American Ornithologists' Union Monograph number 49. More about Avian reproductive tactics: female and male perspectives
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 about Flight identification of European raptors
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 about The race to save the world's rarest bird: the discovery and death of the Po'ouli
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 about Birds of the Mid-Atlantic region and where to find them
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 about Birds of northern South America: an identification guide (volume two): plates and maps
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 about A guide to the identification and natural history of the sparrows of the United States and Canada
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 about Albatross biology and conservation
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 about The flight of the Emu: a hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901-2001
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, 14926 and 24370]. More about Checklist of the birds of northern South America: an annotated checklist of the species and...
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 about The joy of birding: a beginner's guide
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 about Birds of Rottnest Island