2019. Octavo, paperback, photographs. Reaktion Animal Series. With its distinctive, comical walk, large bill and association with the conservation movement, the pelican has attained iconic status. But the pelican has a chequered history. Classed as ‘unclean’ in the King James Bible, the legend of the compassionate pelican was later appropriated..... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, line drawings. Beloved by people as the herald of spring, for many birds the cuckoo is a signal of doom. Known for being a notorious cheat, cuckoos across the world have evolved extraordinary tricks to manipulate other species into raising their young..... More
Washington D C: American Ornithologists' Union, 2004. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. American Ornithologists' Union Monograph number 57. More
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2009. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, black and white photographs, maps. Nearly two feet long with striking black, white, and red plumage, the Ivory-billed and Imperial woodpeckers were two of the most impressive woodpeckers in the world. Both species were known to be in serious..... More