London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white illustrations. A lifetime spent studying birds has provided Tim Birkhead with a wealth of observation and an understanding of birds and their behaviour that is firmly grounded in science. What is it like to be a swift, flying at over... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2011. Quarto, colour illustrations, softcover. For thousands of years people have been fascinated by birds, and today that fascination is still growing. In 2007 bird-watching is one of the most popular pastimes, not just in Britain, but throughout the world, and the range of interest runs... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Octavo, laminated boards, graphs, tables. The cognitive abilities of birds are continually being discovered. Remarkable examples include hummingbirds integrating spatial and temporal information about food sources, day-old chicks having a sense of numbers, parrots making and using tools, and ravens showing sophisticated insights into social... More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2004. Quarto, paperback, colour illustrations, colour photographs. A lovely look at what birds really get up to in your garden. More
London: T & A D Poyser, (2004. third edition). Octavo, dustwrapper, text illustrations, colour photographs. This classic Poyser title discusses in depth the various ways in which weather conditions influence bird behaviour. More
East Sussex: Ivy Press, 2016. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, illustrations. An absorbing study of how birds think, revealing how science is exploding the myth of our feathered friends being 'bird brained', and how recent discoveries may call for us to re-evaluate how we identify and classify intelligence in other... More
Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 2006. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. With more than 200 stunning images by one of America's top nature photographers, this beautiful and informative book tells the age-old story of how birds migrate to their nesting grounds, select a mate, establish a nest site, and raise their young in... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (2002. reprint). Large octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs, text illustrations. Bird nests and contruction behaviour provides a broad view of our current understanding of the biology of the nests, bowers and tools made by birds. More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. Each spring and autumn hundreds of millions of birds - wildfowl, shorebirds, raptors, and passerines - migrate between latitudes. In a handful of places around the world, a combination of geography, topography and climate combine to funnel migrant birds into narrow... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2013. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. Marzluff and Angell portray creatures that are nothing short of amazing: they play, bestow gifts on people who help or feed them, use cars as nutcrackers, seek revenge on animals that harass them, are tricksters that lure birds... More
Budapest: Gavia Science, 2003. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white illustrations. An excellent summary of field studies from the last 2 decades, this volume aims to fill the gap between the level of knowledge of professional ornithologists and serious birders. In Part A, the author describes the origin and functions of... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Understanding bird behaviour is one of the vital keys to accurate identification in the field, this book provides the experienced instruction needed to recognize behaviours and get the most out of watching birds. The guide covers all the fundamental types of bird... More
London: Academic Press, 2008. Quarto, laminated boards, illustrations. Presents a detailed review of the fascinating ecological findings of bird migration. This book deals with various aspects of this subject, including the problems of navigation and vagrancy, the timing and physiological control of migration and the factors that limit their populations. More
London: New Holland, 2012. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Bird courtship and display can be one of the most captivating events in the natural world. This attractive and informative book looks at natural selection and why birds have evolved different reproduction strategies, examining territories, birdsong, displays and dealing with rivals. It... More
Kibworth Beauchamp: Troubador Publishing, 2015. Octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. Birds fly very efficiently, doing little work themselves, and gaining large amounts of energy from the atmosphere. Whether on local flights or migration, they have the freedom to fly anywhere they please. It is because of this that scientists have long... More
London: Souvenir Press, 2015. Octavo, paperback, line drawings. A delightful and profound look at the lives of birds, illuminating their surprising world and deep connection with humanity. Birds are highly intelligent animals, yet their intelligence is dramatically different from our own and until now has been little understood. As scientists... More