Birds Birdwatching category: 559 books

An enchanting illustrated guide to owl species of the world. The owl is one of nature’s most captivating creatures. In this enchanting guide, artist Matt Sewell brings to life fifty species from around the world. From the adorable Eurasian Pygmy Owl, small enough to fit in your pocket, to...

With a few sorry exceptions, it's heartening to think that the gardener or bird-spotter of the 1950s or 60s would immediately recognise most of the songs that sing out over English gardens today. For the amateur ornithologist of the twenty first century, Teach Yourself Bird Watching will be...

The Essential Bird Watching Guide For Beginners This book covers several topics including: Chapter 1: Bird Watching Caribbean Cruise Chapter 2: Binoculars For Bird Watching Chapter 3: Bird Watching Scopes - Find Out More With Clearer Vision Chapter 4: Bird Watching For Children...

Return of the Condor is far and away the best book on the subject. John Moir covered the condor recovery effort for magazines and newspapers for years and his extensive and award-winning journalism, including an investigative piece for Birding magazine, became this fine book. Moir presents a unique...

Guide book first published around 1900. Illustrated with 43 drawings and photographs. According to Wikipedia: "Thomas Gilbert Pearson (18731943), usually known as T. Gilbert Pearson, was an American conservationist and one of the first faculty members at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro....

Indigo buntings are a fascinating songbird of the eastern United States, much of the midwest, and part of the western U.S. The male indigo is a beautiful indigo, azure, ultramarine hue with ample sunlight on him. He molts in the fall and loses much of his brilliance. The female is a brown color, which...

Dyrehaven North of Copenhagen offers fantastic opportunities to enjoy the sight of deer - and entrance is absolutely FREE! Dyrehaven was originally established as a royal hunting ground. Dyrehaven is also home to the World’s oldest ongoing amusement park – BAKKEN. This amusement...

Majestic mountains, urban heights, world-class parks and lakes, pastoral farmlands and vineyards - New York State has it all! New York's wildlife viewing and bountiful natural beauty are only matched by its rich history and invigorating culture. The New York Wildlife Viewing Guide is your key to unlocking...

Raptors are notoriously hard to identify, even if seen well, and represent perhaps the toughest of all ID challenges for birders. This book is the ultimate flight-identification guide for the raptors of the Western Palaearctic, covering Europe, North Africa, the Middle East (including Arabia)...

This is the authorized guide to the Maine Birding Trail, which opens in 2009. The book features more than 260 sites in Maine and includes bonus material on Campobello and Grand Manan islands. Unlike most guides, which emphasize species identification, this book highlights the sites themselves. Bird...

Instructions for identifying 40 species of ducks, geese and swans.

Muchos animales pequeños que antaño vivían en plena naturaleza se han visto obligados con el tiempo a tener que adaptarse a un ambiente urbano a menudo hostil. Es el caso de los pájaros, que, muy expuestos a las condiciones atmosféricas y a las trampas de la urbanización, con frecuencia buscan...

Small, noisy and colourful, the Teal is a familiar duck throughout the wetlands and waterways Europe and Asia. Once hunted extensively for the pot, its numbers have recovered and it is now one of our commonest species of waterfowl. A flagship species for wetland conservation, the Teal is also...

Raising Thunder is about a nonreleasable, shot, and rehabilitated bald eagle that I worked with, trained, and traveled with, doing environmental education programs throughout the Eastern US for twenty-one years. The cover pic is of us at the US Capitol where we were meeting with the US Senate in the...