Birds category: 2059 books
Learn to Draw Birds & Butterflies
Step-by-step instructions for more than 25 winged creatures
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2015
Learn to draw all of your favorite birds and butterflies--step by step! Perfect for young artists-in-training, Learn to Draw Birds & Butterflies offers a comprehensive drawing experience that includes step-by-step lessons, as well as full-color photographs, fun facts, trivia, quizzes, and much...
by David Hall
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2018
There are strong birds, swift birds, smart birds, big and small birds.
There are birds that can fly and others that wish they can.
Join three curious chickens - Chi, Ken and Hic on their amazing adventures in this five story special edition.
Over 65 pages of fun, for children aged 3-7 years old.
Beaks, Bones and Bird Songs
How the Struggle for Survival Has Shaped Birds and Their Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2016
“Reveals the strange and wondrous adaptations birds rely on to get by.” —National Audubon Society
When we see a bird flying from branch to branch happily chirping, it is easy to imagine they lead a simple life of freedom, flight, and feathers. What we don’t see is the arduous, life-threatening...
Tweet of the Day
A Year of Britain's Birds From the Acclaimed Radio 4 Series
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Imagine a jazz musician, improvising on a theme. Then imagine that he is able to play half a dozen instruments - not one after another, but almost simultaneously, switching effortlessly between instruments and musical styles with hardly a pause for breath. If you can countenance that, you are halfway...
by James Wiley, Allan Keith, Orlando H. Garrido
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2010
Fully illustrated, easy to use, and completely up-to-date, Birds of the West Indies is the only field guide that covers all of the bird species known to occur in the region--including migrants and infrequently occurring forms. Each species is represented by a full description that includes identification...
by Dave Richards
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2016
This pocket-sized photographic guide to the birds of East Africa features 296 birds likely to be spotted in the region. Colourful photographs illustrate diagnostic features and plumage differences between male and female or breeding and non-breeding birds. Comparative photographs help differentiate...
by Edward A. Armstrong
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
Tracing the magico-religious beliefs surrounding birds as far back in time as is possible, to the cultures in which these beliefs arose. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com Edward A Armstrong is already known to readers of the New Naturalist as the author of the remarkable study on the...
by Roland Green
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
This antique text contains a detailed yet accessible treatise on bird flight and how to identify birds based on how they fly. This book is intended principally for the ordinary bird-lovers who, without being ornithologists, are interested in bird life and look with wonder at birds in flight wishing...
Birds of Southwest Pacific
A Field Guide to the Birds of the Area between Samoar New Caledonia, and Micronesia
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Perfect for birdwatching enthusiasts travelling to Indonesia, this concise guide is full of interesting information.
This practical handbook, by an acknowledged authority, intended primarily for the field student, tells him how to identify and name the birds of Indonesia which he encounters,...
Backyard Birds & Bird Feeding
100 Things to Know
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2007
• Concise introductions to popular subjects
• Fascinating "did you know?" facts
• Compulsively readable presentation
Attracting birds to the backyard and observing their lives in the wild has become one of our most popular activities. Join in the fun with this enlightening introduction....
by J. Murray Speirs
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 1985
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 1985
This extensive and long overdue work of reference covers all of the bird species, more than 400 of which have been recorded in the province of Ontario. Birds of Ontario contains an identification and description of all species, with 344 outstanding colour plates. Anyone with even a casual interest...
Oology and Ralph's Talking Eggs
Bird Conservation Comes Out of Its Shell
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2009
Before modern binoculars and cameras made it possible to observe birds closely in the wild, many people collected eggs as a way of learning about birds. Serious collectors called their avocation "oology" and kept meticulous records for each set of eggs: the bird's name, the species reference number,...
Avian Architecture
How Birds Design, Engineer, and Build
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2011
Birds are the most consistently inventive builders, and their nests set the bar for functional design in nature. Avian Architecture describes how birds design, engineer, and build their nests, deconstructing all types of nests found around the world using architectural blueprints and detailed descriptions...
by J. M. McWilliam
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
A new digital edition of a classic bird book by the Rev. J. M. McWilliam, a founding member and first Honorary President of the Scottish Ornithologists’ Club.
Published in 1936, J. M. McWilliam’s sequel to The Birds of the Island of Bute covers Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Dumbartonshire,...