Birds of America
10 best books like Birds of America (John James Audubon): The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America, National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America, Hope is the Thing with Feathers: A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds, Collins Bird Guide, Kaufman Field Guide to Advanced Birding: Understanding What You See and Hear, Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America, Ocean: The World's Last Wilderness Revealed, Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of The Birds of America, Birds of North America: A Guide to Field Identification
A guidebook certainly to find its lofty place within my other treasures. My good friend in Florida remarked yesterday, "Birds offer free entertainment", and I could not agree more. A little late in life for me to find a new interest in identifying birds, but owning a cabin in northern Michigan and a small...
Author | National Geographic Society |
ISBN | 0792268776 |
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America continues to be the most sought-after, the most authoritative, and the easiest to access field guide to birds on the market. Now in its 4th Edition, revisions include 250 updated range maps, and new classification information National...
Author | Roger Tory Peterson |
ISBN | 0618966145 |
In celebration of the centennial of Roger Tory Peterson’s birth comes a historic collaboration among renowned birding experts and artists to preserve and enhance the Peterson legacy. This new book combines the Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Birds and Peterson Field Guide to Western Birds into...
Author | Christopher Cokinos |
ISBN | 0446677493 |
I really enjoyed the first half of the book, though it was depressing to read story after story about how people worked hard to help the heath hen, passenger pigeon, Carolina parakeet and ivory billed woodpecker only to be met with ultimate doom. But, I found the second half more tedious to read. There...
Author | Killian Mullarney |
ISBN | 0007268149 |
Following on from its hugely successful launch in 1999, Collins Bird Guide – the ultimate reference book for bird enthusiasts – now enters its second edition.
With expanded text and additional colour illustrations, the second edition of the hugely successful Collins Bird Guide...
Author | Kenn Kaufman |
ISBN | 0547248326 |
Birders can memorize hundreds of details and still not be able to identify birds if they don’t really understand what’s in front of them.Today birders have access to almost too much information, and their attempts to identify birds can be drowned out by excess detail. The all-new Kaufman Field...
Author | Eric R. Eaton |
ISBN | 0618153101 |
Comprehensive yet compact, authoritative yet easy to understand, this is the perfect guide for anyone who wants to know more about the fascinating and diverse insects of North America.
Many insects are difficult even for the experts to identify, but here readers will find a wealth...
Author | Robert Dinwiddie |
ISBN | 0756622050 |
As the site where life first formed on Earth, a key element of the climate, and a continuing but fragile resource, oceans are of vital importance to our planet. From the geological and physical processes that affect the ocean floor to the key habitat zones, flora, and fauna, this is the definitive reference...
Author | William Souder |
ISBN | 0865477264 |
"Truly wonderful . . . Excellent work."--Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books
In the century and a half since Audubon's death, his name has become synonymous with wildlife conservation and natural history. But few people know what a complicated figure he was--or the dramatic story behind...
Author | Chandler S. Robbins |
ISBN | 0307136566 |
Birds of North America
By Chandler S Robbins, Bertel Bruun, and Herbert S Zim, Illustrated By Arthur Singer -
Golden Press New York Western Publishing Company Inc - Copyright 1966 By Western Publishing Company Inc - Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 66-16454...
Author | Richard D. Estes |
ISBN | 1890132446 |
Since its original publication in 1993, The Safari Companion has been the best field guide to observing and understanding the behavior of African mammals. An indispensable tool for naturalists traveling to Africa, this new edition has been revised to acknowledge the enthusiasm to those watching...
Author | Richard Crossley |
ISBN | 0691147787 |
This stunningly illustrated book from acclaimed birder and photographer Richard Crossley revolutionizes field guide design by providing the first real-life approach to identification. Whether you are a beginner, expert, or anywhere in between, The Crossley ID Guide will vastly improve your...
Author | National Audubon Society |
ISBN | 0679428526 |
Introduced in 1977 and completely revised in 1994, these bestselling photographic field guides have become the birding bibles of more than four million enthusiasts. Virtually every bird found in North America is brought to life in a full-color photograph and with textual information on the bird's...
Author | Walton Ford |
ISBN | 3822852376 |
The sinister majesty of Walton Ford's wildlife At first glance, Walton Ford’s large-scale, highly-detailed watercolors of animals may recall the prints of 19th century illustrators John James Audubon and Edward Lear, and others of the colonial era. But a closer look reveals a complex and disturbingly...
Author | George A. Petrides |
ISBN | 0395904552 |
Find what you're looking for with "P"e"terson Field Guides" their field-tested visual identification system is designed to help you differentiate thousands of unique species accurately every time. This field guide features detailed descriptions of 455 species of trees native to eastern North...
Author | Paul Humann |
ISBN | 1878348302 |
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Author | Les Beletsky |
ISBN | 1932855416 |
Drawing from the collection of the world-renowned Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Bird Songs presents the most notable North American birdsincluding the rediscovered Ivory-billed Woodpeckerin a stunning new format. Renowned bird biologist Les Beletsky provides a succinct...
Author | Carli Davidson |
ISBN | 0062242644 |
Original, amusing, and brilliantly documented, Shake is a heartwarming collection of sixty-one beguiling dogs caught in the most candid of moments: mid-shake. This glorious, graphic volume will stop you dead in your tracks as you are presented with images of man's best friend caught in contortion:...