Covering all aspects of Painted Stork ecology, behaviour, conservation and its relationship with humans, this accessible monograph contains a wealth of new insights.
The Physics of Birds and Birding sets out to blaze the best possible trail through this landscape. It steers clear complex technical specialization, while avoiding overused paths that lead to unsatisfying, facile explanations.
This excellent RSPB guide to bird anatomy looks at the avian body, system by system, how it evolved, and how it functions.
The book is organized into sections corresponding to the annual cycle of each taxon.
A comprehensive account of the biology of the unusual wader, the Purple Sandpiper. The adaptations to their unique lifestyle are highlighted and compared to other waders.
In The Real Roadrunner, Martha Anne Maxon offers the most thorough natural history of the greater roadrunner species to date.
The Red Kite (Milvus milvus) – one of our most elegant and impressive birds of prey – has a varied and dramatic history in Britain. Having been driven perilously close to extinction, it has now made a welcome comeback, in part through one of the most succ
The first comprehensive account of this evocative and elusive upland bird.
Discover the enchanting world of birds of prey , including habitat, behaviour and diet, through captivating narratives and stunning photography.
Explains the broad principles and takes the reader into the sensory world of birds from an evolutionary and ecological perspective.
A lavishly illustrated, large-format reference book by two preeminent experts on North American shorebirds.
This reprint of the book originally published in 1988 authoritatively describes the world's skuas in this detailed monograph of the 'avian pirates'.
The third edition of this pocket guide includes 64 new or revised colour plates, incorporating all birds observed in Australia, Tasmania and islands since 1986.
I had attached myself to the birds. I couldn't move on until the birds moved on, and the birds couldn't move on without the spring.
In The Social Lives of Birds, evolutionary biologist Joan Strassmann examines what it means for birds of a feather to flock together. Some birds sleep together. Some join the foraging groups of other species.
Learn all you need to know about identifying and attracting finches with this comprehensive, colourful field guide of the United States and Canada (incl. Finches of Hawai'i)
The first definitive work on the European Storm-petrel and its relatives, by one of the world's leading experts on the species.
Jeff Martin has been studying owls for decades, and in this timely book he combines his personal observations together with those of other ornithologists and a comprehensive review of the literature, resulting in some surprising revelations.
The Teal ist die Monographie über Teal, eine vielfältige Entenart in den Wasserregionen Europas und Asiens.
Fully illustrated with hundreds of drawings and high-resolution photographs, The Tracker's Field Guide sets a new standard for books on tracking.
A comprehensive dictionary of bird names of the Western Palaearctic, vernacular and scientific names are covered, as well as their history.
Covers all 56 species of warblers in the United States and Canada
Birds, hormones, and extraordinary behavior: The story of the tiny but mighty golden-collared manakin of Panama
Rob Palmer presents nearly two hundred of his favorite burrowing owls images.
