In Birds of Thailand you will find more than 1,000 different birds such as hornbills, brightly colored pheasants and elusive pittas. And of course the exceptionally rare Spoon-billed Sandpiper. Finally there is a colorful guide that brings all these birds
What is nature still in the city? A limpid pigeon, pecking at fries, a canal house with some ivy against it? Ecologist Menno Schilthuizen does not see it so gloomy in his new book Darwin in the City: nature is simply changeable.
In De Zilvermeeuw, Kees Camphuysen talks about a bird that evokes resistance among many people. Resistance fed by prejudice. As a species the Herring Gull is perhaps opportunistic, but many individuals turn out to be very traditional.
In "De Kievit" by Sake P. Roodbergen, part of the Vogelserie, an iconic Dutch bird is at its center, and the lapwing is particularly popular as a harbinger of spring.
For "De Merel" Hay Wijnhoven drew from the diary that he has been keeping for years about the blackbirds in his garden, and connects his personal observations in a playful way with the knowledge that scientists have gained in recent years.
