article thumbnail

Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition by John Kricher and Kevin Loughlin gives the traveling naturalist the tools needed to fully appreciate and experience the Galápagos Islands. I wish I had read this book. They complement Kricher’s text.,

2006 268
article thumbnail

Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Research experiments are described without citing the names of the researchers themselves or any other background information. She writes, “Broadly, I am interested in the evolutionary mechanisms underlying phenotypic variation and population divergence in animals, primarily birds.” This is a beautifully designed book.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Birders: A Documentary Short Film Review

10,000 Birds

The experiences of children observing birds, touched on in the U.S. I think birders will enjoy viewing it. * “Gael Garcia Bernal On Mexico’s Plan to Save Its Image With Documentary Films,” IndieWire, May 10, 2017, [link]. Hopefully, it will be more widely available in the future. Otilia Portillo Padua, director.

Advocacy 268
article thumbnail

The New Neotropical Companion: A Book Review by a Lover of the Neotropics

10,000 Birds

The first edition, A Neotropical Companion: An Introduction to the Animals, Plants, and Ecosystems of the New World Tropics , was published in 1989. Princeton University Press, 2017. Kricher has expanded subject coverage and updated, revised, re-arranged, and rewritten text. is remarkable. The New Neotropical Companion.

article thumbnail

Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

10,000 Birds

Suzie wrote about her experiences as a bird rehabber in Flyaway: How A Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings (2009) and used those experiences as the source for her fictional children’s book, Hawk Hill (1996). How much did you draw on your own experiences as a wildlife rehabber to tell Luna’s story? .

article thumbnail

Birds of Paradise and Bowerbirds: An Identification Guide?A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Type it in and you’ll find articles about a showy South African plant, trailers for two films (one of which was pre-Code and apparently created a sensation), eleven novels, a romance novel series, an animated children’s film, socks, and no less than nine coloring books. Phil Gregory brings years of field experience to this project.

Guinea 264
article thumbnail

The Wryneck: Biology, Behaviour, Conservation and Symbolism of Jynx torquilla: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

They mimic snakes, a claim to fame that goes all the way back to Aristotle’s History of Animals. Gorman’s personal field experience informs much of the text and his total grasp of the field means he relates one research finding to another with narrative ease. Yet, The Wryneck does not read like a literature review.