10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Her lively block prints adorn calendars, note cards, puzzles, and children’s books, very much in the popular tradition of beloved minimalist Charley Harper. It’s a fun book, offering ideas for projects and, most importantly for me, new ways to observe birds and their natural world.

Birds 150

Birds Eggs Laws Woodpeckers 150

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2019

It’s never too late or too early to buy a children’s book about birds. It’s been a few years since my last roundup of children’s bird books, and children’s book writers, illustrators and publishers continue to produce picture books that feature avian protagonists. First, the board books.

New York City 149

New York City Pelicans Birds New York 149

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

” The book in question is Birds of Bolivia: Field Guide , edited and written by Sebastian K. The guide covers 1,433 species, the number of birds documented at the end of 2014, the cutoff point for the book. The downside of the size (and quality of paper) is that this is a fairly heavy book, about 2.5

Bolivia 173

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 173

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2018

He brings to this book an academic background in biology and horticulture and, more importantly, decades of experience developing strategies for the best backyard bird feeding practices. The book is focused on suburban living, with little attention given to the unique challenges of urban bird feeding.

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Birds New York City Squirrels New York 174

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2016

And so, I turn to Better Birding: Tips, Tools & Concepts for the Field , the new book by George L. This is a very different book from what I expected, less of a handbook and more of a comprehensive identification text on 24 groups of birds, presented in words and photographs. Armistead and Brian L.

Birds 190

Birds Groups 2015 North America 190

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2017

There are some impressive images here, and the book design allows some of the best to be shown off at full and three-quarter page size. The Introduction also gives an outline of the book two sections, with background on how to use certain sections, including an extensive explanation of molt and its terminology. Maybe with a book cover.)

Mexico 164

Mexico America North America Falcons 164

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

For endangered species, red and gray tabs at the top of the page indicate level of threatened status from the IUCN and the Libro Rogo de los Vertebrados Cubanos (Red Data Book for Cuban Vertebrates). The book includes lots of space for Notes. The concluding chapter offers a mix of resource materials and finding aids.

Cuba 231

Cuba Birds United States 2000 231

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

I love reading children’s books, even though my child is well over the age when she asks to have them read at bedtime and my nephews fall asleep all too easily after playing lacrosse all day. Here are three excellent but very different children’s books I enjoyed this year (two were published in 2013, one in 2011).

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Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013 234

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2024

The next volume in this three-book series is now out: Field Guide to North American Flycatchers: Kingbirds and Myiarchus by Cin-Ty Lee, illustrated by Andrew Birch, and it is as informative and well-organized and lovely to look at as the Empid/Pewee volume. Introductory Material Sixteen species, 190 pages.

Los Angeles 167

Los Angeles North America Species America 167

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

But, sometimes an appreciation of birds and birding requires more than a reference book with images of birds and facts about their identifying field marks. There are large avian handbooks and small ‘how-to bird’ guides, and quite a few excellent books of both types have been published. And, each essay tells a story.

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Birds North America Breeding America 115

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2016

This book is a field guide treat for traveling birders and birders who love to fantasize about travel, answering that age-old question, “I’m going on a trip to [fill in the blank—Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras], what field guide should I use?”. Of course, this is an identification guide, not a coffee table book.

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El Salvador America Costa Rica Honduras 232

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2018

It is not a book for every birder, but it will be a fascinating read for those who love albatrosses, shearwaters, petrels, storm-petrels–you know, tubenoses–as well as penguins, gannets, cormorants, and pretty much every bird family that spends most of its life at sea. Bruce Pearson is the book illustrator.

Albatross 114

Albatross Penguins Research Breeding 114

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

There is a long list of articles and books on how to feed birds in your yard. So, I was happy to see the publication of a book on all aspects of wild bird feeding—history, culture, and economics. It is a serious book with a friendly attitude. There was cleaning, lots of cleaning of feeders and yard. And squirrels.

America 230

America Industry Squirrels Birds 230

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2015

Every bird book seems to be about the west coast this month!) Offshore Sea Life ID Guide: West Coast is designed to be a quick, handy resource for use on whale watching and one-day pelagic trips. I was impressed with book’s design and content. This is a small book, 56 pages long.

Dolphins 162

Dolphins Whales Whaling Porpoises 162

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

The Pough & Eckelberry guides (add in artist Earl L Poole who did black-and-white drawings for the later titles) were notable for Pough’s discursive text and Eckelberry’s lovely painted portraits, and many older birders have stories about how they were inspired by these books. This is a fairly large book: 907 pages; 7.38

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North America America Birds California Condor 279

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2014

So, when Redgannet asked me if I was interested in reviewing Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo: Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan, Third Edition , by Quentin Phillipps and Karen Phillipps, a book he had acquired at Birdfair, I hesitated. Did I dare dip my toe into this catalog of tantalizing species?

Brunei 175

Brunei Birds Asia China 175

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2022

edited by the Pasadena Audubon Society, with illustrations by Catherine Hamilton and photographs by many, are two very different books. How do you craft a description of a common bird like American Robin that’s unique, especially when you’re writing the 19th book of a series?

Los Angeles 196

Los Angeles Birds District of Columbia Parrots 196

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2023

2020, all also published by Firefly); children’s books and books on bird feeding. 2020, all also published by Firefly); children’s books and books on bird feeding. I’m assuming this to keep the price down; the good news is the book now feels slightly lighter. comparison tables!)

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North America Birds Owls Canada 212

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

There has been a lot written about Kirtland’s Warbler, it is one of the most studied birds in the world, but, as far as I know this is the first book that tells its many-faceted story as an adventure tale that can be enjoyed by all of us. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and the U.S.

Michigan 229

Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 229

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2017

If there was a bird book available for that country I’ll bet that it was, in fact, written only in English. It’s no big secret that major publishers rarely, if ever, print these bird books in a country’s native language. The goal is to print as many books as possible and put them into public schools FREE of charge.

Honduras 138

Honduras Missouri Birds Panama 138

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2014

the book follows through mating and egg-laying, incubation and hatching, and the rearing of three young to successful fledging. As an experiment, I also ran this book by a non-birding friend. Reviews Bald Eagle book review' (with a view of the Capitol, no less!)

Bald Eagle 228

Bald Eagle Eagles Endangered Species Washington 228

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2021

The authors define a mushroom as “the macroscopic fruiting body of a species belonging to the kingdom Fungi” and note that although the most familiar mushroom species have stalks and caps, “we include the whole array of fruiting bodies seen at the front of the book (boletes, polypores, corals, cups, puffballs, stinkhorns, etc.)”

North America 257

North America America Species 2018 257

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2011

I’ve also included a few resources for those of you that might be inclined to invest in birding resources for your kids. There are some really excellent kids birding books. I love this book because its wonderful to read to my 3-year old but also awesome for my 5-year old to practice his vocabulary and words.

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Birds Game Wildlife Family 278

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2012

The very first multi-media resource for leaning birds were birds. In the early days of the “modern” world (meaning since some time after the Enlightenment, or later, depending on what you call “modern”) we did get bird books, but the bird books were all words, no pictures. They are not all created equal.

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Birds Collecting Rodents Wounded 169

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2013

There have been three books written about Pale Male and 2 movies made about him, and saying that he was the bird that sparked my birding obsession makes me feel like I am living out an urban cliché. That wholeness is missing here, probably because it is not clear exactly what is the book’s purpose. The truth is that I was.

New York 108

New York New York City 2013 Collecting 108

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2019

So, I was very excited when I heard that Rick Wright was writing a book about sparrows, the first treatment of North American sparrows since 2001, possibly the first book about sparrows of North America, depending on your definition of that geographic area. Scope of Book. Read the Introduction! I like it.

North America 148

North America Sparrows America United States 148

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2018

To celebrate spring migration, I usually review an exciting new bird book. And, there is a fairy named Moth in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and a superhero named The Moth, appropriately from Dark Horse Comics, the poor cousin to the two big comic book companies. Introductory and Back-of-the-Book Material. Happy May Day!

North America 100

North America America Oklahoma Missouri 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Ackerman’s new book is about owls and owl research–the knowledge recently and currently being discovered through DNA analysis, new-tech tracking and monitoring, and old-fashioned fieldwork under the auspices of organizations like the Global Owl Project and the Owl Research Institute.

Owls 212

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 212

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2020

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. Like Antpittas and Gnateaters by Harold F. Introduction.

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Guinea Birds Papua New Guinea Family 263

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

There are also countless field guides, birding tour companies, birding festivals, birding books and magazines, and bird-related conservation organizations. Although some of these organizations existed five decades ago, increased resources and the internet have greatly expanded their scope and reach.

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UCLA North America Los Angeles America 125

10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2014

A new report describes the state of North America’s boreal forests, and the importance they hold for birds, concluding that at least half of this natural resource should be kept off-limits from industrial development. Scientists at the University of Missouri report that most deaths of young birds happen in the first few weeks after fledging.

New York Times 195

New York Times New York Oakland Geese 195

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

His second book on migration is a tale of many birds and many research studies all connected by the theme of migration and by his thoughtful narrative voice. The book is organized into ten chapters, framed by a Prologue and Epilogue focused on Weidensaul’s banding experience in Denali National Park. birding tour company.

Cyprus 252

Cyprus Slaughter Slaughtered Research 252

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2012

How to Be a Better Birder is a very different kind of birding book, and, once you think about it, the perfect book to be written at this particular moment in the birding universe. The cover of the book (not of Derek Lovitch) gives you some idea of the tools the better birder needs in the early 21st-century.

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New Jersey Science United States Birds 235

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 22, 2013

5) Here is an obvious one…books. There’s a lot of good, crucial books published since the late 90′s. Everyone has their personal favorites…a few I endorse include Steve Howell’s books on gulls and seabirds, the newest edition of the National Geographic Guide, and various versions of the Sibley guide.

San Diego 170

San Diego California Condor California Bald Eagle 170

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2017

The 224-page book is organized by habitat and behavior, not taxonomy. One is habitat overlap– birds don’t read, so they may fly from one habitat to another and be seen there by someone using this book. I thought about this a lot, and finally realized that most of the travelers using this book will not care.

Ecuador 172

Ecuador Wildlife Reptiles Birds 172

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2018

This was a slender volume to cover the many topics Beehler addressed – from the mechanics of relocating one’s natal territory after an epic transcontinental journey to the sad and cruel history of resource extraction in the territories of Canada’s First Nations. Smithsonian Books. North on the Wing by Bruce M.

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Meat United States Reptiles Canada 102

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

I know he's a conservationist, therefore I know he will advocate for "managing" the "resources" that are sentient nonhumans. And of course that premise is only possible because the animals (and everything else on the planet) are our "resources." That depends largely on us, our priorities, and our allocation of resources.

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Polar Bears California Condor Bald Eagle Lions 100