New, large hardback book (17inx20in).

After an introduction that gives a brief survey of the birds, their life cycles, migratory patterns and ranges, this book is based on a sumptuous collection of photographs of North American birds divided into sections on: Birds of Prey; Ducks Geese Swans and Loons; Hummingbirds; Passerines; Sea Birds; Shorebirds; Waders and Cranes; Woodpeckers Sapsuckers and Flickers.

This stunning collection of art and text captures the grace, beauty, and flamboyance of the world's birds. In more than 500 pages, ornithologist Les Beletsky has gathered over 1,600 original paintings that reveal the form, posture, and plumage of all the avian families, with featured illustrations of 1,307 avian species. The paintings are from eleven of the world's leading bird artists, with many being published here for the first time. Copyright 2006.

Part of the revolutionary Crossley ID Guide series, this is the first raptor guide with lifelike scenes composed from multiple photographs-scenes that allow you to identify raptors just as the experts do. Experienced birders use the most easily observed and consistent characteristics-size, shape, behavior, probability, and general color patterns. The book's 101 scenes-including thirty-five double-page layouts-provide a complete picture of how these features are all related. New book.

The Birds of Indiana - by Russell E. Mumford and Charles E. Keller

The Birds of Indiana is a treasure-trove for ornithologists, casual birders, and art-lovers everywhere. Drawing on decades of field work and data collection and featuring the paintings of one of America's finest bird artists, this classic work is an introduction, a reference, and most importantly, a natural history of Indiana's birds, including over 390 species. Authors Russell E. Mumford and Charles E. Keller provide detailed information on each species, including the bird's past and current status, the timing of migrations, the density and location of populations month by month, and the influence of habitat. Indispensable for the text alone, the paintings by William Zimmerman, one of America's greatest bird artists, make the book a collector's item that will be admired and appreciated for centuries. With a scientist's eye and a craftsman's skill, Zimmerman brings each of the 165 birds that nests in the state to life in lavish detail. Readers can almost feel the feathers-and the life force beneath them-in his birds. Each intricate painting reveals the plumage (including both male and female when there are significant differences), the nest and eggs, background habitat, and in many cases a wildflower or two.

A work of art as well as science, The Birds of Indiana belongs in any and every collection of bird books. No ornithologist or casual birder-expert or beginner-in Indiana, the Midwest, or the eastern United States can afford to be without it.

Hardback.

The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior is the landmark book from David Allen Sibley. Designed to enhance the birding experience and to enrich the popular study of North American birds, the book combines more than 795 of his full-color illustrations with authoritative text by 48 expert birders and biologists. In this new guide Sibley takes us beyond identification, to show us how birds live and what they do. Introductory essays outline the principles of avian evolution, life cycle, body structure, flight dynamics, and more. The 80 family-by-family chapters describe the amazing range of behavior dictated by birds' biology and environment. Among the subjects covered and illustrated are: --molts and plumages --habitats --food and foraging --vocalizations and displays --courtship and breeding --rearing of young --migration and movements --scientific groupings --introduced species --accidental species --anatomy --flight patterns --nests and eggs --conservation --global distribution Accessibly written, superbly designed and organized, and brilliantly illustrated, The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior is an indispensable source of information on the avian life around us.

1903 Antique Book: Bird Life By Frank Chapman: A guide to the study of our common birds. Condition is "Good". Includes 75 full page colored plates.

Field Guide to the Endemic Birds of Cuba book by Nils Navarro. Signed. Flexibound. Full color plates and photographs. 168 pages. Copyright 2015.

Guantanamera Cristales full size Cuban cigar in case. Purchased during Indiana Audubon Cuba Bird Tour 2020.

Written by three expert birders, this book is both a finding guide and an annotated checklist of the birds found in Indiana. In Part I, The Haunts, the Kellers present 66 of their favorite Hoosier birding spots-parks, reservoirs, and wildlife refuges, as well as more unexpected and unusual sites. Part II, the Checklist, provides the latest records for northern, central, and southern Indiana for 397 species, from permanent residents to the rarest of strays.

First published in 1979, the book was acclaimed as "extremely functional," "gracefully written", "excellent for touring birders," and "an uncommonly thorough regional guide."

Birds in the Yard Month by Month: What's There and Why, and How to Attract Those That Aren't By Sharon Sorenson.

Get to know all the birds that will flock to your yard throughout the year, and how to attract those that need a little extra persuasion to visit.

Birding on Borrowed Time by Phoebe Snetsigner.

Birding on Borrowed Time tells, in her own words, the remarkable story of Phoebe Snetsigner, the woman who saw more birds in her life than any other human being in the history of the world. Phoebe's quest to see as many birds as possible only began at the age of 34, when she first laid eyes on a resplendent Blackburnian Warbler. Both a lively chronicle of birding adventures and a profoundly moving human document, Birding on Borrowed Time is the memoir of a truly extraordinary woman. The book includes 45 illustrations by renowned avian artist H. Douglas Pratt (including 16 full-color plates), appendices, indices, and a map showing Phoebe's travel destinations.

Endangered and Disappearing Birds of the Midwest by Matt Williams

From the birds who wake us in the morning with their cheerful chorus to those who flock to our feeders and brighten a gloomy winter day, birds fascinate us with their lively and interesting behavior and provide essential services from controlling pest populations to pollinating crops. And yet for all the benefits they provide, many species across Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio are in danger of extinction due to loss of habitat, agricultural expansion, changing forest conditions, and interactions with humans.

In Endangered and Disappearing Birds of the Midwest, Matt Williams profiles forty of the most beautiful and interesting birds who winter, breed, or migrate through the Midwest and whose populations are most in danger of disappearing from the region. Each profile includes the current endangered status of the species, a description of the bird's vocal and nesting patterns, and tips to help readers identify them, along with stunning color images and detailed migration maps.

An exquisite and timely examination of our feathered friends, Endangered and Disappearing Birds of the Midwest is a call to action to protect these vulnerable and gorgeous creatures that enliven our world.

Is Birdsong Music? by Hollis Taylor

How and when does music become possible? Is it a matter of biology, or culture, or an interaction between the two? Revolutionizing the way we think about the core values of music and human exceptionalism, Hollis Taylor takes us on an outback road trip to meet the Australian pied butcherbird. Recognized for their distinct timbre, calls, and songs, both sexes of this songbird sing in duos, trios, and even larger choirs, transforming their flute-like songs annually. While birdsong has long inspired artists, writers, musicians, and philosophers, and enthralled listeners from all walks of life, researchers from the sciences have dominated its study. As a field musicologist, Taylor spends months each year in the Australian outback recording the songs of the pied butcherbird and chronicling their musical activities. She argues persuasively in these pages that their inventiveness in song surpasses biological necessity, compelling us to question the foundations of music and confront the remarkably entangled relationship between human and animal worlds. Equal parts nature essay, memoir, and scholarship, Is Birdsong Music? offers vivid portraits of the extreme locations where these avian choristers are found, quirky stories from the field, and an in-depth exploration of the vocalizations of the pied butcherbird.

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The Joy of Bird Feeding by Wild Birds Unlimited founder, Jim Carpenter, is the ultimate reference for backyard bird watchers and bird feeders. It offers practical tips and solutions to attracting and identifying birds, offering the best foods for the birds you want to see, and how to deter those unwanted guests to feeding stations. Each chapter focuses on an important aspect of the hobby and guides readers to the essential steps of bird feeding mastery: Founder of Wild Birds Unlimited, Jim Carpenter brings a lifelong passion for birds and bird feeding along with real solutions to make anyone's backyard a paradise for the birds and for bird watchers. New.

Good Birder's Don't Wear White by Pete Dunne

In these 50 light and fun original essays, the biggest names in birding dispense advice to birders of every level, on topics ranging from feeding birds and cleaning binoculars to pishing and pelagic birding. Whether satirizing bird snobs or relating the traditions and taboos of the birding culture, each essay is as chock-full of helpful information as it is entertaining. Used. Purchase sticker from TNC Ramsey Canyon, AZ!

Atlas of Breeding Birds of Indiana, by Castrale, Hopkins, and Keller.

This exceptional study details where birds where found to breed in Indiana over a six-year period, 1985 to 1990. Two pages are devoted to each bird. One page features fairly lengthy text about that bird, as well as a chart pertaining to "Regional Occurrence and Relative Abundance Information." The second page is an illustration showing breeding sites within the state, broken down by counties, with different symbols for confirmed, probable and possible sites. Hardcover, 389 pages.

Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts by J. Drew Lanham

"You are a rare bird, easy to see but invisible just the same." That thought is close at hand in Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts, as renowned naturalist and writer J. Drew Lanham explores his obsession with birds and all things wild in a mixture of poetry and prose. He questions vital assumptions taken for granted by so many birdwatchers: can birding be an escape if the birder is not in a safe place? Who is watching him as he watches birds?

With a refreshing balance of reverence and candor, Lanham paints a unique portrait of the natural world: listening to cicadas, tracking sandpipers, towhees, wrens, and cataloging fellow birdwatchers at a conference where he is one of two black birders. The resulting insights are as honest as they are illuminating.

Hardcover

Published April 2021

Bringing Back the Birds - by American Bird Conservancy (Author), Owen Deutsch (Photographer) *signed by Owen Deutsch

With species ranging from tiny iridescent-green hummingbirds to giant, gangly flightless rheas, the Americas feature an astonishing array of birds that rely upon the region's tremendous diversity of habitats. That reliance may be very localized or it may reach across continents: Swainson's Thrushes travel from South America all the way to Alaska, while certain grebes spend their entire lives on a single lake. Treasured songbirds feed at northern backyard feeders yet often arrive from points far to the south.

The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) works across the Americas with a goal to have birds routinely prioritized in all land-use and policy decision-making. Bringing Back the Birds showcases these efforts, alongside the stunning photography of Owen Deutsch and eloquent essays from renowned experts in the field: Peter P. Marra, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center; researchers Kimberly and Kenn Kaufman; John W. Fitzpatrick, Cornell Lab of Ornithology; and Mike Parr, EJ Williams, and Clare Nielsen of ABC.

Birds, Bees & Butterflies, Bringing Nature into Your Yard & Garden by Nancy J. Hajeski (Author)

With closeups and dramatic images from National Geographic photographers throughout, this coffee table book profiles more than 100 birds, butterflies, and bees that we want in our gardens, and what attracts them. Orange slices, for example, will bring Baltimore orioles, while Anna's hummingbirds are drawn to currants and gooseberries, and the luna moth prefers to hang out on black walnut, American beech, and other hardwoods. Nancy Hajeski explains how to create a butterfly garden, what materials and settings particular birds prefer for nesting, and how you can help the ailing honeybee population by cultivating certain flowers, trees, and shrubs.

The Backyard Bird Feeder's Bible: The A-to-Z Guide To Feeders, Seed Mixes, Projects, And Treats - by Sally Roth

Become the best bird host in your neighborhood. Let The Backyard Bird Feeder's Bible by Sally Roth be your guide to the foods and feeders, plants and projects that will guarantee you a yard that's absolutely brimming with birds!

Bird By Bird Gardening by Sally Roth

In a book that she considers her life's work, veteran gardener and naturalist Sally Roth takes the chance and happenstance out of backyard birding. Readers learn what design features and edible treats will tempt particular bird families so that their birdbaths and feeders will be overflowing with the visitors of their choice. Bird-by-Bird Gardening includes nineteen garden designs for attracting specific bird families-such as hummingbirds, nuthatches, swallows, thrushes, or wrens-as well as water projects and feeder recipes for each bird family. With Rodale's best-selling bird author to guide them, bird lovers will soon have their favorite birds lingering longer in the backyard-and revisiting year after year.

The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World

James F. Clements

Birds have long held a unique dual role as a model group for scientists and as the focus of birders' passionate quests. Despite centuries of observation, each year brings the discovery and description of several entirely new avian species and hundreds of other taxonomic "splits" or "lumps" based on DNA data. In this arena of continual and increasing taxonomic change, The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World is a compendium of the more than 9,800 species of birds recognized by the scientific and birding communities. This completely revised sixth edition incorporates hundreds of updates since the last edition. In taxonomic sequence, it provides the scientific and English name of each species and a description of the worldwide range of each species and subspecies.

New in wrapping.

Rare and Elusive Birds of North America by William Burt

This book contains over fifty remarkable photographs of these camera-shy birds. Additionally, it contains an appendix of thumbnail sketches about each of the birds featured in the book: where they can be found, their markings, and other unique characteristics. Rare and elusive Birds of North America is a wonderful addition to the libraries of serious and armchair birders alike.

Used.

Soldiers, Teachers, Artists, Doctors, Naturalists, Explorers : Ten Early American Ornithologists by Jane Tylor Field Alexander

Brief biographies of Mark Catesby, Georg Wilhelm Steller, Alexander Wilson, John James Audubon, Nuttall Thomas, John Kirk Townsend, Spencer Fullerton Baird, Thomas Brewer, Elliott Coues, and Robert Ridgway.

Gardens of Art: The Sculpture Park at the Frederik Meijer Gardens
by Fredrik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park (Author), E Jane Connell (Editor)

The Bird Guide: Land Birds East of the Rockies from Parrots to Bluebirds by Chester A Reed

Originally published in 1906. This is a 1909 edition. Used.

*The photo is a representation of the cover, not a view of the actual book.

John James Audubon, birds of America by Helgard Reichholf-Riehm

Obsessed with the idea of recording all the birds of America in a single pictorial zoological atlas, the extraordinary naturalist and painter John James Audubon single-mindedly set out to accomplish this ambitious goal--and did so in ten years. Audubon's sumptuous folio of illustrations consisted of four volumes of hand-colored copper engravings, the finest of which have been chosen for this collection. Ranging from seabirds to songbirds, scavengers to woodland sprites, and birds of prey to superb aerialists, these illustrations are unparalleled in art history. The informative text provides a capsulized biography of Audubon and traces his epic project, explaining how he managed to portray the birds in positions that fit the original book's large "elephant folio" format, and commenting on how the artist's spirit has helped to shape the field of nature and bird conservation around the world. 7 1/4" x 9". Color plates.

Used.

The photo is a representation of the cover, not a view of the actual book.

A Pocket Guide to Hawai'i's Birds by H. Douglas Pratt

This guide is a colorful introduction to the beautiful birds that inhabit America's only tropical state. Not intended as a complete field guide, it will nevertheless identify all birds likely to be seen by the beginner.

Used.

Bird Song Ear Training Guide: Who Cooks for Poor Sam Peabody? Learn to Recognize the Songs of Birds from the Midwest and Northeast States Audio CD

This Audio CD is designed for anyone who wants to learn how to recognize bird songs. It features the sounds of 189 different bird species found in the Midwest and Northeast States.Each bird song recording is followed by a short description of the sound along with a common mnemonic used to remember it. Many well-known song mnemonics such as "Who cooks for you?" for the Barred Owl and "Poor Sam Peabody" for the White-throated Sparrow are included. Following the song and mnemonic, the source of the sound is revealed. By naming the bird at the end of each track, the listener is allowed to wonder and guess at the nature of the sound. Active listening, similar to what one experiences in the field while searching for an unknown bird song, is a key to engaging the memory process.

One way to use this CD is to enable the "Random Play" or "Shuffle" option on a home CD player, portable stereo, or personal computer. Although it may be frustrating at first, repetition of this "quiz" game will quickly improve recognition skills. Gaining familiarity with these songs will greatly increase any bird watcher's enjoyment and awareness of birds in their natural habitat.

Features:

- 189 bird species found in the Midwest and Northeast states
- Digital bird song recordings made in Wisconsin
- Brief narration after each song includes descriptive, memorable and often funny mnemonics
- Can be used as a field guide to learn and identify songs or as a recognition quiz game
- Easy to use alphabetical track listing of all birds and their mnemonics
- It is a great gift for any birdwatcher, beginner or advanced.
- Total running time: 60 minutes

Planting Native to Attract Birds to Your Yard by Sharon Sorenson

Welcoming birds to your yard isn't about choosing the right feeders and bird food. If you want to attract the widest range of birds to your home, you need to plant a diversity of native plants. Why go green? Native plants live longer; they are drought resistant, take less water and fertilizer, they cost less, are less work and easier to maintain. And a big plus-they are good for the environment.

In 2007, Douglas Tallamy published the groundbreaking book, Bringing Nature Home, on going native to protect wildlife. Since then Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, the National Wildlife Federation, and National Audubon have all endorsed and encouraged gardening with native plants.

Planting Native to Attract Birds to Your Yard is the first book to cover planting native to specifically attract birds. The book recommends plants for all types of backyards, no matter how large or small-from large plots to container gardens. Sorenson gives state-specific recommendations for 31 Eastern U.S. states-including and east of Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana to the East Coast, and from the Canadian border to the Gulf Coast-for native plants that support birds during the four seasons. The book covers the full gamut of native plants-nearly 200 species of trees, shrubs, vines, grasses, and perennials-and gives details on why specific plants are bird friendly and how to choose plants that work successfully in attractive home landscapes. It also includes dramatic color photos of nearly 70 bird species.

Birders, gardeners, and landscapers-all who love birds and beautiful gardens-will find this book a must.

Ruby's Birds by Mya Thompson (author) and Claudia Dávila (illustrator)

Hardcover.

Target: Ages 3-7

Overview
Meet Ruby, a plucky young girl who uncovers the wild side of her city neighborhood with the help of a grown-up friend. When Ruby realizes there are amazing birds right in her neighborhood, her imagination takes flight. Birders have a name for the moment they get hooked-they call it their spark moment. This is the story of Ruby's spark moment in her very own words.

This delightful story includes a seek and find element with birds hiding on nearly every page. Information about where to find all of the birds in real life follows, plus Ruby's tips for taking a nature walk, and how to connect with Celebrate Urban Birds, a citizen-science project at the Cornell Lab.
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