During a class bird watching assignment, Michelle and Rachel Tilly spot a Cassin's Finch, a bird that has never been spotted in San Francisco, but trouble arises when the local newspaper decides to write a story on their discovery.
From one of Norway’s most beloved authors comes “the best Norwegian novel ever”—an “absolutely moving” story of the beautiful but strained relationship between a mentally disabled man and his sister (Karl Ove Knausgard) Set in ...
With The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America, you won't need to wonder what all that racket is anymore! • Each entry is accompanied by facts about a bird's (annoying) call, its (dumb) migratory pattern, its (downright tacky) ...
Examines the extraordinary plumage, behavior, and conservation successes of all thirty-nine bird of paradise species, and includes images of previously unrepresented birds from remote New Guinea.
From familiar friends to marvelous rarities, Flach’s birds convey the beauty and wonder of the natural world. Here are all manner of songbirds, parrots, and birds of paradise; birds of prey, water birds, and theatrical domestic breeds.
Presents every taxon accepted as species by any of the four major world lists: 11,524 species in total.
This appealing Christmas story with a poignant message for young and old alike will gently prompt discussion on important issues An old owl tells the Christmas story to the community of birds as he has done so many times before, but when he ...
" That is why Susan Fox Rogers is a birder. Learning the Birds is the story of how encounters with birds recharged her adventurous spirit. When the birds first called, Rogers was in a slack season of her life.
Katie is feeding the birds some bread, but Jasper the Cat is hungry too.
Darryl Jones is fascinated by bird feeders. Not the containers supplying food to our winged friends, but the people who fill the containers. Why do people do this? Jones asks in The Birds at My Table. Does the food even benefit the birds?
The Book of the Bird celebrates the bird in art with an elegant, international collection of paintings, illustrations, and photographs, featuring all kinds of birds from the smallest tits and wrens to colourful exotics.