Product Description: Throughout the bird world, examples of strange and seemingly inexplicable behavior abound. For example: Why do male Fairywrens bring flowers to females as a nuptial gift in the pre-dawn darkness? Especially when the gift-givers are not the official mates of the females concerned, but visitors, who furthermore may give these gifts in full view of the official mate? Why do gangs of White-winged Choughs "kidnap" their neighbors' fledglings and then keep them in their "gang"? Which bird is so big, strong, and fierce that stories of it killing humans abound? This book looks at accounts of murderous Cassowaries and explains just what might have happened...read more

King penguins in Antarctica, cassowaries in Queensland, cocks-of-the rock in Peru. This gorgeous book describes the one hundred best bird-watching sites on the planet. Introductory sections give an overview of each continent or region, and then each site is listed and ranked on a country-by-country basis. The entries all include a full description, a list of key species, a map, and information on the best time of year to visit. Lavish color photographs capture rare and elusive species as well as some of the world's best avian spectacles, such as the snow goose blizzard at Bosque del Apache and the flocks of lesser flamingos on Africa's Rift Valley lakes. Many birding sites are included for their unique avifauna, endemics, and oddities--the Seychelles, Andasibe in Madagascar, Taveuni in Fiji, and the Alakai wilderness in Hawaii, among others. With its truly global coverage--of the huge flocks of wintering geese in Britain and the United States, the cranes in both Japan and France, the "river of raptors" passage at Veracruz in Mexico, and much more--this book will inform and inspire anyone who plans to visit, or who dreams of visiting, these extraordinary locations.Copub: New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd.

Product Description: The popular view of birdwatchers (or "twitchers") is of people who rush madly from one end of the country to another to tick birds off their lists. But behind the headlines are an army of enthusiasts who do quite the reverse—they stay devotedly within a small local area, their Patch, and enthuse and obsess about the birds within it...read more

Discusses what birds are and provides information about size, habits, voice, diet, habitat, and distribution for many specific kinds of birds, including emus, emperor penguins, cockatiels, and skylarks.

Product Description: Britain is home to almost 100 species of mammals. Many of them are nocturnal, almost all are difficult to see, and most people—even very keen natural history enthusiasts—struggle to see more than about 10 a year—rabbits, foxes, a few deer, perhaps...read more

A colorful introduction to birding offers information about birds in general, tips on identifying various species, descriptions of various types of habitats, guidelines for selecting and using equipment, lists of different birdwatching societies, and a comprehensive glossary of terms.

The Complete Back Garden Birdwatcher provides everything you need to watch and identify birds throughout the year, with detailed,, practical advice on encouraging birds to visit your garden. Detailed species profiles and advice on bird identification. Advice on characteristic behaviours and birdsongs to look and listen out for. Month by month breakdown of the key species for each season. No-nonsense guidance on providing the ideal garden environment for birds. Accessible and lively text with beautiful photographs and artworks.

Product Description: Many birdwatchers keep a species list of some sort and at any level, it is a useful aide memoire to what was seen, when and where. This book offers guidance on how to start "listing" birds, how to identify them, what sort of notes to take and essential equipment...read more

Takes a birdwatcher's view of migration and focuses on what he/she might see and experience and question. Information on where to see migrating birds or observe ringing is included, as is how to interpret the weather in terms of its impact on migration. This book includes practical tips and suggestions, in addition to scientific findings.

Provides advice on encouraging birds into your garden and how to avoid any problems that might arise. The book offers an illustrated identikit, which profiles a selection of common garden birds, followed by detailed sections on typical, easily-observed behaviour, and a breakdown of the types of bird calls to expect and when to look for them.

Product Description: This volume provides easily-used identification details linked to photographs. Each bird entry includes: appearance, colour and distinctive features; and information on juveniles, range and habitat, nests, call and breeding sites...read more

A companion to standard field guides which helps you identify birds by the way they fly, feed and flock.

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