Product Description: A born naturalist, Ian McTaggart-Cowan grew up exploring the woods around his North Vancouver home and went on to embrace his passion and energize others with his enthusiasm and knowledge. He greatly influenced conservation and scientific documentation of nature within the province and beyond...read more

Product Description: Canada is home to nearly 500 species of birds, from the Great Lakes and Great Plains to the forests of the Ontario and the far north Arctic Ocean. Some species, such as certain warblers, weigh as much as a tea bag and some, such as Bald Eagles and American White Pelicans, are giants in the sky...read more

Product Description: This volume completes the nonpasserine species and contains accounts for the diurnal birds of prey through woodpeckers.

Product Description: The result of one of the largest regional wildlife efforts on the continent, Birds of British Columbia incorporates information collected by over 10,000 birdwatchers. Detailed species accounts provide a wealth of information on ornithological history, habitat, breeding habits, migratory movements, seasonality, and distribution patterns...read more

Product Description: Eagerly anticipated by bird-watchers and naturalists in the Pacific Northwest, this volume covers 89 passerines, the largest order of birds, including swallows, corvids, chickadees, wrens, thrushes, starlins, and others. Individual species accounts discuss distribution, seasonality, migratory movements, habit requirements, reproduction, and status, and include distribution maps, figures, and photographs of the birds and their habitats, nests, eggs, and young...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)