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The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds
Author: Julie Zickefoose
ISBN-10: 0547003099
ISBN-13: 9780547003092
Published: 2012-03-20
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Book Description:
Julie Zickefoose lives for the moment when a wild, free living bird that she has raised or rehabilitated comes back to visit her; their eyes meet and they share a spark of understanding. Her reward for the grueling work of rescuing birds—such as feeding baby hummingbirds every twenty minutes all day long—is her empathy with them and the satisfaction of knowing the world is a birdier and more beautiful place.The Bluebird Effect is about the change that's set in motion by one single act, such as saving an injured bluebird—or a hummingbird, swift, or phoebe. Each of the twenty five chapters covers a different species, and many depict an individual bird, each with its own personality, habits, and quirks. And each chapter is illustrated with Zickefoose's stunning watercolor paintings and drawings. Not just individual tales about the trials and triumphs of raising birds, The Bluebird Effect mixes humor, natural history, and memoir to give readers an intimate story of a life lived among wild birds.
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The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America (Stokes Field Guides)
Author: Donald Stokes
ISBN-10: 0316010502
ISBN-13: 9780316010504
Published: 2010-10-25
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
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The culmination of many years of research, observation, and study, the new STOKES FIELD GUIDE includes more species, more photographs, and more useful identification information than any other photographic field guide. The guide features 853 North American bird species and more than 3,400 stunning color photographs. And yet it's portable enough to fit in your pocket! The photographs cover all significant plumages, including male, female, summer, winter, immature, morphs, important subspecies, and birds in flight. Also included * the newest scientific and common names and phylogenetic order; * special help for identifying birds in flight through important clues of behavior, plumage, and shape; * detailed descriptions of songs and calls; * important behavioral information; * key habitat preferences of each species; and * the newest range maps, detailing species' winter, summer, year-round ranges, and migration routes. * a special downloadable CD with more than 600 bird sounds (from Lang Elliott and Kevin Colver) and 150 photographs: the calls and songs of 150 common North American species.
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Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
Author: Stacey O'Brien
ISBN-10: 1416551778
ISBN-13: 9781416551775
Published: 2009-06-02
Publisher: Free Press
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This New York Times bestselling "sweet, quirky memoir" (USA TODAY) tells the "heartwarming story" (Publishers Weekly) of a biologist and the owl she rescued and raised. A book of unforgettable emotional resonance, Wesley the Owl took the book world by storm, with a 4-star review in People and a starred review in Publishers Weekly. Stacey O’Brien’s pioneering work about the emotional lives of owls is nothing less than enthralling. When adopted, Wesley could not have survived in the wild. O’Brien watches him turn into a voracious carnivore (eating up to six mice a day), an avid communicator with whom she develops a language all their own, and eventually, a robust adult who preens in the mirror and objects to visits by any other males to "his" house. She makes important discoveries along the way, and tells how the playful, reasoning, and loving creature she set out to save ended up saving her. Charting a unique partnership, Wesley the Owl is for animal lovers everywhere.
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Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America (Peterson Field Guides)
Author: Roger Tory Peterson
ISBN-10: 0618966145
ISBN-13: 9780618966141
Published: 2008-08-01
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co
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Book Description:
In celebration of the centennial of Roger Tory Peterson s birth comes a historic collaboration among renowned birding experts and artists to preserve and enhance the Peterson legacy. This new book combines the Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Birds and Peterson Field Guide to Western Birds into one volume, filled with accessible, concise information and including almost three hours of video podcasts to make bird watching even easier. 10.00 inches tall x 8.00 inches long x 1.00 inches wide
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Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans
Author: John Marzluff
ISBN-10: 143919873X
ISBN-13: 9781439198735
Published: 2012-06-05
Publisher: Free Press
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Book Description:
Stan Coren’s groundbreaking The Intelligence of Dogs meets Bernd Heinrich’s classic Mind of the Raven in this astonishing, beautifully illustrated look at the uncanny intelligence and emotions of crows.New research indicates that crows are among the brightest animals in the world. And professor of Wildlife Science at the University of Washington John Marzluff has done some of the most extraordinary research on crows, which has been featured in The New York Times, National Geographic, and the Chicago Tribune, as well as on NPR and PBS. Now he teams up with artist and fellow naturalist Tony Angell to offer an in-depth look at these incredible creatures—in a book that is brimming with surprises. Redefining the notion of “bird brain,” crows and ravens are often called feathered apes because of their clever tool-making and their ability to respond to environmental challenges, including those posed by humans. Indeed, their long lives, social habits, and large complex brains allow them to observe and learn from us and our social gatherings. Their marvelous brains allow crows to think, plan, and reconsider their actions. In these and other enthralling revelations, Marzluff and Angell portray creatures that are nothing short of amazing: they play, bestow gifts on people who help or feed them, use cars as nutcrackers, seek revenge on animals that harass them, are tricksters that lure birds to their deaths, and dream. The authors marvel at crows’ behavior that we humans would find strangely familiar, from delinquency and risk taking to passion and frolic. A testament to years of painstaking research, this fully illustrated, riveting work is a thrilling look at one of nature’s most wondrous creatures.
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Stokes Beginner's Guide to Birds: Eastern Region (Stokes Field Guide Series)
Author: Donald Stokes
ISBN-10: 0316818119
ISBN-13: 9780316818117
Published: 1996-10-01
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
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Book Description:
Is that butterfly outside your window a Monarch or a Giant Swallowtail? What's the best kind of feeder for attracting birds to your backyard? This pocket-size, brilliantly colorful, simple-to-use guide is an ideal introduction to the birds of the Eastern United States. It contains dozens of full-color photographs that enable readers of all ages to identify the most common species; range maps; tips on attracting and observing firds; information on habitat needs, life cycle, food preferences; and much more.
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Sibley Backyard Birding Flashcards: 100 Common Birds of Eastern and Western North America
Author: David Allen Sibley
ISBN-10: 0307888975
ISBN-13: 9780307888976
Published: 2012-02-07
Publisher: Potter Style
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The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession
Author: Mark Obmascik
ISBN-10: 145164860X
ISBN-13: 9781451648607
Published: 2011-09-27
Publisher: Free Press
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Every January 1, a quirky crowd storms out across North America for a spectacularly competitive event called a Big Year—a grand, expensive, and occasionally vicious 365-day marathon of birdwatching. For three men in particular, 1998 would become a grueling battle for a new North American birding record. Bouncing from coast to coast on frenetic pilgrimages for once-in-a-lifetime rarities, they brave broiling deserts, bug-infested swamps, and some of the lumpiest motel mattresses known to man. This unprecedented year of beat-the-clock adventures ultimately leads one man to a record so gigantic that it is unlikely ever to be bested. Here, prizewinning journalist Mark Obmascik creates a dazzling, fun narrative of the 275,000-mile odyssey of these three obsessives as they fight to win the greatest— or maybe worst—birding contest of all time.
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Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Western North America, Fourth Edition (Peterson Field Guides)
Author: Roger Tory Peterson
ISBN-10: 0547152701
ISBN-13: 9780547152707
Published: 2010-03-14
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Field Guide to Western Birds
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The Song of the Cardinal
Author: Gene Stratton-Porter
ISBN-10: 1611045274
ISBN-13: 9781611045277
Published: 2011-04-15
Publisher: ReadaClassic.com
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Book Description:
“The Song of the Cardinal, Gene Stratton-Porter’s first book, serves as a delightful introduction to the more than twenty others that she ultimately published along with numerous stories and articles in magazines. Stratton-Porter is one of the best-selling authors ever and her novels have never gone out of print. The fictional Cardinal that the book is about is actually a superbird who is bigger and redder and sings louder and more beautifully than any other Cardinal in the world. Moreover, it sings with such clarity that the literal meaning of its songs can be interpreted by human beings, primarily an old farmer and his wife who own the farm on which this bird resides. The Song of the Cardinal seems to be aimed at adults although its tone and intellectual level is more like that of a child’s book. According to the film "Voice of Limberlost" it is based on a true experience in which the author finds a dead Cardinal “shot by some fiend with a gun simply to test his aim.” She picked up the bird and carried it home, formulating the story along the way. The book reveals the strength of her feelings toward nature and invokes religion as the main source of moral authority. The book is clearly intended to influence the behavior and attitudes of hunters and marksmen toward wild things, especially birds, and to invoke the fear of God into any reader who would willingly harm them. The strengths of this book are that nature is presented in an endearing way that might sensitize people on an emotional level to the need to preserve it. It calls attention to the moral dimensions of man’s impact on nature.
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