Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Washington

How to Attract Birds to Your Garden

Mya-Rose Craig

North Carolina

Looking to the Skies in Search of a Better Future

Birder, environmentalist and activist Mya-Rose Craig is an international force. In her moving memoir, Birdgirl, she chronicles her mother's struggle with mental illness, and shares her passion for social justice and fierce dedication to preserving our planet.

Meet Mya-Rose - otherwise known as "Birdgirl." In her words: "Birdwatching has never felt like a hobby, or a pastime I can pick up and put down, but a thread running through the pattern of my life, so tightly woven in that there's no way of pulling it free and leaving the rest of my life intact."

Birdgirl follows Mya-Rose and her family as they travel the world in search of rare birds and astonishing landscapes. But a shadow moves with them, too--her mother's deepening mental health crisis. In the face of this struggle, the Craigs turn to nature again and again for comfort and meaning.

Each bird they see brings a moment of joy and reflection, instilling in Mya-Rose a deep love of the natural world. But Mya-Rose has also seen first-hand the reckless destruction we are inflicting on our fragile planet, as well as the pervasive racism infecting every corner of the world, leading her to campaign for Black, Indigenous, people of color.

Joining the fight of today's young environmental activists, Mya-Rose shares her experiences to advocate for the simple, profound gift of nature, and for making it accessible to all, calling her readers to rediscover the power of our natural world.
Birder, activist, daughter: this is her story.

Birdgirl

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Connecticut

Birdwatching is for everyone. No other outdoor pursuit yields so much enjoyment of nature's ways with so little effort, and BIRDING FOR BEGINNERS is the ideal introduction to the pleasures to be found from birdwatching. All the essentials for the beginner to enjoy birdwatching are covered:          ¸         equipment          ¸         identification techniques          ¸         field guides          ¸         optics for birders          ¸         birding by 'ear'                 and much more. Making this guide uniquely valuable for the novice are chapters on viewing bird behaviors such as feeding, flight, feather care, nesting, and migration so the birder understands not just what kind of bird it is, but what the bird is doing. Clear black and white illustrations as well as an exquisite four-color photographic insert, bring this exciting world vividly to life. In addition, a selection of appendices cover everything from birding organizations to birding publications. The most important qualification for birdwatching is a desire to do it--and BIRDING FOR BEGINNERS is just the guide to help make that desire a pleasurable reality.

Birding for Beginners

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George H. Harrison

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Ohio

The Little Book of Birding encapsulates our fascination and relationship with wild birds. This book is an exploration into the world of birds from the watchers' point of view. The Little Book of Birding invites us to further explore and actively participate in their cycle of life. Renowned author, photographer and bird-watching enthusiast George Harrison provides more than a glimpse into the unpredictable and often humorous avian world. Experienced bird watchers will recognize with delight the insight he imparts with his colorful narrative. They will also recognize themselves - albeit with some embarrassment - in many of the humorous photographs, which show to what lengths some people will go in their obsession with birds. Together, text and photographs combine to create the perfect portrait of how our lives are enriched daily by the presence of wild birds.

Little Book of Birding

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New Hampshire

Extraordinary Encounters with Ordinary Birds

Sam Keen, the New York Times best-selling author of Fire in the Belly, has spent a lifetime reflecting on nature. In Sightings, a collection of essays, bird watching forms the basis for observations spiritual and soulful, witty and wise. He describes his childhood ramblings in the silence of the Tennessee wilderness as feeling distinctly more spiritualthan the hard pews of his grandmother's church. Later in life, the presumed extinction and subsequent rediscovery of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker prompts a meditation on the nature of the sacred. Blessed with moments of beauty and the insight to recognize them as such, Keen translates the marvels of nature into the language of heart and soul.

Sightings

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Wisconsin

Dispatches from Contemporary Writers

In this dazzling literary collection, writers explore and celebrate their lives with and love for birds?detailing experiences from Alaska to Bermuda, South Dakota to Panama. In When Birds Are Near, fresh new voices as well as seasoned authors offer tales of adventure, perseverance, and fun, whether taking us on a journey down Highway 1 to see a rare California Condor, fighting the destruction of our grasslands, or simply watching the feeder from a kitchen window.

But these essays are more than just field notes. The authors reflect on love, loss, and family, engaging a broad array of emotions, from wonder to amusement. As Rob Nixon writes, "Sometimes the best bird experiences are defined less by a rare sighting than by a quality of presence, some sense of overall occasion that sets in motion memories of a particular landscape, a particular light, a particular choral effect, a particular hiking partner." Or, as the poet Elizabeth Bradfield remarks, "We resonate with certain animals, I believe, because they are a physical embodiment of an answer we are seeking. A sense of ourselves in the world that is nearly inexpressible."

When Birds Are Near gives us the chance to walk alongside these avid appreciators of birds and reflect on our own interactions with our winged companions.

Contributors: Christina Baal, Thomas Bancroft, K. Bannerman, R. A. Behrstock, Richard Bohannon, Elizabeth Bradfield, Christine Byl, Susan Cerulean, Sara Crosby, Jenn Dean, Rachel Dickinson, Katie Fallon, Jonathan Franzen, Andrew Furman, Tim Gallagher, David Gessner, Renata Golden, Ursula Murray Husted, Eli J. Knapp, Donald Kroodsma, J. Drew Lanham, John R. Nelson, Rob Nixon, Jonathan Rosen, Alison Townsend, Alison Világ

When Birds Are Near

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Oregon

A Love Story... with Wings

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hillis the inspiring story of how one man found his life’s work—and true love—among a gang of wild parrots roosting in one of America’s most picturesque urban settings. Mark Bittner was down on his luck. He’d gone to San Francisco at the age of twenty-one to take a stab at a music career, but he hadn’t had much success. After many years as an odd-jobber in the area, he accepted work as a housekeeper for an elderly woman. The gig came with a rent-free studio apartment on the city’s famed Telegraph Hill, which had somehow become home to a flock of brilliantly colored wild parrots. In this unforgettable story, Bittner recounts how he became fascinated by the birds and made up his mind to get to know them and gain their trust. He succeeds to such a degree that he becomes the local wild parrot expert and a tourist attraction. People can’t help gawking at the man who, during daily feedings, stands with parrots perched along both arms and atop his head. When a documentary filmmaker comes along to capture the phenomenon on film, the story takes a surprising turn, and Bittner’s life truly takes flight.

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill

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Kentucky

Birding at The End of Nature 

Looks at America's fascination with birding and the roles of birds in a culture caught between its desire to both conquer and conserve, studying the meaning of a hobby born out of a simultaneous industrialization and longing for the natural world.

The Life of the Skies

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Vermont

A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession

Every year on January 1, a quirky crowd of adventurers storms out across North America for a spectacularly competitive event called a Big Year -- a grand, grueling, expensive, and occasionally vicious, "extreme" 365-day marathon of birdwatching.For three men in particular, 1998 would be a whirlwind, a winner-takes-nothing battle for a new North American birding record. In frenetic pilgrimages for once-in-a-lifetime rarities that can make or break their lead, the birders race each other from Del Rio, Texas, in search of the rufous-capped warbler, to Gibsons, British Columbia, on a quest for Xantus's hummingbird, to Cape May, New Jersey, seeking the offshore great skua. Bouncing from coast to coast on their potholed road to glory, they brave broiling deserts, roiling oceans, bug-infested swamps, a charge by a disgruntled mountain lion, and some of the lumpiest motel mattresses known to man.The unprecedented year of beat-the-clock adventures ultimately leads one man to a new record -- one so gigantic that it is unlikely ever to be bested...finding and identifying an extraordinary 745 different species by official year-end count. Prize-winning journalist Mark Obmascik creates a rollicking, dazzling narrative of the 275,000-mile odyssey of these three obsessives as they fight to the finish to claim the title in the greatest -- or maybe the worst -- birding contest of all time. With an engaging, unflappably wry humor, Obmascik memorializes their wild and crazy exploits and, along the way, interweaves an entertaining smattering of science about birds and their own strange behavior with a brief history of other bird-men and -women; turns out even Audubon pushed himself beyond the brink when he was chasing and painting the birds of America. A captivating tour of human and avian nature, passion and paranoia, honor and deceit, fear and loathing, The Big Year shows the lengths to which people will go to pursue their dreams, to conquer and categorize -- no matter how low the stakes. This is a lark of a read for anyone with birds on the brain -- or not.

The Big Year

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Texas

A Fun Guide to Discovering Birds in Texas

""Parking Lot Birding: A Fun Guide to Discovering Birds in Texas" is for people who would love to see a wide variety of birds without hiking the winding trails often associated with serious birding. Divided geographically, with each of the nine sections centered on a large urban area or defined ecoregion, each birding stop includes the name and address of a specific birding location, number of species that have been recorded in that location, and types of birding amenities offered. The parking area or the campus of a nature center often offers opportunities to see more birds more easily. From those cleared spaces, the parking lot birder can peer into the habitats that the birds need to thrive-the thickets, woodlands, wetlands, or fields that extend beyond the manicured areas. We don't have to trek arduously into the hinterlands to have meaningful wildlife encounters"--

Parking Lot Birding

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Beginner's Guide to Birdwatching

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Beautiful color photos, solid copy with clean pages and no writing. The book celebrates the beauty and diversity of birds, emphasizing their response to the changing seasons. First edition published in 1986. DJ has shelf and edge wear; no tears. #birds #ornithology #science #animals #nonfiction #hardcover #vintage #birding #hobby (Shelf 6B)

New Jersey

Birds for All Seasons

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Pennsylvania

Birding Experts Share the World's Geatest Destinations

Chris Santella presents some of the greatest bird watching venues in the world through interviews with prominent birders, tour leaders, conservationists, orthinologists and academics.

Fifty Places to Go Birding Before You Die

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An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World

Traveling to 41 countries in 2015 with a backpack and binoculars, Noah Strycker became the first person to see more than half the world's 10,000 species of birds in one year.



In 2015, Noah Strycker set himself a lofty goal: to become the first person to see half the world's birds in one year. For 365 days, with a backpack, binoculars, and a series of one-way tickets, he traveled across forty-one countries and all seven continents, eventually spotting 6,042 species--by far the biggest birding year on record.



This is no travelogue or glorified checklist. Noah ventures deep into a world of blood-sucking leeches, chronic sleep deprivation, airline snafus, breakdowns, mudslides, floods, war zones, ecologic devastation, conservation triumphs, common and iconic species, and scores of passionate bird lovers around the globe. By pursuing the freest creatures on the planet, Noah gains a unique perspective on the world they share with us--and offers a hopeful message that even as many birds face anuncertain future, more people than ever are working to protect them.

 

Birding Without Borders

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Companion to Birds of the Carolinas

See a yellow bird and donít know what it is? No problem! This remarkable field guide features 140 bird species (only Carolina birds!) organized by color. Full-page photos, detailed descriptions, Stanís Notes and range maps help to ensure correct I.D.

Birds of the Carolinas Field Guide

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Illinois

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.

A Pocket Guide to Hawaii's Birds

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Iowa

Introduces the characteristics and behavior of birds, describes specific species, and offers advice on observing and photographing them

Birding

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Delightful and interesting anthology of birder stories. For example, Audubon’s personal account of Passenger Pigeons: circa 1820, he and others estimated flocks totaling one billion birds; they would darken the sky. In 1914, the last survivor of this species died at the Cincinnati Zoo. Pages a little tanned; previous owner name in front. Boards sunned and worn. Please see photos. No DJ. #birds #birding #birdwatching #ornithology #hardcover #nonfiction #anthology (Shelf 5B)

The Bird Watcher’s Anthology 

New York

Birding in the Fast Lane

Offers an insight into the world of twitching, and the personal account of some of the author's missions to add birds to his increasing British life-list. This book contains his own photographs, paintings and illustrations, as well as car crashes, stormy sea crossings, plane convoys and even a coastguard rescue, encountered during his bird-quest.

Uk500

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Beautiful little book with color photos on every page. Nice gift for both birders and photographers. Book measures 4.5” x 6”, 189 pages. #birds #birding #birdwatching #photography #cameras #nonfiction #softcover #fieldguide #gift (Shelf 2B)

The Essential Handbook for Capturing Birds With Your Digital SLR

The Bird Photography Field Guide

#hardcover #birding excellent reference for identifying birds, with reference maps and illustrations, 288 pages.￼￼

Colorado

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Eastern Region

The easiest-to-use and most comprehensive field guide to North American birds-from the country's preeminent writers on birds and nature Drawing on more than twenty years' experience as bird and wildlife experts, Donald and Lillian Stokes have produced field guides that are factually, visually, and organizationally superior to any other books you can buy. You'll find: * All the identification information on a single page-color photographs, range map, and detailed description. No more fumbling to match photos with text! * For fast reference-a compact alphabetical index inside the front and back covers. * More than 900 high-resolution color identification photographs. * An illustrated Quick Guide to the most common backyard and feeder birds. * Convenient colored tabs keyed to each bird group. * Concise and comprehensive text, with information on habitat; plumage variation; feeding, nesting, and mating behavior; bird feeder proclivity; and-for the first time in any guide-population trends and conservation status.

Stokes Field Guide to Birds

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Birds and Blooms Editors

Attract more birds with these creative, healthy recipes. And be sure to keep your binoculars near the window! Clean pages, no writing, no owner name. Spiral-bound measuring 7.5” x 5.25”, 119 pages. (1F)

Easy-to-Make Recipes for Your Feathered Friends

From gift-giving treats to beak-smacking suets, this book offers 50 recipes that are sure to delight backyard guests and lure a variety of new species. No exotic ingredients are necessary-with just a little suet from the supermarket, some sand from the hardware store, scraps from the kitchen, and inexpensive seeds and grains, you can create wonderful recipes. You'll also find: A handy at-a-glance list that pairs all 50 recipes with the species they attract Instructions to make recycled homemade feeders, from hanging feeders made from coconuts and grapefruit to table feeders made out of muffin tins and apple boxes Tips on which plants, feeders, birdbaths, and nesting boxes are best for the types of birds you want to attract The best ways to keep pesky critters away

For the Birds

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First edition copy, 1977. Missing the frontspiece, and mild jacket wear consistent with age. Overall great condition.

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First Edition

"Rarely has the novice been introduced to basic avian biology so expertly & in such a lucid & delightful manner as in this little book."--THE WILSON BULLETIN

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