Beautiful paintings of birds, from the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. There's a small stain on the cover but the book is in excellent condition. 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Wisconsin

An International Exhibition 

Birds in Art

Noble Proctor

I first saw his book at a friend's house and enjoyed it so much, that I purchased my own copy. I like the format with the descriptive text combined with "Facts and Features" box, and found it to be very well written, with lots of good and interesting information. The illustrations are great too. If you like to feed birds, or just want to learn about the birds in your backyard, this book is a great teaching tool.   Dust jacket has a small tear on front cover bottom left side, please see photo. 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Ohio

How to Attract Birds to Your Garden

* Features 100 of the most popular American garden birds * Expert advice on how to make your garden more attractive to birds * Useful tips for backyard bird watchers-- each bird's favorite foods, nesting habits, and distinctive markings * Gorgeous illustrations bring each bird to life

Garden Birds

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

100 Birds and How They Got Their Names by Diana Wells

Jonathan Weiner

Michigan

A Story of Evolution in Our Time

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize

On a desert island in the heart of the Galapagos archipelago, where Darwin received his first inklings of the theory of evolution, two scientists, Peter and Rosemary Grant, have spent twenty years proving that Darwin did not know the strength of his own theory. For among the finches of Daphne Major, natural selection is neither rare nor slow: it is taking place by the hour, and we can watch.

In this dramatic story of groundbreaking scientific research, Jonathan Weiner follows these scientists as they watch Darwin's finches and come up with a new understanding of life itself. The Beak of the Finch is an elegantly written and compelling masterpiece of theory and explication in the tradition of Stephen Jay Gould.

With a new preface.

The Beak of the Finch

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Tim Low

Hardcover book is in excellent shape. Binding is tight. 
Australia 
Birds


Arizona

Australia's Birds and How They Changed the World

Renowned for its gallery of unusual mammals, Australia is also a land of extraordinary birds. But unlike the mammals, the birds of Australia flew beyond the continent's boundaries and around the globe many millions of years ago. This eye-opening book tells the dynamic but little-known story of how Australia provided the world with songbirds and parrots, among other bird groups, why Australian birds wield surprising ecological power, how Australia became a major evolutionary centre, and why scientific biases have hindered recognition of these discoveries

Where Song Began

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Scott Weidensaul

Virginia

The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds

In the past two decades, our understanding of the navigational and physiological feats that enable birds to cross immense oceans, fly above the highest mountains, or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch has exploded. What we've learned of these key migrations--how billions of birds circumnavigate the globe, flying tens of thousands of miles between hemispheres on an annual basis--is nothing short of extraordinary.Bird migration entails almost unfathomable endurance, like a sparrow-sized sandpiper that will fly nonstop from Canada to Venezuela--the equivalent of running 126 consecutive marathons without food, water, or rest--avoiding dehydration by "drinking" moisture from its own muscles and organs, while orienting itself using the earth's magnetic field through a form of quantum entanglement that made Einstein queasy. Crossing the Pacific Ocean in nine days of nonstop flight, as some birds do, leaves little time for sleep, but migrants can put half their brains to sleep for a few seconds at a time, alternating sides--and their reaction time actually improves.These and other revelations convey both the wonder of bird migration and its global sweep, from the mudflats of the Yellow Sea in China to the remote mountains of northeastern India to the dusty hills of southern Cyprus. This breathtaking work of nature writing from Pulitzer Prize finalist Scott Weidensaul also introduces readers to those scientists, researchers, and bird lovers trying to preserve global migratory patterns in the face of climate change and other environmental challenges.Drawing on his own extensive fieldwork, in A World on the Wing Weidensaul unveils with dazzling prose the miracle of nature taking place over our heads.

A World on the Wing

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Jonathan Alderfer

Paul Hess

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

California

In North America alone, 60 million people identify themselves as bird-watchers, and most hone their skills right in their own backyards. This handy guide covers all aspects of birding in an easy, accessible way. Vivid illustrations of 150 common species make identification a snap.

National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Birds of North America

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

New York

Birding Brazil

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Birding Exploits and Encounters

SIXTY YEARS OF BIRD WATCHING AND ADVENTURE AROUND THE GLOBE.His passion has shaped his life and taken him to the far corners of the planet. For sixty years, Richard Modlin has traveled the world in search of birds of all types and now his journeys have been collected into this one extraordinary volume.Travel with the author to view widowbirds, ostriches, sunbirds, parrots, toucans, blue pigeons, paradise flycatchers, hummingbirds and other exotic birds as he describes his visits to places like Kenya, the Seychelle Islands, Grand Cayman Island and the rain forests of Belize, all in search of his favorite animal in the wild.

Chasing Wings

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Roger T. Peterson

Missouri

An exhaustive guide to the birds found east of the Rockies. A companion volume, also part of the Peterson Field Guide series, is: A Field Guide to Western Birds (1961).

Field Guide to Eastern Birds

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Alex London

Iowa

Black Wings Beating

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Kirk Wallace Johnson

Texas

Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century

As heard on NPR's This American Life “Absorbing . . . Though it's non-fiction, The Feather Thief contains many of the elements of a classic thriller.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air “One of the most peculiar and memorable true-crime books ever.” —Christian Science Monitor A rollicking true-crime adventure and a captivating journey into an underground world of fanatical fly-tiers and plume peddlers, for readers of The Stranger in the Woods, The Lost City of Z, and The Orchid Thief. On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twenty-year-old American flautist Edwin Rist boarded a train for a suburban outpost of the British Museum of Natural History. Home to one of the largest ornithological collections in the world, the Tring museum was full of rare bird specimens whose gorgeous feathers were worth staggering amounts of money to the men who shared Edwin's obsession: the Victorian art of salmon fly-tying. Once inside the museum, the champion fly-tier grabbed hundreds of bird skins—some collected 150 years earlier by a contemporary of Darwin's, Alfred Russel Wallace, who'd risked everything to gather them—and escaped into the darkness. Two years later, Kirk Wallace Johnson was waist high in a river in northern New Mexico when his fly-fishing guide told him about the heist. He was soon consumed by the strange case of the feather thief. What would possess a person to steal dead birds? Had Edwin paid the price for his crime? What became of the missing skins? In his search for answers, Johnson was catapulted into a years-long, worldwide investigation. The gripping story of a bizarre and shocking crime, and one man's relentless pursuit of justice, The Feather Thief is also a fascinating exploration of obsession, and man's destructive instinct to harvest the beauty of nature.

The Feather Thief

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Mark Obmascik

A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession

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, prize-winning 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.

The Big Year

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Helen Macdonald

A captivating and heartbreaking memoir on grief and the fierceness of nature. 

Mississippi

An award-winning best-seller from the UK recounts how the author, an experienced falconer grieving the sudden death of her father, endeavored to train for the first time a dangerous goshawk predator as part of her personal recovery.

H Is for Hawk

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Stan Tekiela

A beautiful, colorful book with over 230 images of feathers and birds, with many interesting facts.

A Beautiful Look at a Bird's Most Unique Feature

Feathers are possibly the most amazing body covering in the entire animal kingdom. No other covering does all that feathers do. From the delicate down feathers that keep birds warm to the sturdy flight feathers that allow birds to soar, these marvelous structures are something to admire. This book is filled with stunning, incomparable photos, and it promises to delight as it walks you through the world of feathers. Everyone who celebrates nature, young and old alike, will appreciate this beautiful, detailed look at bird feathers.

Feathers

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Illinois

#paperback #birds #nature #illustrated #colorphotos #audubonsociety

Maryland

Eastern Region

The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds

Leonard S. Mercia

Who doesn’t like turkey? Well, if it’s you then this may not be the book for you. Unless maybe you really want to get back at them for some perceived slight and donut by raising them to grace the Thanksgiving table. Perhaps you smile maniacally inside as each bird is sold off and sent to its gravy covered doom. Then this book might actually be for you!
Where were we… oh yes, if you have an interest in raising poultry, for whatever reason, then this book is, indeed, for you. 

Alaska

Raising Your Own Turkeys

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Jonathan Meiburg

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Massachusetts

The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World's Smartest Birds of Prey

"In 1833, Charles Darwin was astonished by an animal he met in the Falkland Islands: handsome, social, and oddly crow-like falcons that were 'tame and inquisitive, quarrelsome and passionate,' and so insatiably curious that they stole hats, compasses, and other valuables from the crew of the Beagle. Darwin wondered why these birds were confined to remote islands at the tip of South America, sensing a larger story, but he set this mystery aside and never returned to it. Almost two hundred years later, Jonathan Meiburg ... takes us through South America, from the fog-bound coasts of Tierra del Fuego to the tropical forests of Guyana, in search of these birds: striated caracaras, which still exist, though they're very rare"--Publisher marketin

A Most Remarkable Creature

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#paperback #animals #birds #butterflies #hummingbirds #flowers 

Tennessee

-- Describes characteristics, behavior, and needs.
-- Plant lists and design tips help readers create gardens that appeal to these beautiful creatures.

How to Attract Hummingbirds and Butterflies

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Hal H. Harrison

Pennsylvania

Text and photographs explain how to identify the nests of 520 species of birds.

A Field Guide to Western Birds' Nests in the United States (Houghton Mifflin Edition, 1979)

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Barbara Taylor

A beautiful, large format, pictorial book of the world's birdlife. The book cover has some wear and a few small tears but the book is in very good condition. 

A Pictorial Atlas of the World's Birds

The Bird Atlas

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-- Complete guide for the birdwatching hobby.
-- Explains how to attract, observe, identify, and photograph birds (North American in particular).

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100 Birds and How They Got Their Names by Diana Wells

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Tim Low

Where Song Began

Scott Weidensaul

A World on the Wing

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National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Birds of North America

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Chasing Wings

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Field Guide to Eastern Birds

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Black Wings Beating

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Field Guide to Eastern Birds

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H Is for Hawk

Stan Tekiela

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The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds

Leonard S. Mercia

Raising Your Own Turkeys

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How to Attract Hummingbirds and Butterflies

Hal H. Harrison

A Field Guide to Western Birds' Nests in the United States (Houghton Mifflin Edition, 1979)

Barbara Taylor

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