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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

New Jersey

The Encyclopedia of North America Birds

Fern Marshall Bradley

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Georgia

Over 100 Easy Things That You Can Make to Turn Your Yard and Garden into a Bird-Friendly Haven

Create your own private nature preserve-with dozens of ingenious ideas to turn a typical backyard into a beautiful natural habitat for birds and other wildlife.
Experience the gratification of watching birds gobble seeds and other treats from your homemade bird feeder. Look on with delight as a mother bird tends to her babies in the protective hideaway of a birdhouse you have lovingly constructed from a dried gourd. Create a sunflower plantation, a bird teepee, a tent-style twig feeder, a pedestal birdbath. Follow the step-by-step instructions in this book, and your yard will quickly become an enticing playground, breeding ground, and feeding ground for colorful songbirds. And that's not all-there are also projects specially designed to attract beautiful hummingbirds and butterflies to your garden.
Among the book's special features:
- Projects require only a few simple tools and supplies and most can be easily and inexpensively assembled using only scrap materials found around the house
- Information-packed sidebars include tips for identifying the nests and eggs of songbirds and unusual facts and figures about birds and bird behavior
- Instructions show how to create baffles and barriers to keep squirrels, raccoons, and other unwanted guess away from the birdseed-along with projects for tending to these feeder-raiding marauders too!
The simple pleasure of viewing birds in your backyard is something to treasure every day of the year. Whether you are a seasoned bird watcher or are new to the hobby, you will find a wealth of inspirational ideas here to attract more birds than ever before to your backyard. And you'll increase your enjoyment of this soul-satisfyingpastime.


Projects for the Birder's Garden

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Iowa

This new series is designed with the beginner in mind. Featuring the original art of celebrated naturalist Roger Tory Peterson; incorporating the Peterson Identification System, the most effective method for bird identification; and using a straightforward design. This series makes field guides accessible and appealing to children. Roger Tory Peterson was the inventor of the modern field guide. Known as the father of modern bird watching, he has been called "the greatest conservationist whoever walked this planet" (ornithologist Chandler S. Robbins). More than anyone else in the twentieth century, his work as an artist, photographer, writer, editor, educator, and conservationist has increased environmental awareness and helped millions to understand and enjoy the natural world. For his work, Dr. Peterson received every major award in the field of conservation; twenty-three honorary degrees from major universities; and the United States' highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal o

Birds of Prey

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California

Little ones will love to explore the textures of their favorite animals on the farm with this perfect book for their first library.

With more than half a million copies sold, this family favorite keeps young readers engaged with pages that encourage exploration and help develop fine motor skills while building an early language foundation.

Spend a day at the farm with kittens, horses, chicks, and more in Touch and Feel: Farm. This classic DK board book is filled with clear photography, simple text, and fun textures. Practice animal recognition and sounds, and help your baby learn what an animal may feel when like when it's touched. Pet a dog's soft fur, stroke a baby chick, and tickle a soft kitten on sturdy and tactile board pages that are perfect for small hands.

Series description: With appealing touch-and-feel elements on every spread, DK's Touch and Feel series is a favorite for both parents and children, in a larger format than DK's Baby Touch and Feel books. Babies and toddlers will be drawn to the shiny jacket, while the bright, bold interior pages help them develop object recognition, and the descriptive text builds their language skills.

Touch and Feel: Farm

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Florida

The Birds Around Us 

Idaho

Science

The Usborne Book of Knowledge

Barbara Wright

A bundle of two books with two different story of a bird,, and both enjoyable to read, and in great condition.

The summer of 1898 is filled with ups and downs for 11-year-old Moses. He's growing apart from his best friend, his superstitious Boo-Nanny butts heads constantly with his pragmatic, educated father, and his mother is reeling from the discovery of a family secret. Yet there are good times, too. He's teaching his grandmother how to read. For the first time she's sharing stories about her life as a slave. And his father and his friends are finally getting the respect and positions of power they've earned in the Wilmington, North Carolina, community. But not everyone is happy with the political changes at play and some will do anything, including a violent plot against the government, to maintain the status quo.

One generation away from slavery, a thriving African American community--enfranchised and emancipated--suddenly and violently loses its freedom in turn-of-the-century North Carolina when a group of local politicians stages the only successful coup d'etat in US history.

Crow

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David Allen Sibley

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Louisiana

David Allen Sibley, America's most gifted contemporary painter of birds, is the author and illustrator of this comprehensive guide. His beautifully detailed illustrations-more than 6,600 in all-and descriptions of 810 species and 350 regional populations will enrich every birder's experience.

The Sibley Guide's innovative design makes it entirely user friendly. The illustrations are arranged to facilitate comparison, yet still capture the unique character of each species.

The Sibley Guide to Birds provides a wealth of new information:
-Captioned illustrations show many previously unpublished field marks and revisions of known marks
-Nearly every species is shown in flight
-Measurements include length, wingspan, and weight for every species
-Subspecies and geographic varients are covered thoroughly
-Complete voice descriptions are included for every species
-Maps show the complete distribution of every species: summer and winter ranges, migration routes, and rare occurrences

Both novice and experienced birders will appreciate these and other innovative features:
-An introductory page for each family or group of related families makes comparisons simple
-Clear and concise labels with pointers identify field marks directly
-Birds are illustrated in similar poses to make comparisons between species quick and easy
-Illustrations emphasize the way birds look in the field

With The Sibley Guide to Birds, the National Audubon Society makes the art and expertise of David Sibley available to the world in a comprehensive, handsome, easy-to-use volume that will be the indispensable identification guide every birder must own.

The Sibley Guide to Birds

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Brandon Budzi

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

New York

Stories + Puzzles = Reading Success! Highlights Puzzle Readers offer an innovative approach to learning to read that integrates puzzles and stories to develop motivated, confident readers. Nick and his robot pal Nack love to build things. As they build a birdhouse in this Level 1 Highlights Puzzle Reader, kids can find supplies in Hidden Pictures scenes that double as picture support for the simple story text, which is full of repeated words. With bonus craft directions, Nick and Nack Build a Birdhouse will appeal to junior makers who are just discovering reading. National Parenting Seal of Approval Winner, National Parenting Product Award (NAPPA)

Nick and Nack Build a Birdhouse

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Jan Mahnken

Reading & Language Arts

Attracting, Nesting, Feeding

Whether you'd like to wake up to a cheery robin's birdsong or see hummingbirds in your garden, Jan Mahnken has you covered. In this colorful reference book, you'll find simple tips to attract, feed, and observe 135 American bird species. Mahnken provides information on territory, courtship, nesting, parenting, and much more, while Jeffrey C. Domm brings each species to life with stunningly detailed paintings.

The Backyard Bird-Lover's Guide

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Chandler S. Robbins

Each bird is captured in full color with descriptive text on the facing page.

Guide to Birds of North America

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Jon L. Dunn

Jonathan Alderfer

Texas

Bird Field Guide

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About animals, birds and insects that live in and use different types of cactuses 

Illinois

Cactus Hotel 

Wonderful resource book for anyone who wants to create an environment to attract birds to your yard.

The book is an A-Z guide full of quick easy to practice ideas and is entertaining reference for when you don't have a lot of time to read full length chapters.

308 page hardcover book from a non smoking home.

Great gift for the person who wants to create a better backyard environment.


Ohio

Attracting Birds to Your Backyard, Turn Your Yard & Garden into Haven for Birds vs

This books has sound, finger trails and peek through pages.  Pages are thick and durable.  Sound still works at time of listing and has been set to “off”.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Usborne Sound Books Garden Sounds

Sy Montgomery

Signed/personalized, both book and dust jacket look new

A Year at Home, in the Woods

A compilation of paintings, drawings, and essays based on the artist's and naturalist's daily walks around her southern Ohio home offers an illuminating study of the wildlife of the region and of the interactions among people and animals, including coyotes, wild turkeys, box turtles, and a bird-eating bullfrog.

Letters from Eden

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Small stain on external edge. Never opened, no creasing or markings.

An educator's guide to celebrating birds

Flying Wild

Michigan

My True Story of a Remarkable Friendship

From the moment Jeff Guidry saw the emaciated baby eagle with broken wings, his life was changed. For weeks he and the staff at Sarvey Wildlife Care Center tended to the grievously injured bird. Miraculously, she recovered, and Jeff, a center volunteer, became her devoted caretaker. Though Freedom would never fly, she had Jeff as her wings. And after Jeff was diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2000, Freedom returned his gift. Between sessions of debilitating chemotherapy, Jeff went back to Sarvey and began taking Freedom for walks that soothed his spirit and gave him the strength to fight. When he learned he was cancer free, Jeff's first stop was Sarvey to walk with Freedom. Somehow this special bird seemed to understand the significance of the day. For the very first time she wrapped both her wings around Jeff, enveloping him in an avian hug. In March 2008, Jeff shared his extraordinary experience with his friend Gayle in an e-mail of eight hundred words: When Freedom came in she could not stand. Both wings were broken, her left wing in 4 places. . . . We here at the Sarvey Wildlife Care Center made the decision to give her a chance at life. . . . That e-mail would unexpectedly circle the globe and inspire countless fans eager to know more. In An Eagle Named Freedom, Jeff tells the full story of his bond with Freedom and introduces the other wildlife and volunteers who have been saved by Sarvey. A tender tale of hope, love, trust, and life, this moving true story is an affirmation of the spiritual connection that humans and animals share.

An Eagle Named Freedom

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#nature #birds #hardcover #nonfiction #ornithology

In Search of Hummingbirds

An acclaimed natural history writer follows the trail of the remarkable hummingbird all over the world.



Hummingbirds are a glittering, sparkling collective of over three hundred wildly variable species. For centuries, they have been revered by indigenous Americans, coveted by European collectors, and admired worldwide for their unsurpassed metallic plumage and immense character. Yet they exist on a knife-edge, fighting for survival in boreal woodlands, dripping cloud forests, and subpolar islands. They are, perhaps, the ultimate embodiment of evolution's power to carve a niche for a delicate creature in even the harshest of places.



Traveling the full length of the hummingbirds' range, from the cusp of the Arctic Circle to near-Antarctic islands, acclaimed nature writer Jon Dunn encounters birders, scientists, and storytellers in his quest to find these beguiling creatures, immersing us in the world of one of Earth's most charismatic bird families.

The Glitter in the Green

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Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Pennsylvania

Birds of America

African Gray Parrots

South Carolina

1969 edition

Birds, a golden book

Maya Angelou

Oregon

The author recalls the anguish of her childhood in Arkansas and her adolescence in northern slums

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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Alicia King

Spine and pages in excellent condition. Former library book. Great graphics. 240 pages. 

This book provides answers to the most-often asked questions ranging from what to wear to where to go and how to make the best use of your binoculars, field guide, and backyard birdfeeder. Bird watching, or ôbirdingö to enthusiasts, is something anyone can do. No longer strictly the domain of ornithologists or the scientifically inclined, bird watching can be enjoyed by people of almost any age or ability. Written by an ornithologist and experienced birder, and backed by the highly respected and widely recognized Orvis name and richly illustrated with stunning and instructional photographs, this book introduces beginners to the many wonders of birding. Packed with practical information, this book will help first-time bird watchers enjoy their new-found hobby right from the start, avoiding typical beginner mistakes and quickly joining the ranks of experienced birders. This book is created to instruct and inspire anyone who wants to learn more about the amazingly vast world of birding -- a hobby that can be enjoyed for a lifetime. Unlike other guides that offer information that is too daunting, unwieldy, or obsolete to be much use to the novice, this book achieves the perfect balance between encouraging, instructing, and inspiring the true beginner. The book has 70 full-color photos. It is organized for ease of use and readability with sidebars, checklists, and quotes from renowned ornithologists and birders wherever possible and is formatted in the size and style of a field guide to make it the perfect take-along guidebook and handy reference.

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The Encyclopedia of North America Birds

Fern Marshall Bradley

Projects for the Birder's Garden

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Birds of Prey

DK

Touch and Feel: Farm

Various

The Birds Around Us

Usborne Books

The Usborne Book of Knowledge

Barbara Wright

Crow

David Allen Sibley

The Sibley Guide to Birds

Brandon Budzi

Nick and Nack Build a Birdhouse

Jan Mahnken

The Backyard Bird-Lover's Guide

Chandler S. Robbins

Guide to Birds of North America

Jon L. Dunn; Jonathan Alderfer

Bird Field Guide

Brenda Z. Guiberson

Cactus Hotel

Sally Roth

Attracting Birds to Your Backyard, Turn Your Yard & Garden into Haven for Birds vs

Sam Taplin

Usborne Sound Books Garden Sounds

Julie Zickefoose

Letters from Eden

Council for Environmental Education

Flying Wild

Jeff Guidry

An Eagle Named Freedom

Jon Dunn

The Glitter in the Green

Unknown

Birds of America

Nikki Moustaki

African Gray Parrots

George B. Stevenson

Birds, a golden book

Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Alicia King

ORVIS Beginner's Guide to Birdwatching