Guide to Backyard Birds
de Julie Rach Mancini, Pamela L. Higdon (Ed. Barron's Educational Series) Isbn : 0764126873
14.15 € / 92.82 FF
This entertaining and informative book is a primer for bird watchers—both those who trek the countryside armed with binoculars and camera, as well as those less nimble nature lovers who merely keep a bird feeder near their kitchen window. Supplemented with color photos and illustrations, this book gives pointers on how to identify birds by plumage and shape, how to select appropriate binoculars and spotting scopes, the best times of day to watch for birds, and how to recognize and interpret birds’ activities. There is also information on feeding birds, making a backyard attractive to birds, building bird houses and nest boxes, and much more. Supplementary information includes a list of rare-bird hotline phone numbers, web sites that offer information on wild birds, and a recommended readin...

Guide to the Great Florida Birding Trail: East Section
de Susan Cerulean (Ed. University Press of Florida) Isbn : 0813025613
16.66 € / 109.28 FF
This easy-to-follow guidebook spans 18 counties in eastern Florida to showcase 136 birding sites from the Georgia border to Lake Okeechobee, including the Jacksonville and Orlando metropolitan areas. The sites, organized into clusters of five to ten, are all within an hour's drive of one another and are identified on individual as well as regional maps. Each site is described from a birder's point of view and includes directions, hours of operation, seasonal birding opportunities, and other...

Elsevier's Dictionary of Bird Names: In Latin, English, French, German, and Italian
de M. Wrobel (Ed. Elsevier Science Ltd) Isbn : 0444508368
251.58 € / 1650.26 FF
This dictionary gives an overview of the English, French, German and Italian names of birds occurring in Europe, North America, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and French-speaking countries. It contains 10,838 scientific names of orders, families, species and some sub-species. The relevant order and family are shown for each term. The taxonomy is that used by the different authors of the sources.This dictionary will be of value to translators of scientific and general literature ; scientific and botanical authors ; environmentalists and ecologists ; and scientific and lay readers of foreign literature.

The Birds of Africa: Broadbills to Chats
de Emil K. Urban (Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 0121373045
171.20 € / 1123 FF
This definitive and authoritative volume covers the first 312 of the 1,200 or so passerine species which occur in continental Africa and the outlying islands. As in the first three volumes, each breeding species receives full coverage with sections on range and status, description, voice, general habits, food, and breeding biology. Non-breeding visitors are treated more briefly. The text concentrates on the bird's status and biology while in Africa. Range maps are given for each bird and super...

Birds: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Birds of Singapore
de Kim Seng Lim, Lim Kim Seng (Ed. Sun Tree Publishing) Isbn : 9813066008
22.96 € / 150.61 FF
This comprehensive sourcebook and field guide is designed for expert and amateur birdwatchers alike, as well as students and nature lovers. Presented is scientific and field information based on years of bird-watching experience and conscientious study of birds and their behavior, all lavishly illustrated. Also discussed are issues such as climate, habitat, and conservation, which are essential to the discussion of birds in an urban environment like Singapore.

A Field Guide to Birds of the Gambia and Senegal
de Clive Barlow, Tim Wacher (Ed. Yale University Press) Isbn : 0300074549
41.76 € / 273.93 FF
This comprehensive book is the first field guide to the birds of The Gambia and Senegal, an area of West Africa popular with birders for its many tropical African birds. The guide provides full accounts of over 600 bird species and depicts nearly all of these in 48 beautiful color plates. For each species, the authors describe identifying features, similarities with other species, behavior, vocalizations, status, distribution, and breeding habits. .

Sparrows of the United States and Canada: The Photographic Guide
de David Beadle, James D. Rising (Ed. Natural World) Isbn : 0125889755
25.01 € / 164.05 FF
This companion volume to the previous, widely acclaimed Guide to the Identification and Natural History of the Sparrows of the United States and Canada takes sparrow identification one step further. The authors have gathered a stunning selection of over 350 photographs as a basis for the identification of all 64 taxa of emberizine sparrows found in the region. Never before has such a comprehensive collection of sparrow photos been presented together in a single guide. The supporting text...

Hummingbirds of the Caribbean
de Esther Quesada Tyrrell (Ed. Crown Pub) Isbn : 0517573687
33.41 € / 219.16 FF
This companion volume to Hummingbirds: Their Life and Behavior (more than 90,000 copies sold) sharpens the focus on the Caribbean Islands, home of the most resplendent and beautiful birds of the western hemisphere. 266 full-color photographs.

Photographic Guide to Birds of Britian and Europe
de Paul Sterry, Jim Flegg (Ed. New Holland Publishers, Ltd.) Isbn : 1859747299
9.22 € / 60.48 FF
This compact, easy-to-use photographic guide is perfect for anyone with an interest in the birds of Britain and Europe. With user-friendly thumbnail outlines of each family group, an authoritative text describing key identification features, and full color photographs illustrating every species, this guide is an invaluable aid for anyone wishing to learn about the birds in Britain and Europe. This handy reference guide makes a great traveling companion for experienced naturalists and a great introduction for beginners and tourists with a casual interest in natural history. Full-color photographs illustrate each of 252 bird species and distribution maps whow where each species can be found.

Familiar Birds of Sea and Shore
de Simon Perkins, National Audubon Society (Ed. Alfred A. Knopf) Isbn : 0679749217
7.51 € / 49.26 FF
This compact guide introduces 80 of the most common species of birds encountered on the coasts and in the coastal waters of North America. They include birds that spend most of their lives at sea, such as albatrosses, shearwaters, and fulmars ; a variety of gulls and terns ; shorebirds like oystercatchers and sandpipers ; herons and egrets ; and waterfowl. In addition, you’ll find tips on birding technique (including the use of binoculars and spotting scopes) and identification skills, as well as notes on conservation and more.