7551 livres sur les oiseaux.

A Bird-Finding Guide to Canada
de CAM J. Finlay (Ed. McClelland Stewart) Isbn : 0771032196
15.73 €
This extensively revised edition of A Bird-Finding Guide to Canada will have Canadian birdwatchers grabbing their binoculars and itching to get out to the birding #8220 ; hot spots #8221 ; described in its pages. Editor J. Cam Finlay has drawn on the expertise of birders from every region of the country to tell you what birds to look for and where to find them across each province and territory.Want to know, for instance, where Great Grey Owls, Sage Grouse, and Yellow Rails may be found in the prairie provinces ? Are you travelling to Vancouver on business and eager to know what birds you might see in Stanley Park ? Planning a trip to the Maritimes and need advice on the best spots along the Bay of Fundy to find masses of migrating shorebirds ? Need suggestions for rewarding day-trips in t...

The Birdwatcher's Handbook: A Guide to the Natural History of the Birds of Britain and Europe : Including 516 Species That Regularly Breed in Europe
de Paul R. Ehrlich, etc., David S. Dobkin, Stuart L. Pimm, Darryl Wheye (Ed. Oxford University Press) Isbn : 0198584075
4.36 €
This extensive guide to bird-watching lists 516 species in Britain, Europe, and adjacent parts of the Middle East and North Africa. Each of the 516 entries is divided into three parts: heading, summary line, and text. The heading consists of the species' common name, scientific name, and a reference to recent editions of standard field identification guides, directing the bird-watcher to a guide containing color drawings or photographs. (This handbook has no color plates of birds.) The pictorial summary line--using symbols, words, abbreviations, and numbers--gives information on the bird's nest location and type of nest, a description of the eggs, the number of eggs and the number of broods each year, and data on hatching and caring for the young, diet, and foraging techniques. (To get an ...

Guide to Backyard Birds
de Julie Rach, Pam Higdon (Ed. Barron's Educational Series Inc.,U.S.) Isbn : 0764126873
13.36 €
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...

The Roadrunner
de Wyman Meinzer (Ed. Texas Tech Press,U.S.) Isbn : 0896725138
31.50 €
This engaging book is the first one available on the roadrunner, a species of cuckoo that sometimes eats rattlesnakes by swallowing them whole. These unique birds were famous even before the popular cartoon character (beep! beep!). They are fairly common in arid areas of the U.S. Southwest and in Mexico, where they are called paisano. Meinzer is an accomplished outdoor photograher with 170 magazine and book covers to his credit. His present roadrunner studies were done in Texas and feature 115 fine color photos that offer excellent depictions of roadrunners capturing snakes, lizards, mice, praying mantises, etc., but also show many courtship and nesting scenes. Habitats and scenery are also detailed. Although brief, the text is both informal and informative, with sections on biology, habit...

The Roadrunner
de Andrew Sansom (Ed. Texas Tech Press,U.S.) Isbn : 0896725146
21.94 €
This engaging book is the first one available on the roadrunner, a species of cuckoo that sometimes eats rattlesnakes by swallowing them whole. These unique birds were famous even before the popular cartoon character (beep! beep!). They are fairly common in arid areas of the U.S. Southwest and in Mexico, where they are called paisano. Meinzer is an accomplished outdoor photograher with 170 magazine and book covers to his credit. His present roadrunner studies were done in Texas and feature 115 fine color photos that offer excellent depictions of roadrunners capturing snakes, lizards, mice, praying mantises, etc., but also show many courtship and nesting scenes. Habitats and scenery are also detailed. Although brief, the text is both informal and informative, with sections on biology, habit...

The Roadrunner
de Wyman Meinzer (Ed. Texas Tech University Press) Isbn : 0896722449
15.73 €
This engaging book is the first one available on the roadrunner, a species of cuckoo that sometimes eats rattlesnakes by swallowing them whole. These unique birds were famous even before the popular cartoon character (beep! beep!). They are fairly common in arid areas of the U.S. Southwest and in Mexico, where they are called paisano. Meinzer is an accomplished outdoor photograher with 170 magazine and book covers to his credit. His present roadrunner studies were done in Texas and feature 115 fine color photos that offer excellent depictions of roadrunners capturing snakes, lizards, mice, praying mantises, etc., but also show many courtship and nesting scenes. Habitats and scenery are also detailed. Although brief, the text is both informal and informative, with sections on biology, habit...

The Roadrunner
de Wyman Meinzer (Ed. Texas Tech Press,U.S.) Isbn : 0896722430
46.45 €
This engaging book is the first one available on the roadrunner, a species of cuckoo that sometimes eats rattlesnakes by swallowing them whole. These unique birds were famous even before the popular cartoon character (beep! beep!). They are fairly common in arid areas of the U.S. Southwest and in Mexico, where they are called paisano. Meinzer is an accomplished outdoor photograher with 170 magazine and book covers to his credit. His present roadrunner studies were done in Texas and feature 115 fine color photos that offer excellent depictions of roadrunners capturing snakes, lizards, mice, praying mantises, etc., but also show many courtship and nesting scenes. Habitats and scenery are also detailed. Although brief, the text is both informal and informative, with sections on biology, habit...

Guide to the Great Florida Birding Trail: East Section
de Susan Cerulean (Ed. University Press of Florida) Isbn : 0813025613
21.38 €
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 Murray Wrobel (Ed. Elsevier Science) Isbn : 0444508368
295.40 €
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 Hunt for the Whooping Cranes: A Natural History Detective Story
de J.J. McCoy (Ed. Paul S. Eriksson) Isbn : 0839735006
13.36 €
This detective story and natural history combination invites leisure readers to absorb the story of the plight of the whooping cranes and the special efforts undertaken to preserve them. Combining natural history with the efforts of conservationists, this surveys the whooping crane's special attributes and struggles for survival.