Rails: A Guide to the Rails, Crakes, Gallinules and Coots of the World
de Barry Taylor (Ed. Yale University Press) Isbn : 0300077580
45.94 € / 301.35 FF
Rarely seen and little known, the 145 species of the secretive rail family occupy a wide range of habitats, from forests and wetlands to grasslands and even scrub-covered remote oceanic islands and coral cays. This up-to-date book provides a detailed summary of current knowledge on rails, including two species that have only recently been described and eleven that are recently extinct.Copublished with Pica Press.

Rare Encounters With Ordinary Birds
de Lyanda Lynn Haupt (Ed. Sasquatch Books) Isbn : 1570614199
10.81 € / 70.91 FF
Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds is a collection of seventeen thoughtful essays on birds capture the sense of wonder and connection people have for these marvelous creatures. Naturalist Lyanda Lynn Haupt, an ornithology teacher and researcher, examines the amazing talents and personalities of the most common of birds. She muses on the tarnished reputation of the starling, the sexed-up antics of male woodpeckers, and the mysterious behavior and startling population explosion of crows in her hometown. Through the eye and voice of this talented writer, birds provide a fascinating point of contact with the natural world at large. This book is nature writing at its best with compelling stories that hold readers' attention so closely they don't even realize how much they're learning.

Raptors of California
de Pam Peeters (Ed. University of California Press) Isbn : 0520242009
14.99 € / 98.33 FF
Raptors--the charismatic group of birds that includes hawks, eagles, and falcons--evoke power, swiftness, and grace. Raptors, or birds of prey, gaze calmly about while at rest, exuding confidence and nobility, and, while soaring aloft, they are absolute icons of the California landscape. Featuring descriptions of every diurnal California raptor, this state-of-the-art, beautifully illustrated guide is the first to combine identification of these important birds with a comprehensive discussion of their natural history.Raptors of California notes well-established field marks in addition to introducing several new pointers that help distinguish especially difficult species. More than a field guide, the book also includes information on raptor anatomy, foraging, reproduction, movement, where an...

Raptors of Eastern North America
de Brian K. Wheeler (Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 0691115982
37.58 € / 246.51 FF
Raptors of Eastern North America--together with its companion volume, Raptors of Western North America--are the best and most thorough guides to North American hawks, eagles, and other raptors ever published. Abundantly illustrated with hundreds of full-color high-quality photographs, they are essential books for anyone seeking to identify these notoriously tricky-to-identify birds.The Wheeler Guides will help birders and biologists navigate the pitfalls of raptor identification, including...

Birds of North America: Eastern Region
de Fred J., III Alsop, DK Publishing (Ed. DK Publishing) Isbn : 0789471566
20.88 € / 136.96 FF
Published in association with America's preeminent authority, the Smithsonian Institution, this comprehensive handbook to the birds of North America: Eastern Region includes 706 species ---- all birds known to breed east of the 100th meridian on the United States and Canada, as well as regular visitors and vagrants to this region. The Smithsonian Handbook is the first identification guide that includes details of the bird's life history in a concise and user--friendly format. Each full--page...

Prodigious Birds: Moas and Moa-Hunting in Prehistoric New Zealand
de Atholl Anderson (Ed. Cambridge University Press) Isbn : 0521543967
40.09 € / 262.97 FF
Prodigious Birds brings together the entire field of moa-related research, some 150 years of enquiry. The moa was a large flightless bird, hunted into extinction by the Maori tribes of New Zealand before the arrival of Europeans. Atholl Anderson brings an historical perspective to the development of moa research and its formative debates, analytical methods and results, reviewing evidence from palaeontology, biology, archaeology, ethnography and history.

Pipits and Wagtails
de Per Alstrom (Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 0691088349
51.18 € / 335.72 FF
Pipits and Wagtails is the first comprehensive, one-volume guide to the twenty-six species and all subspecies that occur in the vast swath of Europe, Asia, and North America known as the Holarctic. These birds are a notoriously difficult group to differentiate, and so the authors--the world's two leading authorities in this field--have gone to exhaustive lengths to ensure that no aspect of identification has been omitted. Twenty-six full color plates and some part plates depict all the species and distinct subspecies in different plumages. To help further with identification, the book includes nearly 250 color photographs, numerous line drawings, and color distribution maps for each species.The detailed species accounts cover all aspects of identification: taxonomy, size and structure, plu...

Philadelphia Birds: An Introduction to Familiar Species in the Metropolitan Area
de Waterford Press, James Kavanagh (Ed. Waterford Press) Isbn : 1583550135
4.97 € / 32.6 FF
Philadelphia Birds, An Introduction to Familiar Species in the Metropolitan Area, is a must-have, reference guide for beginners and experts alike. Whether you're on a nature hike or in your own backyard, you'll want to take along a copy of this indispensable guide. The Pocket Naturalist(tm) series is an introduction to common plants and animals and natural phenomena. Each pocket-sized, folding guide highlights up to 150 species and most feature a map highlighting prominent sanctuaries and outstanding natural attractions. Each is laminated for durability.

Peterson Flashguides Birds of the Midwest
de Peterson (Ed. Houghton Mifflin Company) Isbn : 0395867339
7.47 € / 49 FF
Peterson FlashGuides are the most compact and convenient field guides ever made: slim as road maps and ideal for hikers, bikers, canoeists, or anyone who wants to travel light.

Peterson Flashguides Waterfowl
de Peterson's Guides (Ed. Houghton Mifflin Company) Isbn : 0395867347
7.47 € / 49 FF
Peterson FlashGuides are the most compact and convenient field guides ever made: slim as road maps and ideal for hikers, bikers, canoeists, or anyone who wants to travel light.