Bird Talk

Author: Lita Judge
Publisher: Flash Point
ISBN: 1466808683
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

Book Description
A gorgeously illustrated tribute to birds of all kinds and the fantastic, funny, fascinating things that they do. Birds have lots of ways of communicating: They sing and talk, dance and drum, cuddle and fight. But what does all of the bird talk mean? Filled with gorgeous illustrations, this fascinating picture book takes a look at the secret life of birds in a child-friendly format that is sure to appeal to readers of all ages - whether they're die-hard bird-watchers or just curious about the creatures in their own backyards.

Australian Bird Guide

Author: Jeff Davies
Publisher: Helm Field Guides
ISBN: 9781399406291
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description

Bird Songs

Author: Les Beletsky
Publisher: becker&mayer! Books
ISBN: 0760363269
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 371

Book Description
In Bird Songs, ornithologist Les Beletsky profiles 250 birds alongside colorful illustrations, and includes a digital audio player that provides the corresponding song for each of the 250 birds. Drawing from the collection of the world-renowned Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Bird Songs presents the most notable North American birds—including the rediscovered ivory-billed woodpecker—in a stunning format. Renowned ornithologist Les Beletsky provides a succinct description of each of the 250 birds profiled, with an emphasis on their distinctive songs. Lavish full-color illustrations accompany each account, while a sleek, built-in digital audio player holds 250 corresponding songs and calls. In his foreword, North American bird expert and distinguished natural historian Jon L. Dunn shares insights gained from a lifetime of passionate study. Complete with the most up-to-date and scientifically accurate information, Bird Songs is the first book to capture the enchantment of these beautiful birds in words, pictures, and song.

What Bird is That?

Author: Neville William Cayley
Publisher: Angus & Robertson
ISBN: 9780207941306
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 348

Book Description
Describes the wild life, birds and bush lore of Australia.

Bird Families of the World

Author: David Ward Winkler
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788494189203
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 599

Book Description
This volume is a synopsis of the diversity of all birds. It distills the voluminous detail of the 17-volume Handbook of Birds of the World into a single book. Based on the latest systematic research and summarizing what is known about the life history and biology of each group, this volume is the best single-volume entry to avian diversity available.

What Bird is That?

Author: Frank M. Chapman
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 149

Book Description
This book describes birds, both migrant and native, which can be found in all parts of America. They are arranged seasonally and by area. The focus is on birds of the eastern parts of The United States.

The Art of the Bird

Author: Roger J. Lederer
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022667505X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
The human history of depicting birds dates to as many as 40,000 years ago, when Paleolithic artists took to cave walls to capture winged and other beasts. But the art form has reached its peak in the last four hundred years. In The Art of the Bird, devout birder and ornithologist Roger J. Lederer celebrates this heyday of avian illustration in forty artists’ profiles, beginning with the work of Flemish painter Frans Snyders in the early 1600s and continuing through to contemporary artists like Elizabeth Butterworth, famed for her portraits of macaws. Stretching its wings across time, taxa, geography, and artistic style—from the celebrated realism of American conservation icon John James Audubon, to Elizabeth Gould’s nineteenth-century renderings of museum specimens from the Himalayas, to Swedish artist and ornithologist Lars Jonsson’s ethereal watercolors—this book is feathered with art and artists as diverse and beautiful as their subjects. A soaring exploration of our fascination with the avian form, The Art of the Bird is a testament to the ways in which the intense observation inherent in both art and science reveals the mysteries of the natural world.

How to Look at a Bird

Author: Clare Walker Leslie
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1635866502
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 236

Book Description
Bestselling author and acclaimed nature illustrator Clare Walker Leslie invites beginning birdwatchers to hone their observational skills with this easy-to-use visual guide. Using her signature nature journal illustrations, Leslie shows readers the key clues to look for, from the shape of the beak or talons to distinctive feather colorings, flight patterns, and behavioral traits. She offers simple prompts that encourage readers to embrace curiosity and take a closer look: Where are you? What season is it? How is that bird moving or eating? With an emphasis on the birds that are most likely to be seen at a feeder, in a city park, or at a nature preserve, How to Look at a Bird makes bird watching, identification, and appreciation accessible to everyone, no matter where they live.

Bird-lore

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 482

Book Description

Banned Birds

Author: Peter Altmann
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
ISBN: 3161581636
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
"In this study, Peter Altmann addresses the difficult question of why the Hebrew Bible prohibits consumption of certain birds by placing these birds within the overall appearance of birds in the archaeology, texts, and iconography of the Ancient Near East and within the Bible itself." --