birds

Offers information on how to identify birds and features color paintings and descriptions of species found in Western North America. Includes range maps.

Collects early drawings of birds from John James Audubon, grouped by geography, and includes brief descriptions of the birds.

Contains color photographs of nearly one hundred of the more than two hundred species of birds that pass through New York's Central Park throughout the seasons, and includes anecdotes in which photographer Cal Vornberger tells about his experiences taking the pictures, as well as tips on photographing birds.

Presents a comprehensive illustrated guide to identifying fifty of North America's most common birds, and describes field markings of shorebirds and waterfowl, gulls, chickadees, thrushes, sparrows, and many more.

Provides an account of the successful efforts to save the condor from extinction, discussing disputes between scientists, farmers, developers, bird lovers, and bureaucrats over whether and how the continent's largest flying land bird should be saved, and describing the government's decision in the 1980s to place the last remaining wild condors in zoo breeding program.

Recounts the efforts of a small group of individuals who set out in the 1980s to save the California condor from extinction.

A comprehensive supplement that introduces the GISS method of identification, which uses such characteristics as size, shape, behavior, flight pattern, vocalization, and other clues to distinguish various species of birds.

Traces the natural history of songbirds, focusing on their migrations over the Gulf of Mexico as they fly south for the winter months, and exploring the intricacies underlying the migration, the cycle of seasons, and the interconnectedness of songbirds.

Chronicles the 275,000-mile odyssey of three obsessive men who set out across the United States on a year-long marathon of birdwatching.

Alphabetically-arranged entries provide the etymologies and meanings of scientific and common names for more than nine hundred different kinds of birds found in the United States.