ornithologists

On Bourbon Island off the coast of Madagascar, a French ornithologist and his assistant are caught up in an adventure involving slavery, colonialism, and the last days of the great pirates.

Chronicles the life and career of ornithologist Margaret Morse Nice who devoted more than eighty years to studying and writing about birds. Also includes tips and activities for readers to become bird watchers in their own right.

Recounts the life of John James Audubon, dreamer, vagabond, romantic, and genius, who traveled the backroads and bayous of the American wilderness searching out and studying birds. He was no amateur ornithologist; rather, he drew his birds from life, and his work always carried the line "drawn from nature by J.J. Audubon".

Relates the life of the ornithologist whose finest work took place in her backyard and whose final hope was that others would share her love of nature study.

Chronicles the life of John James Audubon, discussing his emigration to New York from France, his marriage to a wellborn English girl, travels across the Appalachians, observations of wilderness birds, creation of his famous book "The Birds of America", and other related topics.

John James Audubon, living in Pennsylvania far from his home and father in France, continues his obsession with birds, and comes up with the idea of banding the legs of his pewee bird friends to see if they will return in the spring to the nests they abandoned in the fall.

Briefly tells the story of this nineteenth-century painter and naturalist who is most famous for his detailed paintings of birds.

A biography of the nineteenth-century ornithologist, naturalist, and artist famous for his accurate paintings of birds and animals.

Chronicles the life of John James Audubon, discussing his emigration to New York from France, his marriage to a wellborn English girl, travels across the Appalachians, observations of wilderness birds, creation of his famous book "The Birds of America", and other related topics.