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Why Don't Woodpeckers Get Headaches? And Other Answers to Bird Questions You Know You Want to Ask
Why Don't Woodpeckers Get Headaches? And Other Answers to Bird Questions You Know You Want to Ask
by Mike O'Connor
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In 1983, Mike O'Connor opened the Bird Watcher's General Store on Cape Cod, which might well have been the first store devoted solely to birding in the United States. Since that time he has answered thousands of questions about birds, both at his store... (read more)

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Kingbird Highway: The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand
Kingbird Highway: The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand
by Kenn Kaufman
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At sixteen, Kenn Kaufman dropped out of the high school where he was student council president and hit the road, hitching back and forth across America, from Alaska to Florida, Maine to Mexico. Maybe not all that unusual a thing to do in the seventies... (read more)

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Ravens in Winter
Ravens in Winter
by Bernd Heinrich
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Why should ravens--which are usually solitary birds--share valuable food in the dead of winter? How clever are these birds? Do they have a language? These are some of the riddles that noted sociobiologist Bernd Heinrich, author of Bumblebee Economics and... (read more)

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The Wind Birds: Shorebirds of North America
The Wind Birds: Shorebirds of North America
by Peter Matthiessen
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In this nature-writing classic, the National-Book-Award-winning author of such works as Killing Mister Watson, Far Tortuga, The Snow Leopard, and At Play in Fields of the Lord captures the essence of the world's most fascinating group of birds, conveying... (read more)

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Love of Loons
Love of Loons
by Kate Crowley
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This top-selling series introduces the wild creatures of the world and examines the natural world. Good general introductions for ages 10+, these volumes contain the knowledge, personal experiences, and research of leading naturalists and scientists... (read more)

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Bird Flight
Bird Flight
by Robert Burton
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Burton explains the mechanics of bird flight, from the structure of the feather and basic flapping and gliding to more specialized components, including taking off, landing and hovering. With loads of color photographs and computer-generated graphics... (read more)

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Evolutionary Dynamics of a Natural Population: The Large Cactus Finch of the Galapagos
Evolutionary Dynamics of a Natural Population: The Large Cactus Finch of the Galapagos
by B Grant
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Presents a careful account of the results of a research project which began in 1973 and ran continuously for eleven years. Treats the ecology, behavior and genetics of a population still resident where it evolved, and small enough to permit the... (read more)

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Wood Ducks: A Pictorial Study
Wood Ducks: A Pictorial Study
by Tricia Veasey
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A close look at wood ducks with over 120 color photographs depicting them in various poses and settings. This joins Tricia Veasey's series of bird studies photographed in their natural habitats.... (read more)

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Hawks: Hunters on the Wing
Hawks: Hunters on the Wing
by Dick Dekker
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-- Identifies 17 species all pictured in full color. -- Filled with fascinating facts. -- Covers topics that range from mating to hunting.... (read more)

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Rosie: My Rufous Hummingbird
Rosie: My Rufous Hummingbird
by Arnette Heidcamp
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The author of A Hummingbird in My House relates another true account of a hummingbird who took winter refuge in her upstate New York house. This time her visitor was a female Rufous hummingbird that was 2,000 miles from its home.... (read more)

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The Peregrine
The Peregrine
by John Baker
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A carefully observed, and evocatively presented, classical account of the peregrine falcon in its environment.... (read more)

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Peregrine Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
by Patrick Stirling Aird
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A comprehensive introduction to the formidable winged hunter. Peregrine falcons are famous for their speed--in excess of 200 miles per hour--and their ability to capture prey in mid-flight. That same speed and a preference for inaccessible roosting... (read more)

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Dangerous Birds
Dangerous Birds
by Janet Lembke
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The stories in this book deal most obviously with birds. They are meant as an aviary housing a hodgepodge of species - some that are easily seen, some that aren't, and some that can't be seen at all. Honest-to-goodness field-guide birds, the sort that... (read more)

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Last of the Curlews
Last of the Curlews
by Fred Bodsworth
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More than three million readers around the world have been touched by this conservation classic, the story of a solitary Eskimo curlew's last perilous migration and search for a mate. The lone survivor comes to stand for the entirety of a lost species.... (read more)

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RavenSong: A Natural & Fabulous History of Ravens & Crows
RavenSong: A Natural & Fabulous History of Ravens & Crows
by Cather Feher Elston
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Drawing upon both ornithological research and personal interviews with Pacific Northwest and other American Indian people, the author considers the birds in the contexts of Native American folklore and history, science, and law. The lovely... (read more)

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Secret Language of Birds
Secret Language of Birds
by Adele Nozedar
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Trade paperback. Subtitled, "A Treasury Of Myths, Folklore & Inspirational True Stories". From the robin to the phoenix, the everyday to the mythological.... (read more)

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Fogswamp: Living with Swans in the Wilderness
Fogswamp: Living with Swans in the Wilderness
by Trudy Turner and Ruth M. McVeigh
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Ralph and Ethel Edwards carved a pioneer life out of the wilderness, and raised three children in the splendid isolation of British Columbia's Coast Chilcotin country. When their daughter Trudy, married, she helped her husband, Jack Turner, to build a... (read more)

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Owls
Owls
by Marianne. Taylor
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Where have all the birds gone? :essays on the biology and conservation of birds that migrate to the American tropics
Where have all the birds gone? :essays on the biology and conservation of birds that migrate to the American tropics
by John Terborgh
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Legends of the Crane
Legends of the Crane
by Pamela J Jensen
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