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Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness by Lyanda Lynn Haupt Publisher Comments There are more crows now than ever. Their abundance is both an indicator of ecological imbalance and a generous opportunity to connect with the animal world. Crow Planet reminds us that we do not need to head to faraway places to encounter nature. Rather,... (read more) Your price: $23.99 New - Hardcover 
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The Bird Watching Answer Book: Everything You Need to Know to Enjoy Birds in Your Backyard and Beyond (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) by Laura Erickson Publisher Comments There are more than 76 million birdwatchers in America - from casual backyard observers to seasoned birders. At some point, every bird-watcher has a question not answered in traditional field guides. How many feathers does a bird have? Do birds sleep... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Birds of North America (Peterson Field Guides) by Roger Peterson Publisher Comments In celebration of the centennial of Roger Tory Peterson’s birth comes a historic collaboration among renowned birding experts and artists to preserve and enhance the Peterson legacy. This new book combines the Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Birds... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Flexible
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The Life of the Skies: Birding at the End of Nature by Jonathan Rosen Staff Pick The Life of the Skies is at once a history of bird-watching in America, a meditation on changes in our views about killing animals, and a deeply personal book about the transforming qualities of a life spent observing the natural world. It is a book to... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Fifty Places to Go Birding before You Die: Birding Experts Share the World's Geatest Destinations by Chris Santella and Bill Thompson Publisher Comments It's estimated that 50 to 60 million Americans count birding among their hobbies. Some hang feeders in their backyards and accumulate yard lists; others participate in annual "Christmas Counts"; a select few travel to the ends of the earth in an effort... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Backyard Birds III: Practical Guide to Attracting and Feeding by Jen Green Synopsis The book also contains an illustrated directory of 80 of the most common garden birds around the world, from woodland and countryside locations to urban and city environments, with information about identification, distribution, habitat, behaviour and... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America by David Allen Sibley Publisher Comments America's premier bird artist has prepared two guides specifically designed for use in the field — and eminently portable. Each has essential information and thousands of illustrations, with at least six views of each species. 4,000+ full-color... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Hardcover
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Falconer on the Edge: A Man, His Birds, and the Vanishing Landscape of the American West by Rachel Dickinson Publisher Comments Rachel Dickinson profiles falconer Steve Chindgren, a man willing to make extreme sacrifices to continue practicing the sport that has ruled his life. Dickinson arrives at a sense of falconrys allure: the unpredictable nature of the hunt and the soaring... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $16.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Curse of the Labrador Duck: My Obsessive Quest to the Edge of Extinction by Glen Chilton Publisher Comments In an obsessive 82,000-mile quest for dead birds, how much trouble can one scientist get into? Finally, the world's leading authority on the extinct Labrador Duck, Dr. Glen Chilton, shares the story of his frenzied obsession to reveal the histories... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Life List: A Woman's Quest for the World's Most Amazing Birds by Olivia Gentile Publisher Comments A frustrated housewife sets out to see more bird species than anyone in historyand ends up risking her life again and again in the wildest places on earth. Phoebe Snetsinger had planned to be a scientist, but, like most women who got married in the 1950s,... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession by Mark Obmascik Publisher Comments Every January 1, a quirky crowd storms out across North America for a spectacularly competitive event called a Big Year -- a grand, expensive, and occasionally vicious 365-day marathon of birdwatching. For three men in particular, 1998 would become a... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Stokes Birdfeeder Book: An Easy Guide to Attracting, Identifying and Understanding Your Feeder Birds by Donald Stokes Publisher Comments Copiously illustrated with maps, line drawings, and full-color photographs, each of these large-format (8 1/2 x 10 7/8) paperback books contains the essential information that backyard nature enthusiasts want and need -- to attract, identify, and... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $1.88 Used - Trade Paper
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Owl (Reaktion Books - Animal) by Desmond Morris Publisher Comments From Edward Lear's The Owl and the Pussycat to David Lynch's Twin Peaks, owls have been woven into the fabric of popular culture. At times they are depicted as dignified, wise old scholars and at other times as foreboding voyeurs who see all and... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Birds of the Inland Northwest and Northern Rockies by Harry Nehls Synopsis birds of the Inland Northwest and Northern Rockies is an identification guide for the birds of the Eastern Washington, Eastern Oregon, all of Idaho and Western Montana. The species account pages provide color photographs of over 260 local birds and have... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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Sibley's Birding Basics by David Allen Sibley Publisher Comments The quintessential activity of birding--identification--is the subject of this compact, easy-to-use, wonderfully helpful new book by America's premier living painter of birds, author and illustrator of The Sibley Guide to Birds. Here Sibley details... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Mind of the Raven : Investigations and Adventures With Wolf-birds (99 Edition) by Bernd Heinrich Publisher Comments An award-winning scientist presents a lyrical and scientific exploration of the raven, one of the most complex and engaging creatures known to man. Photo insert. Line drawings throughout.... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Waiting to Fly: My Escapades with the Penguins of Antarctica by Ron Naveen Publisher Comments A tour de force of nature writing, Ron Naveen's Waiting to Fly captures the spirit of the gentle and charming creatures called penguins while also beautifully rendering the frozen, windswept landscapes through his magical prose.In Waiting to Fly, Naveen... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Falcons of North America by Kate Davis Synopsis Why do a tree's leaves change color in autumn? How can mushrooms suddenly appear overnight? What made those tracks in the snow? You Can Be a Nature Detective helps you delve into these and other intriguing mysteries of the natural world. With the goal of... (read more) Your price: $22.00 New - Trade Paper
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A Field Guide to Mexican Birds: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador (Peterson Field Guides) by Roger Tory Peterson Publisher Comments With more than 700 color paintings arranged by families for quick comparison of similar species, and with detailed information on range, habitat, size, and voice, this field guide describes and illustrates 1,038 species of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Armchair Birder: Discovering the Secret Lives of Familiar Birds by John Yow Publisher Comments Bird lovers, take heart While the birding literature is filled with tales of expert observers spotting rare species in exotic locales, John Yow's The Armchair Birder is here to remind us that the most fascinating birds can be the ones perched right... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Hardcover
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