Charlotte Hil Green
The late Charlotte Hilton Green was an early and influential champion of the Tar Heel state's natural environment, and her popular weekly column, 'Out-of-Doors in Carolina,' appeared in the Raleigh News and Observer for forty-two years (1932-74). A... (read more)
Sharon Beals
Sharon Beals' gorgeous photographs of nests offer a new window onto the life and beauty of birds. Drawn from the collections of the California Academy of Sciences, the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley, and the Western Foundation of Vertebrate... (read more)
John Kemper
Northern California has recorded a total of 559 birds. Only two entire states have recorded more - Texas (606) and all of California (601). This book leads you to 81 prime birding areas, with 294 individual sites and 102 maps. Seasonal bar graphs are... (read more)
James F Clements
Includes bibliographical references (p. 721-724) and indexes.... (read more)
Noah Strycker
A twenty-two-year-old "rising star"--bird scientist and photographer Noah Strycker--recounts the drama of life--human, bird, and physical--at the remote Antarctic field camp where he studies Adélie penguins.... (read more)
Jared Hobbs
As old-growth forest is increasingly lost to logging, the spotted owl population is declining precipitously in both Canada and the U.S. This beautiful book is a must for anyone who cares about the preservation of nature and the fate of this emblem of... (read more)
Robert S Ridgely
These widely anticipated volumes comprehensively treat the nearly 1600 species of birds that can be found in mainland Ecuador. The authors describe Ecuador this way: <P>"One of the wonders of the natural world. Nowhere else is such incredible avian... (read more)
Jeffrey V. Wells
"Everyone who cares about birds should have a copy of this handbook. It goes beyond lists to explain exactly why the most threatened of North America's birds are at risk--and what every birder can do to make a positive difference. The fate of many of... (read more)
