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Birds of Washington: Status and Distribution
by Terrence R Wahl  Synopsis Terence R. Wahl, William Tweit, and Steven G. Mlodinow is the first comprehensive reference work on the state's birds to be published in more than fifty years....
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Soaring with Fidel: An Osprey Odyssey from Cape Cod to Cuba and Beyond
by David Gessner Publisher Comments An irreverent, absorbing, and insightful tale of one man's adventures following the great 7,000-mile osprey migration across two continents A Book Sense Notable Title David Gessner has long been fascinated by ospreys, graceful raptors with wingspans of...
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Providence of a Sparrow: Lessons from a Life Gone to the Birds
by Chris Chester Publisher Comments "There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow." — William Shakespeare, Hamlet B fell twenty-five feet from his nest into the life of Chris Chester. The encounter was providential for both of them. B and Chester spent hours together...
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Dreambirds
by Rob Nixon Publisher Comments The ostrich is one of natures misfits: a gigantic bird that can neither fly nor sing. But the fin-de-siècle fetish for feathers made ostrich plumes more precious than gold. Rob Nixon grew up near the South African desert where ostriches first boomed...
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That Quail, Robert
by Margaret Stanger Publisher Comments The perennially bestselling and acclaimed classic of the little bird who preferred human companionship to other quail....
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Hawks in Flight: The Flight Identification of North American Migrant Raptors
by Peter Dunne Publisher Comments This guide shows how to recognize hawks the way we recognize friends at a distance: by body shape, movements, and locale....
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Condor: To the Brink and Back--The Life and Times of One Giant Bird
by John Nielsen Publisher Comments The California condor, with a wingspan of nineandndash;andandndash;aandndash;half feet and a history as old as the Redwoods, should be extinct by now. It should not be soaring over the Grand Canyon, Big Sur, and southandndash;central California. It...
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Birds: The Art of Ornithology
by Jonathan Elphick Publisher Comments This breathtaking collection of important and beautiful ornithological art from London's Natural History Museum traces its development from the Renaissance through the scientific approach favored in the Age of Exploration. Included are brilliantly...
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Birds in Love: The Secret Courting & Mating Rituals of Extraordinary Birds
by Jean Léveillé Publisher Comments Birds in Love is the first natural history of the hidden love life of the feathered world. The courting rituals of birds are the most fascinating of all avian behavior to birders and ornithologists—dazzling plumage displays, mating dances, and...
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Audubon Master Guide To Birding Volume 3
by John Farrand Publisher Comments Covering all 835 species of birds recorded on the continent, including 116 accidentals, this is the first field guide to North American birds specifically designed to satisfy the interests and needs of the serious birder. Its three volumes contain, in...
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In Search of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
by Jerome A Jackson Publisher Comments In Search of the Ivory-Billed Woodpeckeris a complete natural history of one of the most exciting and rare birds in the world. Noted ornithologist Jerome A. Jackson takes the reader on his fantastic and personal quest, providing detailed insights into...
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Birds of Oregon: A General Reference
by David B Marshall Synopsis This comprehensive reference to the approximately five hundred bird species known to occur in the state combines current information on the population status and distribution of each species with details of their habitats and life histories. The...
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Owls of the United States and Canada: A Complete Guide to Their Biology and Behavior
by Wayne Lynch Publisher Comments There is no group of birds more mysterious and fascinating than owls. The loudmouths of the raptor world, they peep, trill, toot, bark, growl, shriek, whistle, chittle, whoop, chuckle, boom, and buzz. Indeed, very few actually hoot. They have become the...
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Wings for My Flight: The Peregrine Falcons of Chimney Rock
by Marcy Cottrel Houle Synopsis In this inspiring book, young wildlife biologist Marcy Cottrell Houle spends a summer perched on a high rock in Colorado's southwest desert. With no phone or running water, she and her research parmer immerse themselves in the study of a pair of...
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Bird Songs: 250 North American Birds in Song
by Les Beletsky Publisher Comments Drawing from the collection of the world-renowned Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Bird Songs presents the most notable North American birds — including the rediscovered Ivory-billed Woodpecker — in a stunning new format...
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In the Company of Crows and Ravens
by John M. Marzluff and Tony Angell Publisher Comments “Crows and people share similar traits and social strategies. To a surprising extent, to know the crow is to know ourselves.”—from the Preface From the cave walls at Lascaux to the last painting by Van Gogh, from the works of Shakespeare to those...
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The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw: One Woman's Fight to Save the World's Most Beautiful Bird
by Bruce Barcott 
Publisher Comments “The first time we came here I didn’t know what to expect,” she told me as we paddled upstream. “What we found just blew me away. Jaguars, pumas, river otters, howler monkeys. The place was like a Noah’s Ark for all the...
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Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds
by Lyanda Lynn Haupt Publisher Comments Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds is a collection of seventeen thoughtful essays on birds capture the sense of wonder and connection people have for these marvelous creatures. Naturalist Lyanda Lynn Haupt, an ornithology teacher and researcher...
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Pigeons: The Fascinating Saga of the World's Most Revered and Reviled Bird
by Andrew D. Blechman Publisher Comments Pigeons have been worshipped as fertility goddesses and revered as symbols of peace. Domesticated since the dawn of man, they’ve been used as crucial communicators in war by every major historical superpower from ancient Egypt to the United States...
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The Birder's Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds: Including All Species That Regularly Breed North of Mexi
by Paul R Ehrlich Publisher Comments This is the most complete and authoritative reference book about the birds of North America -- up to date and in field-guide format. The Birder's Handbook is the first of its kind: a portable library of fascinating information not included in your...
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