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100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
Algonquin Books 2001; US$ 18.95How did cranes come to symbolize matrimonial happiness? Why were magpies the only creatures that would not go inside Noah's Ark? Birds and bird imagery are integral parts of our language and culture. With her remarkable ability to dig up curious and captivating facts, Diana Wells hatches a treat for active birders and armchair enthusiasts alike. Meet... more...
1001 Secrets Every Birder Should Know
Running Press 2013; US$ 20.00A delightful and irreverent guide for bird watching, this guide is chock-full of color photographs, tips, and fun facts. more...
Acoustic Communication in Birds
Elsevier Science 1983; US$ 119.00Acoustic Communication in Birds more...
The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2010
CSIRO Publishing 2011; US$ 55.00The most authoritative account yet of the status of Australia's birds. more...
The Adelie Penguin
Columbia University Press 2002; US$ 74.99The Adélie penguin is one of the best-studied birds in the world and is the subject of research programs from a dozen nations interested in monitoring changes in the environment and the food webs of the Southern Ocean. This species' population has been changing dramatically over the past few decades coincident with a general warming of the maritime... more...
Adventures Among Birds (Collins Nature Library)
HarperCollins Publishers 2012; Not AvailableThe Collins Nature Library is a new series of classic British nature writing ? reissues of long-lost seminal works. The titles have been chosen by one of Britain?s best known and highly-acclaimed nature writers, Robert Macfarlane, who has also written new introductions that put these classics into a modern context. more...
Albatrosses
CSIRO Publishing 2008; US$ 25.95Outlines the life histories of the spectacular albatross, a bird that rides storms. more...
Alex & Me
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 11.99On September 6, 2007, an African Grey parrot named Alex died prematurely at age thirty-one. His last words to his owner, Irene Pepperberg, were "You be good. I love you." What would normally be a quiet, very private event was, in Alex's case, headline news. Over the thirty years they had worked together, Alex and Irene had become famous?two pioneers... more...
Allozyme Electrophoresis
Elsevier Science 1988; US$ 185.00Inherited enzyme variations, studied using electrophoresis, can be used as markers for the identification of individuals, population structure analysis, the delineation of species boundaries and phytogenetic reconstruction. The purpose of this book is to describe, in a single convenient handbook, all the theoretical and practical matters relevant to... more...
Amazing Gulls
Marlor Press 2011; US$ 8.99Seafarer Marlin Bree captures the poetry of the seagull?s flight, the majesty of its soaring wings, and its amusing antics as gulls gregariously interact with humans. Through black-and-white digital stop-sequence photography, this tribute introduces their habits and habitats, their special abilities, and their remarkable intelligence. Via detailed... more...









