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Author : David Allen Sibley
Publisher : Alfred a Knopf Incorporated
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1400043867
Provides basic information about the biology, life cycles, and behavior of birds, along with brief profiles of each of the eighty bird families in North America.
Author : David Allen Sibley
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780525520290
The bird book for birders and nonbirders alike that will excite and inspire by providing a new and deeper understanding of what common, mostly backyard, birds are doing—and why: "Can birds smell?"; "Is this the same cardinal that was at my feeder last year?"; "Do robins 'hear' worms?" "The book's beauty mirrors the beauty of birds it describes so marvelously." —NPR In What It's Like to Be a Bird, David Sibley answers the most frequently asked questions about the birds we see most often. This special, large-format volume is geared as much to nonbirders as it is to the out-and-out obsessed, covering more than two hundred species and including more than 330 new illustrations by the author. While its focus is on familiar backyard birds—blue jays, nuthatches, chickadees—it also examines certain species that can be fairly easily observed, such as the seashore-dwelling Atlantic puffin. David Sibley's exacting artwork and wide-ranging expertise bring observed behaviors vividly to life. (For most species, the primary illustration is reproduced life-sized.) And while the text is aimed at adults—including fascinating new scientific research on the myriad ways birds have adapted to environmental changes—it is nontechnical, making it the perfect occasion for parents and grandparents to share their love of birds with young children, who will delight in the big, full-color illustrations of birds in action. Unlike any other book he has written, What It's Like to Be a Bird is poised to bring a whole new audience to David Sibley's world of birds.
Author : David Allen Sibley
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780307545978
From the renowned author of the New York Times best seller The Sibley Guide to Birds, a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated guide to identifying birds in the field. Sibley's Birding Basics is an essential companion for birders of all skill and experience levels. With Sibley as your guide, learn how to interpret what the feathers, the anatomical structure, the sounds of a bird tell you. When you know the clues that show you why there’s no such thing as, for example, “just a duck” birding will be more fun, and more meaningful. An essential addition to the Sibley shelf! The Sibley Guide to Birds and The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior are both universally acclaimed as the new standard source of species information. And now David Sibley, America’s premier birder and best-known bird artist, turns his attention to the general characteristics that influence the appearance of all birds, unlocking the clues to their identity. In 200 beautifully rendered illustrations and 16 essays, this scientifically precise volume distills the essence of Sibley’s own experience and skills, providing a solid introduction to “naming” the birds. Birding Basics reviews how one can get started as a birder—the equipment necessary, where and when to go birding, and perhaps most important, the essential things to look for when birds appear in the field—as well as the basic concepts of bird identification and the variations that can change the appearance of a bird over time or in different settings. Sibley also provides critical information on the aspects of avian life that differ from species to species: feathers (color, arrangement, shape, molt), behavior and habitat, and sounds.
Author : Billy Collins
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-06
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780231150873
In this beautiful collection of poems and paintings, Billy Collins, former U.S. poet laureate, joins with David Allen Sibley, America's foremost bird illustrator, to celebrate the winged creatures that have inspired so many poets to sing for centuries. From Catullus and Chaucer to Robert Browning and James Wright, poets have long treated birds as powerful metaphors for beauty, escape, transcendence, and divine expression. Here, in this substantial anthology, more than one hundred contemporary and classic poems are paired with close to sixty original, ornithologically precise illustrations. Part poetry collection, part field guide, part art book, Bright Wings presents verbal and visual interpretations of the natural world and reminds us of our intimate connection to the "bright wings" around us. Each in their own way, these poems and pictures honor the enchanting creatures that have been, and continue to be, longtime collaborators with the poet's and painter's art. Poet and bird pairings include: Wallace Stevens and the Blackbird; Emily Dickinson and the Robin; Marianne Moore and the Frigate Pelican; Thomas Hardy and the Goldfinch; Sylvia Plath and the Pheasant; John Updike and the Seagull; Walt Whitman and the Eagle; Billy Collins and the Sparrow.
Author : National Audubon Society
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015053131978
Authoritative and comprehensive, this reference provides the necessary information about the biology, life cycles, and behavior of the 80 bird families of North America. For the new volume, Sibley has provided more than 796 full-color paintings to illustrate the essays and family chapters written by 44 ornithologists and expert birders.
Author : David Sibley
Publisher : Helm
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-11
Category : Birds
ISBN : 1472982053
A portable guide to the birds of eastern North AmericaThe publication of Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America and its companion edition, Field Guide to Birds of Western North America, quickly established David Sibley as the author and illustrator of the most comprehensive guides to these regions. This second edition builds on this foundation of excellence, with a wealth of improvements and updates. It offers expanded and updated information, new illustrations, larger reproduction and an improved design.Covering species east of the Rocky Mountains, the book features illustrations of 698 species and regional populations, with more than 4,600 illustrations digitally remastered from original art for perfect reproduction, and more than 600 colour maps. This is an indispensable resource for all birders seeking an authoritative yet portable guide to the birds of eastern North America.
Author : Chris Elphick,John Barnard Dunning
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Birds
ISBN : OCLC:1302238680
Author : Debra Oswald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0982510217
Author : David Allen Sibley
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39076002858608
David Allen Sibley, the preeminent, bestselling bird-guide author and illustrator, applies his formidable skills of identification and illustration to the trees of North America. The Sibley Guide to Trees is an astonishingly elegant guide to a complex subject. It condenses a huge amount of information about tree identification—more than has ever been collected in a single book—into a logical, accessible, easy-to-use format. With more than 4,100 meticulous, exquisitely detailed paintings, the Guide highlights the often subtle similarities and distinctions between more than 600 tree species—native trees as well as many introduced species. No other guide has ever made field identification so clear. Features highlighted include: • leaves (including multiple leaf shapes and fall leaf color) • bark • needles • cones • flowers • fruit • twigs • silhouettes More than 500 maps show the complete range, both natural and cultivated, for nearly all species. Trees are arranged taxonomically, with all related species grouped together. By focusing on the fundamental characteristics of, for example, oaks or chestnuts or hickories, the Guide helps the user recognize these basic species groups the same way birders recognize thrushes, warblers, or sparrows. In addition, there are essays on taxonomy, on the cultivation of trees, and on conservation issues, reflecting Sibley's deep concern with habitat preservation and environmental health. An important new contribution to our understanding of the natural world, The Sibley Guide to Trees will be a necessity for every tree lover, traveler, and naturalist. It is sure to become the new benchmark in field guides to trees.
Author : John Kricher
Publisher : Peterson Reference Guides
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Birds
ISBN : 9781328787361
A fascinating look at what birds do and why they do it Both casual and serious birdwatchers can take their skills to the next level with this detailed consideration of bird behavior. This book makes it possible to move beyond identifying birds to understanding some of the underpinning and meaning to what birds do, how they do it, and why they do it. Written in an easy-to-understand style, with an abundance of photos illustrating the behaviors, the book shows how flight, molt, migration, feeding, predation, social behavior, courtship, and nesting shape birds' behaviors. Birds are everywhere, and easy to observe; this introduction to elements of bird behavior will connect readers more intimately with these remarkable and beguilingly perceptive animals.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1480679283
Author : Pete Dunne
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1994-06-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0292715749
Tales of a Low-Rent Birder is a collection of nineteen essays and sketches written between 1977 and 1985. It was originally published in 1986.
Author : Kenn Kaufman
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0618159886
The bestselling natural history of birds, lavishly illustrated with 600 colorphotos, is now available for the first time in flexi binding.
Author : Erik Hirschfeld,Andy Swash,Robert Still
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781400844906
An illustrated survey of the world's most endangered birds This illustrated book vividly depicts the most endangered birds in the world and provides the latest information on the threats each species faces and the measures being taken to save them. Today, 571 bird species are classified as critically endangered or endangered, and a further four now exist only in captivity. This landmark book features stunning photographs of 500 of these species—the results of a prestigious international photographic competition organized specifically for this book. It also showcases paintings by acclaimed wildlife artist Tomasz Cofta of the 75 species for which no photos are known to exist. The World's Rarest Birds has introductory chapters that explain the threats to birds, the ways threat categories are applied, and the distinction between threat and rarity. The book is divided into seven regional sections—Europe and the Middle East; Africa and Madagascar; Asia; Australasia; Oceanic Islands; North America, Central America, and the Caribbean; and South America. Each section includes an illustrated directory to the bird species under threat there, and gives a concise description of distribution, status, population, key threats, and conservation needs. This one-of-a-kind book also provides coverage of 62 data-deficient species.
Author : Jonathan K. Alderfer,Jon Lloyd Dunn,National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781426213731
"Companion to National Geographic field guide to the birds of North America"--Cover.