October 2012 is going to be an amazing month for bird books. I mean, we’re getting not one, but two books on… Birds of Paradise Birds of Paradise: Revealing the World’s Most Extraordinary Birds Tim Laman and Edwin Scholes October 23, 2012 Eight years. Eighteen expeditions. Fifty-one field sites. Thirty-nine unique species of birds-of-paradise, all […]
Archive for 2012
September 22, 2012
What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World
Reviews, Books, Biology & Behaviorby Jon Young
Practical advice, cool stories, and detailed instruction on how to learn from birds make this book worth reading.
Newly published – The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds, by John Muir Laws
For each of the last three years, we’ve been treated to a Pete Dunne book exploring a particular season. I’ve really enjoyed the series and was greatly anticipating the finale this year. But then came the bad news: it’s not going to be published. (Queue the cheesy Darth Vader “Noooooooooo!”) As disappointing as that was, […]
Here are a few reviews from August. Save the Last Dance: A Story of North American Grassland Grouse ABA Blog How to be a Better Birder Magnificent Frigatebird Owls of the World: A Photographic Guide The Birdbooker Report The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds Two Birders and Binoculars Cuckoos of the World BirdGuides The Puffin […]
August 25, 2012
Save the Last Dance: A Story of North American Grassland Grouse – Initial Review
Quick Picks
Save the Last Dance: A Story of North American Grassland Grouse by Noppadol Paothong and Joel M. Vance Noppadol Paothong’s article in the April 2012 issue of BirdWatching magazine on finding the five species of grassland grouse would stand out to any reader on the basis of his photographs alone. But even more than these […]
The Mating Lives of Birds by James Parry From The MIT Press: Birdsong may seem to us to be the purest expression of joy, but in fact when a male bird bursts into melodious song, he is warning off other males and advertising his availability to females. He may also engage in spectacular displays of […]
by Alan Davies and Ruth Miller
The story of a couple that dropped everything to see as many birds as possible in a single year.
