Not too many reviews last month. Not that I have room to talk, I need to get cranking on my reviews. Bird Sense: What It’s Like to Be a Bird The Birdchaser City of Ravens: The Extraordinary History of London, the Tower and its Famous Ravens ABA Blog Life Along the Delaware Bay: Cape May, […]
Archive for 2012
I’ve updated the Comparison of Bird Listing Apps for the iPhone page to include two more apps – BirdsEye BirdLog and Lifebirds Journal. If you’re still looking for a list-keeping app for your iDevice, then check it out.
July 10, 2012
Birds of Brazil: The Pantanal and Cerrado of Central Brazil
Reviews, Books, Field Guidesby John A. Gwynne, Robert S. Ridgely, Guy Tudor, and Martha Argel
An essential field guide to the Pantanal and Cerrado regions of Central Brazil.
John Mazluff and Tony Angell, the authors of Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans, will be holding a live video chat run through uStream on July 10, 12 PM PST. Tweet your questions with #chatSS before AND during the event. To access the uStream – […]
City of Ravens: The Extraordinary History of London, the Tower and its Famous Ravens by Boria Sax From Overlook Press: The tales tell that Charles the Second feared ‘Britain will fall’ if the ravens ever left the Tower of London. Yet the truth is that they arrived in Victorian times as props in gory tales […]
Some great reviews last month. The Young Birder’s Guide to Birds of North America Birdfreak Remarkable Woodpeckers: Incredible Images and Characteristics The Zen Birdfeeder The Reed Warblers: Diversity in a Uniform Bird Family The Birdbooker Report Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death The Birdbooker Report How to Be a Better Birder The Drinking Bird […]
by Julie Zickefoose
Wonderfully written and illustrated accounts of birds that have touched the author’s life.
June 12, 2012
New: Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans
News, Book News
Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans by John Marzluff and Tony Angell From Free Press: CROWS ARE MISCHIEVOUS, playful, social, and passionate. They have brains that are huge for their body size and exhibit an avian kind of eloquence. They mate for life and associate […]
I noticed relatively few reviews last month. I guess everyone was actually birding. Imagine that… America’s Other Audubon The Birdbooker Report Bird Talk: What Birds Are Saying and Why AZ Birdbrain A Field Guide to the Birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore The Birdbooker Report What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of […]
by Chris Gooddie
The fun – and funny – story of the author’s quest to see all of the world’s pittas in a single year.
