The Sibley Guide to Trees by David Allen Sibley September 15, 2009; $39.95 Nine years ago, The Sibley Guide to Birds was published and quickly became generally regarded as the best North American field guide. And now Sibley turns his tremendous talent to a very different group of organisms. The Birder’s World magazine blog has […]
Archive for 2009
September 2, 2009
Birdsong by the Seasons: A Year of Listening to Birds
Reviews, Books, Miscellaneousby Donald Kroodsma
An excellent book in which the author uses sounds “not so much to identify birds as to identify with them”.
Mmmmmmm…….bird book reviews……… Life List: A Woman’s Quest for the World’s Most Amazing Birds Birdfreak.com Spirits of the Air: Birds and American Indians in the South The Birdchaser Shorebirds of North America, Europe, and Asia: A Photographic Guide Birdfreak.com 10,000 Birds Flyaway: How A Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings 10,000 Birds […]
by Marcy Houle
The story of the author’s study of hawks on an isolated prairie, but also much more.
As mentioned in a recent post, I’ve been looking forward to finally seeing this book. So I was excited when it showed up on the doorstep yesterday. I’m planning on doing a full review eventually, but in the meantime I wanted to share some initial thoughts. My very first thought was amazement at how large […]
Trogons: A Natural History of the Trogonidae by Joseph M. Forshaw I love trogons, and the description of this new book left me drooling: This is the definitive natural history of the spectacularly beautiful tropical birds known as the trogons, a family that includes the legendary Resplendent Quetzal, the sacred bird of the ancient Mayans […]
August 4, 2009
Grass, Sky, Song: Promise and Peril in the World of Grassland Birds
Reviews, Books, Miscellaneousby Trevor Herriot
An extremely well-written look at the state of North American grassland birds.
I maintain an Amazon wishlist for the usual reasons; mostly I just want to keep track of the books and other items that I want. But I make it a habit to glance over the list frequently. I want to keep an eye on the prices because Amazon has a habit of changing them often. […]
It’s July, so it’s already time to get out there and look for shorebirds on their southbound migration. In fact, there have already been a couple reports of Upland Sandpipers here in Georgia. But this group of birds can be notoriously difficult to identify. So when you head out to the nearest beach, sod farm, […]
I hate that I haven’t done many reviews lately, but between work and other things it’s been pretty busy lately. Of course, since one of those “other things” is our first child that will be arriving in September, I’m not sure when I’ll get any more time! But to help fill in the gaps, I’m […]
