Here is some bird book review goodness for your reading pleasure: The Travails of Two Woodpeckers: Ivory-Bills and Imperials Birdfreak.com: The Bird Conservation Blog Falconer on the Edge: A Man, His Birds, and the Vanishing Landscape of the American West Rigor Vitae Living the Scientific Life Life List: A Woman’s Quest for the World’s Most […]
Archive for 2009
by Jeremy Mynott
A fascinating exploration into our experience of, and responses to, birds.
June 11, 2009
Vivonne Bay Blue: Superb Blue Wrens of Kangaroo Island
Reviews, Books, Art & Photography, Reviews, Books, Species Monographsby Gillian and Colin Rayment
A charming photo album of Australia’s Superb Blue Wren.
In the May 2009 issue of Birding, the magazine of the American Birding Association, Alan Contreras opines: “Right now, we are overwhelmed with guides for beginners and specialized family references, many of which are good, but we lack truly advanced field guides…” Among other suggestions, he would like to see a field guide that shows […]
Someday soon I’ll be able to get another review written. But in the meantime, here are some reviews from other sites. Life List: A Woman’s Quest for the World’s Most Amazing Birds The Birdchaser Born Again Bird Watcher A birding blog from Peru by Gunnar Engblom Shorebirds of the Northern Hemisphere Avian Books – yet […]
I’ve been pretty busy lately and haven’t had enough time to write reviews. I’m hoping that will change soon. But in the meantime, here are some thoughts on some recently published bird books. Life List: A Woman’s Quest for the World’s Most Amazing Birds Olivia Gentile This is an excellent biography of uber-birder and lister […]
April 27, 2009
Spirits of the Air: Birds and American Indians in the South
Reviews, Books, Miscellaneousby Shepard Krech III
This book of “ethno-ornithology” is an interesting investigation of the connection between Indians and birds in the American South.
The blog 10,000 Birds is giving a way a copy of Corvus: A Life with Birds. The contest ends April 26. Giveaway at 10,000 Birds
