Every illustration is new or redrawn. All species are now shown in color; some are repeated in monochrome, but only when flight patterns are more clearly diagnosed in that way. There are also 390 three-color maps, a new feature.

    She is one of the best-loved poets writing in the United States today, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award and for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Poetry.

    

    

    Sales of this book will help fund the activities of the Friends of Cave Creek Canyon in perpetuity.

    

    The Crossley ID Guide: Waterfowl, the fourth of these user-friendly guides, is for both hunters and birders. Unlike other guides, which provide isolated individual photographs or paint illustrations, this book features large, lifelike scenes that are ‘painted in pixels.’ Nearly 300 pages of waterfowl scenes – showing waterfowl in a wide range of views – near and far, from different angles, in various plumages and behaviors, including flight, and in the habitat in which they live. These beautiful compositions show how a bird’s appearance changes with distance, and give equal emphasis to characteristics experts use to identify birds: size, structure and shape, behavior, probability, and color. This is the first book to convey all of these features visually – in a single image – and to reinforce them with accurate text. Each scene provides a wealth of detailed visual information that invites and rewards careful study. By making identification easier, more accurate, and more fun than ever before, The Crossley ID Guides redefine how readers look at nature. Essential for anyone interested in waterfowl, it also promises to make new birders of many people who have despaired of using traditional guides. This waterfowl guide also carries a strong underlying conservation message. If all the readers of this book come together as one, we can better protect the things we love.

    Inspirational artwork, friendly instructions and Carle-designed paper combine to make the art of collage entirely and miraculously failure-proof.

    During a remarkable 50-year career he has led extraordinary efforts to bring endangered birds back from the brink of extinction, both in New Zealand and overseas.In New Zealand, Don developed techniques that were pivotal in securing the future of both North and South Island saddlebacks, and he was prime architect and leader in the rescue of the Chatham Island black robin, when just a single breeding pair remained. For more than 30 years he was at the forefront of the Kakapo recovery programme, co-ordinating and leading last ditch conservation efforts in Fiordland, the discovery of a previously unknown population of kakapo on Stewart Island, and the successful translocation of all known birds to offshore islands where their future has been secured. Don is also world-renowned for island restoration efforts on the Indian Ocean islands of Mauritius and the Seychelles, and for his involvement in the conservation of rare Australian birds.

    This invaluable compendium provides detailed information on identifying, ageing, and sexing waterbirds, diurnal raptors, and gallinaceous birds in the hand. While of primary utility to banders, the wealth of information is of interest to both birdwatchers and ornithologists, whether engaged in bird banding or not. Based heavily on field work and specimen examination, much new information is presented for the first time. Front material describes and illustrates techniques for identifying, ageing, and sexing birds and 45 pages of Literature Cited round out this robust paperbound volume of 835 pp.

    guide to Indian birds, conservation issues, migration, ornithology through Indian history, economic issues. a major overview of birds, environment in India

    Volume 4. (Sandgrouse to Cuckoos) EDITORS: Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, Jordi Sargatal. 70 colour plates of birds, 236 colour photographs,837 distribution maps, 13 figures and tables and c. 7000 bibliographical references. Language: English. Format: Hardback - 31 x 24 cm.Pages:679. Published December 1997

    

    His work asscientist, teacher and writer introduced millions of Indians to thejoys of the natural world. Salim Ali was born in 1896. His parents passed away soon afterand his siblings went to live with relatives in Bombay. Bombay atthe time was surrounded by forests, and full of wildlife.Fascinated by birds, Salim wanted to be a naturalist. But being a naturalist was not a job many people did in thosedays. Unable to find work he liked, he decided to invent his ownjob, surveying Indian birds. Armed with binoculars, he travelledall over the country, painstakingly observing, listening to,studying and recording the birds in each region - deserts,rainforests, thorny scrub, mountains, and wetlands. Salim Ali wrote many books on birds, including the vast12-volume Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan, and theclassic Book of Indian Birds, which bring to life the rich anddiverse bird life of the Indian subcontinent. He was awarded thePadma Bhushan in 1958 and the Padma Vibhushan in 1976. This new title from Amar Chitra Katha tells the story of one ofIndia's most passionate and erudite naturalists.

    Absolutely beautiful coloured illustrations by Keulemans. This is a ABC of New Zealand Birds. Starting with the Albatross, Bellbird, Cuckoo, Dotterell,Duck Falcon,Fantail,Fernbird,Godwit,Gu­ll,Harrier,Heron,Huia,Kaka, Kakapo,Kea,Kereru,Kingfisher,Kiwi­,Kokak, Morepork,Owl, Parakeet,Pipit, Pukeko,Quail,Rail,Rifleman, Robin,Saddleback,Shag,Silvereye, Stitchbird,Takahe,Tomtit,Tui,Warb­ler, Weka and a Whitehead. Myths and traditions, some coming from legendary Hawaiki. Outlines the spiritual significance to the Māori of various birds; their economic value for their flesh, feathers, oil, bones and skins, and the rituals deemed necessary to capture them. The ability of certain birds to predict future happenings is yet another fascinating subject covered.