epub |eng | 2012-04-07 | Author:Simon Harrap

MEDITERRANEAN GULL • Larus melanocephalus • 37 cm Once an extreme rarity, now an increasingly common breeding species and widespread on passage and in winter, but finding a ‘Med Gull’ ...

epub |eng | 2014-04-21 | Author:David Callahan & David Callahan

51 : Ernest Holt newspaper cutting 1928 Further inspiration for the travelling birder and photographer came from illustrated reports of bird-seeking expeditions like those of Ernest Holt, which demonstrated the ...

epub, azw3 |eng | 2014-04-04 | Author:Jim Crumley [Jim Crumley]

THREE THE POSSIBILITIES OF broken-open tree trunks were the barn owl’s first resort for nest sites, as now (after centuries of dependency on the cast-off buildings of the people, and ...

epub |eng | 2010-04-02 | Author:Sy Montgomery

An eager hunting partner flies to master falconer Nancy Cowan’s glove. In her short lifetime, Smoke has not yet killed a pheasant, but she has chased three. Her first time ...

epub |eng | 2016-03-27 | Author:Vernon R L Head

Ian I first knew only through his many books. The day I first met the great Ian Sinclair I was nervous, and also humbled by his presence as part of ...

epub |eng | 2016-01-04 | Author:Paul A. Johnsgard [Johnsgard, Paul A.]

Evolutionary and Ecological Relationships Clearly the closest relative of Amazilia violiceps is A. viridifrons, which ranges from central Oaxaca and central Guerrero south to Chiapas. It is thus apparently partially ...

epub |eng | 2013-07-24 | Author:Peter Doherty

14 Blue bloods and chicken bugs TRADITIONALLY, ANY NOTION OF good breeding and inheritance was synonymous with the idea of blood lines. That was before the rediscovery of Gregor Mendel’s ...

epub |eng | 2015-02-01 | Author:Ralph Steadman

Giant Ibis Thaumatibis gigantea Another once-abundant bird, the Giant Ibis, of which there are only about 230 mature individuals remaining, is found in northern Cambodia, southern Laos, and there has ...

epub |eng | 2015-11-07 | Author:Dominic Couzens

The quiet, hen-pecked behaviour of male Tan-striped morph White-throated Sparrows is so different to their White-striped colleagues that they could almost be different species. BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE Memories of garden birds ...

epub |eng | 2014-12-01 | Author:Bill Oddie

You look up and the bird has flown away. So try to strike a happy balance between looking at the bird and accurately writing down what you see. It’s amazing ...

epub |eng | 2011-10-10 | Author:Tom Warhol

Tiritiri Matangi Island bird sanctuary, New Zealand THURSDAY day 186 Up Close and Personal A window box feeder will bring some of your backyard birds right up to your window ...

azw3 |eng | 2015-03-11 | Author:Oddie, Bill [Oddie, Bill]

chapter twenty-six On the Fairway Birdies, eagles, albatrosses. Am I talking wildlife or golf? Well, both actually. The fact is that most naturalists – and birdwatchers in particular – are ...

epub |eng | | Author:Bill Oddie

chapter twenty-six On the Fairway Birdies, eagles, albatrosses. Am I talking wildlife or golf? Well, both actually. The fact is that most naturalists – and birdwatchers in particular – are ...

epub |eng | 2012-03-20 | Author:Julie Zickefoose [Zickefoose, Julie]

I realized that simply posting the areas and leaving it at that would be inadequate to protect the birds. I'd have to provide a consistent presence that reinforced the barriers. ...

epub |eng | 2009-07-26 | Author:Lyanda Lynn Haupt [HAUPT, LYANDA LYNN]

With this is mind, I turn back to my own disgruntled helper at the nest, who, in spite of her scowl, trots dutifully behind me, handing me clothespins as I ...