New York, NY, U.S.A.: Soho Press, Incorporated, 1997 Roberta inherits a ranch from her forefathers. They acquired the ranch at a time when using up the land was considered fine, but she doesn't feel that way. She converts her ranch into a rehabilitation center for birds of prey. This book was inspired by the 1971 Endangered Species Act, and a true story. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.... more information

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Shelburne, Vermont, U.S.A.: Chapters Pub Ltd, 1994 Why are tropical birds like parrots and quetzels so much more colorful than any feathered resident of temperate lands? How can a vulture soaring thousands of feet above the canopy spot a dead rodent no bigger than a mouse in the rain forest? What permits sparrow-size antbirds not only to survive but to thrive among relentless hordes of army ants that devour every other living thing in their path? This is the book that picks up where field guides leave off, ... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Picador USA, 2001 An Esquire Best Book of the Year, the ostrich is one of nature's misfits: A gigantic bird that can neither fly nor sing. But the fin-de-siecle fetish for feathers made ostrich plumes more precious than gold. Rob Nixon grew up near the South African desert where ostriches first boomed, and had an early passion for the outsize bird. Later, his rejection of apartheid led him to immigrate to the United States, where he encountered a new wave of ostrich mania: Am... more information

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Austin, Texas, U.S.A.: Univ of Texas Pr, 1987 This information-packed book is really two books in one. The Life of a Bird section tells what it is like to be a bird. It is an account of survival, of the advantages and disadvantages in the various methods of growing up, moulting, feeding, migrating, breeding - of adapting or succumbing to the multiplicity of threats to its existence. The Directory section gives over 1,500 colour paintings of birds of different ages, sexes and seasons; maps of the distributio... more information

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Hauppauge, New York: Barrons Educational Series Inc. Fine. 1999. Fifth Printing. Soft Cover. 0764110179 . "Purchase * Care and Feeding * Cages and Accessories * Health * Breeding * Understanding a Cockatiel's Behavior. Filled with color photos and instructive line illustrations. " Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. . ... more information

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Oxford, England: Oxford Univ Press, 2000 The Great Auk is one of the world's best known extinct birds. On land it was clumsy and awkward, but in the sea, where it spent a large part of the year, it was perfectly adapted for swift and efficient movement. By the beginning of the 19th century sightings of the bird had become rare and only a few decades later even the most assiduous explorers could not find it. What happened to the Great Auk? The author pieces together all of the important historical data a... more information

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Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company; The Riverside Press Cambridge, 1952 In this book, with 30 pages of text and color illustrations on each page, C. Russell Mason of the Massachusetts Audubon Society covers the fascinating and rewarding hobby of bird attracting in great detail. It begins with the essential rules for bird identification; full directions are given for feeding and housing and the provision of water and trees, shrubs, vines, ground covers, flowers, and seed plants for use in various part o... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Smithmark Publishers, Incorporated, 1991 Humans have always been fascinated by birds. Dazzled by their colors, and soothed by their melodious songs, humans are perhaps most in awe of birds' ability to fly. Although quite uniform in anatomical terms, birds display a breathtaking diversity of color and form. The one feature that unites this diverse assemblage is the possession of feathers - the defining characteristic of birds. This beautifully illustrated book, with more than ... more information

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