Here are the bird book reviews from elsewhere last month. But first, here’s a great list of the best bird books of 2013. The Sibley Guide to Birds: Second Edition Nature Travel Network The Crossley ID Guide: Britain and Ireland It’s a Bird Thing… About.com Birding / Wild Birds Birds and People 10,000 Birds American […]
Posts Tagged ‘Birds and People’
There are many kinds of bird books, from field guides to big year narratives, but at some point you’d think that every possible book about birds will have been written. I don’t know when, or if, that will happen, but one thing is certain: it wasn’t this year. 2013 saw the publication of some books […]
by Mark Cocker
This book about how birds have influenced and impacted people and our culture is a wonderful resource and a great read.
Birds and People by Mark Cocker From Random House: The definitive groundbreaking book on the relationship between birds and humankind, with contributions from more than 600 bird enthusiasts from all over the world. Part natural history and part cultural study, this book describes and maps the entire spectrum of human engagements with birds, drawing in […]
Some reviews from last month. The Warbler Guide Nemesis Bird Rare Bird Alert Birds & People Daily Mail The Scotsman The Unfeathered Bird See you at sunrise… Birds in a Cage The Well-read Naturalist 1001 Secrets Every Birder Should Know Prairie Birder Tracks and Signs of the Animals and Birds of Britain and Europe Another […]
There were lots of reviews last month. Unsurprisingly, most of them were of the excellent The Warbler Guide. The Warbler Guide Earbirding The Exponent Telegram Birding in New Jersey A Charm of Finches Birds from Behind Toheeblog National Parks Traveler Southern Rhode Island Newspapers 10,000 Birds (focusing on the audio companion) Birdguides The Birder’s Report […]
