From North America to Madagascar, from beginners to experts, there’s a bird book reviewed last month for everyone. A Chorus of Cranes: The Cranes of North America and the World 10,000 Birds Birding for the Curious: The Easiest Way for Anyone to Explore the Incredible World of Birds Prairie Birder Birds of Madagascar and the […]
Posts Tagged ‘Rare Birds of North America’
Before we get started, I want to say that this is by no means a definitive list. I’ve seen a lot of bird books in 2014, but not nearly all of them. Two in particular – Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World, Volume 1 and H is for Hawk – have been highly […]
Here are the last of the bird book reviews from 2014. Looking forward to many more in 2015. The Sibley Guide to Birds, 2nd Edition (second printing) Nature Travel Network When Eagles Roar: The Amazing Journey of an African Wildlife Adventurer Nature Travel Network Ducks, Geese, and Swans of North America The Well-read Naturalist American […]
Tons of reviews this month. When I started this site almost eight years ago, having so many bird book reviews published in a month would have been…well, it just didn’t happen. Say what you want about the rest of the Internet (do we really need a quiz to find out what obscure Saturday-morning cartoon character […]
A nice mixture of new and older books were reviewed this past month. Penguins: The Ultimate Guide Greg Laden’s Blog Woodpeckers of the World: A Photographic Guide Hipster Birders Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World, Volume 1: Non-passerines Woodpeckers of the World (This is the blog of the author of the previous book) […]
Here are some more great reviews from around the net. Woodpeckers of the World: A Photographic Guide Avian Review Facing Extinction: The World’s Rarest Birds and the Race to Save Them The Well-read Naturalist Must-See Birds of the Pacific Northwest The Well-read Naturalist Birdfinding in British Columbia ABA Blog Rare Birds of North America ABA […]
Sorry for the late post, hopefully I didn’t miss many reviews from last month. Peterson Reference Guide to Seawatching: Eastern Waterbirds in Flight The Eyrie The Sibley Guide to Birds, 2nd Edition The Eyrie The American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of Colorado Avian Review Guide to Troubled Birds Birding is Fun! The […]
A while back the American Birding Association announced that it would no longer be publishing book reviews in Birding, its flagship magazine, in favor of posting them on its new blog. I wasn’t too sure about that. These were consistently the best reviews around, written by very knowledgeable (dare I say “famous”) birders, and were […]
by Steve N. G. Howell, Ian Lewington, and Will Russell
A detailed (and attractive) guide to vagrant birds in North America.
Here are some bird book reviews from the last month to check out. (Happy Star Wars day!) The Sibley Guide to Birds of North America, Second edition 10,000 Birds The Urban Bestiary: Encountering the Everyday Wild A DC Birding Blog The Thing with Feathers Birding is Fun! Look! A Seagull Washington Independent Review of Books […]
