by Tim Birkhead, Jo Wimpenny, and Bob Montgomerie
An excellent summary of what we know about birds and the people who discovered it.
Posts Tagged ‘Ten Thousand Birds: Ornithology since Darwin’
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 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 […]
Wow, lots of shiny reviews this month. The Sibley Guide to Birds of North America, Second edition Rare Bird Alert Ten Thousand Birds: Ornithology since Darwin Another Bird Blog New Scientist Avian 101 Nemesis Bird Rare Birds of North America The Birdist Birding Dude Rich Ditch’s Photography Blog Avian Review (site’s homepage) View from the […]
Ten Thousand Birds: Ornithology since Darwin by Tim Birkhead, Jo Wimpenny, and Bob Montgomerie From Princeton University Press: Ten Thousand Birds provides a thoroughly engaging and authoritative history of modern ornithology, tracing how the study of birds has been shaped by a succession of visionary and often-controversial personalities, and by the unique social and scientific […]
2013 was a great year for bird books, but based on the titles already announced 2014 may end up being even better! Here are some to be looking forward to. Rare Birds of North America by Steve N. G. Howell, Ian Lewington, and Will Russell February 16, 2014; Princeton University Press This is the first […]
