Blaise, Misha Maynerick

Crazy for Birds: Fascinating and Fabulous Facts

William Collins 2020 208, . 188x129mm. HB. NEW. . Thoughtful, philosophical, and delightful, Crazy for Birds pairs beautiful artwork with whimsical writing to explore the many wonders of birds, shedding light on our abiding connection with nature, the diversity of life, and the idiosyncrasy of the human psyche.A charming and quirky illustrated exploration of birds and the reasons we love them.From the Common Swift, which can stay in the air continuously without landing for up to ten months at a time, even sleeping on the wing, to the tiny Goldcrest, Europe's smallest bird, which can lay one-and-one-half times its body weight in eggs every season, birds are incredible creatures.With fascinating facts, humorous anecdotes and charming illustrations, artist Misha Blaise pays loving homage to the amazing birds that populate our skies in a delightful gift book sure to enchant birders, art-lovers, children and adults alike.Author Biography:Misha Maynerick Blaise is a Croatian American born in Canada and raised in the Colorado Rockies. She and her husband are the co-owners of a green building company and co-creators of two sons. They now call Texas home. Misha is the author-illustrator of This Phenomenal Life, which has been translated into five languages and was a bestseller in China. She likes night swimming, music, researching stuff and discussing life's big questions over a strong cup of black tea.. [9780008390211]

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Book number: N42424

Catalogue: Zoology,Birds

Keywords: Art; Birds; Ornithology

Blake, E.R.

Manual of Neotropical Birds Vol 1 Spheniscidae (Penguins) to Laridae (Gulls and Allies)

University of Chicago Press 1977 xlix, 674, 12 plates (4 col), 67 text figs, 237 distribution maps. . HB. Vg in d/w. Some light soiling to page edge.. . [9780226056418]

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Book number: S668

Catalogue: Zoology,Birds

Keywords: A06138; Birds

Blasco-Zumeta, J.; Heinze, G.-M.

Identification Atlas of the Continental Birds of Southwestern Europe

Tundra Ediciones 2023 570, col photos. . HB. NEW. . This work is an advanced bird identification manual focusing on the details of moulting strategy, sex and age characters. It is designed for the study of birds in hand, but a good part of the characters are equally observable from distance, so it is also very useful for birdwatching and field identification.With detailed plates, in whose photographs the diagnostic characters explained in the text are indicated by arrows and numbers, more than 200 species of continental birds from Southwestern Europe.It also includes 24 files and keys for pairs or groups of species whose identification is often conflictive.Of interest to scientific banders, ornithologists, researchers, bird watchers, environmental consultants and nature lovers, as well as students of Biology, Environmental Sciences and other disciplines of study and management of the Nature.. [9788419624383]

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Book number: N56897

Catalogue: Zoology,Birds

Keywords: Distribution Atlas; Ornithology; Birds; Southern Europe; Europe; Western Europe; Europe

Blathwayt, F.L.

A Revised list of the Birds of Dorset

1940 32, . . PB. 8vo, orig. wrappers, faded. Some foxing. Good. From the Library of British lepidopterist, Barry Goater (1930-2022), with his bookplate.. Reprinted from Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society Vol. 61, pp.136-167.