book recommendations: migration + song (1 Viewer)

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chouette

Member

• Sep 20, 2018

• #1

Hi,

Would anyone be willing to recommend some books? I'm interested in bird migration and bird song and communication.

On migration I'm hoping for something not too demanding. Lots of maps and pictures would be nice.

On song and communication I'm prepared to put a bit more work in, so these recommendations can be as academic as you like. (But they don't have to be.)

Thanks

 

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alan kennedy

Well-known member

• Sep 20, 2018

• #2

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flight-Lin...8&qid=1537459499&sr=8-1&keywords=flight+lines

This is worth reading. Not too technical, well written, interesting pics too. Not a bad place to start. Maybe a bit pricey? That said, the more technical stuff tends to be more expensive still.

Alan

 

Andy Adcock

Worst person on Birdforum

• Sep 20, 2018

• #3

A very highly regarded author and book.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-l...d_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&qid=&sr=

 

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Murray Lord

Well-known member

• Sep 21, 2018

• #4

Two to consider:

The Singing Life of Birds by Don Kroodsma

The Sound Approach to Birding www.soundapproach.co.uk

 

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chouette

Member

• Sep 24, 2018

• #5

Thanks very much to each of you. These books are a little pricey for present purposes, but I'll keep a look out for them. Unfortunately my local library doesn't have them, but maybe a cheap copy of one of them will show up one day. Thanks again.

 

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graham_t

Well-known member

• Nov 10, 2018

• #6

Flight Lines is a lovely book, though it suffers from a baffling absence of maps.
You might try

Time to Fly: Exploring Bird Migration - Jim Flegg
Bird Migration (Birdwatcher's Guide) - Dominic Couzens

These have far more illustrations and maps and both can be picked up cheaply in paperback on Amazon

 

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oncebittern86

Well-known member

• Nov 13, 2018

• #7

As above, I’d recommend Time to Fly. It was the first book I read about bird migration and taught me a lot.

 

mcali

Well-known member

• Nov 20, 2018

• #8

Birdsong by Don Stap. I really enjoyed that book and also learnt a lot. (I also really liked his other book - “a parrot without a name”)

 

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bcskr

Well-known member

• Nov 20, 2018

• #9

Relatively inexpensive and good intro to migration https://www.amazon.co.uk/Birds-Migr...=1542684104&sr=1-5&keywords=How+birds+migrate

 

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Murray Lord

Well-known member

• Nov 20, 2018

• #10

https://www.lynxeds.com/sites/default/files/forewords/foreword-HBW-06.pdf from Handbook of the Birds of the World is a good introduction to bioacoustics.