Bird-related book (1 Viewer)

[Mia Rodriguez]

What is your favorite bird-related book or field guide?

 

[MiddleRiver]

The 'Warbler Guide' is an amazing work and essential in USA where warbler migration is a big deal.

 

[jogresh]

Hmm good question!
Off the top of my head - "Manka the Sky Gypsy", by 'BB'. A somewhat cheesy name, but an amazingly evocative description of the extensive North Norfolk saltmarshes and their Pink Footed Geese. Loved it as a youth, really his books are good for all ages, in the beautiful way he describes the countryside. The author was an artist, and his books are just like paintings. 🙂🐦

 

[Mike Crawley]

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Mrs Moreau's Warbler (how birds got their names)

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[delia todd]

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Mine is Razor in the Wind by Richard Hargreaves (BF member @halftwo ). It's beside my bed and great for dipping into at the end of the day.

 

[01101001]

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It ended up in Opus Editors (Huge Jackdaw nest), quite unexpectedly so

 

[delia todd]

Doh!!

 

[halftwo]

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Mine is Razor in the Wind by Richard Hargreaves (BF member @halftwo ). It's beside my bed and great for dipping into at the end of the day.

Wow! Thank you Delia! That's made my day.

 

[delia todd]

Well deserved Richard.

Thanks..... it doesn't "send me to sleep" but relaxes me, particularly after a difficult day.

 

[Mia Rodriguez]

Hmm good question!
Off the top of my head - "Manka the Sky Gypsy", by 'BB'. A somewhat cheesy name, but an amazingly evocative description of the extensive North Norfolk saltmarshes and their Pink Footed Geese. Loved it as a youth, really his books are good for all ages, in the beautiful way he describes the countryside. The author was an artist, and his books are just like paintings. 🙂🐦

I will definitely read that book, thanks for the suggestion

 

[Mia Rodriguez]

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Mrs Moreau's Warbler (how birds got their names)

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I definitely need that book

 

[Ruff-Leg]

John Reilly's "The Ascent of Birds". Birds, phylogenetics, paleontology, and plate tectonics. What could be better?

 

[Euan Buchan]

Mine is The RSPB’s Guide To Scottish Birds I do enjoy Birding with Bill Oddie a practical guide to Birdwatching.

 

[VonMaunder]

This gem: On Watching Birds, Lawrence Kilham

"Lawrence Kilham begins this remarkable book with a simple notion, surely there are many people who aren’t scientists who nevertheless take great satisfaction from observing nature and the creatures that inhabit it. Eschewing species lists and the charts-and-graphs approach of professional ornithologists and competitive birders, Kilham’s On Watching Birds elegantly balances the aesthetic and humanistic with the scientific. The author offers a philosophy of embracing nature through discovery rather than a methodology for categorizing it."

On Watching Birds

Lawrence Kilham begins this remarkable book with a simp…

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