Spotlight On – The Isabell McGregor Durrenberger Memorial Collection (Part 1)
The Copper Queen Library recently added several titles related to birds and birding to our collections through the generous donations of the family and friends of Isabell McGregor Durrenberger, a long-time local resident with an abiding interest in birds and nature, and the additional assistance of the Friends of the Copper Queen Library.
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Here are some of those titles:
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AUDIO CDs
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Bird Songs
of Southeastern Arizona & Sonora, Mexico (G.A. Keller)This 2 CD set captures the voices of more than 200 birds in this diverse region. Learn the voices of Elegant Trogon, Rose-throated Becard, Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, Red-faced Warbler, Olive Warbler, Painted Redstart, Five-striped Sparrow, and a dazzling array of hummingbirds and owls. Includes extended song sequences for virtually all specialty birds. Anyone traveling to the increasingly popular Mexican states of Sonora and Sinaloa will find the recordings of White-striped Woodcreeper, Pine Flycatcher, Spotted Wren and many others very helpful.
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Bird
ing by Ear: Western North America (Richard K. Walton).
Ever wonder what that trill in the backyard is? Or how to distinguish among all those similar warbler songs? Birding By Ear points out exactly what to listen for to tell one bird from another, grouping 91 common species into 19 intelligible learning groups by acoustic similarity -- "sing-songers," "trillers," "name-sayers," "warbling songsters," to name just a few.
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Field Guide 
to Western Bird Songs: Western North America (Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology)
Here is the western edition of A Field Guide to Bird Songs, the best-selling bird song collection ever recorded. This edition includes the songs and calls of 522 species -- all the most common and vocal birds found in western North America. Organized as a companion to Roger Tory Peterson's Field Guide to Western Birds, this is the "birder's bible" of bird song.
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DVDs
to Western Bird Songs: Western North America (Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology)Here is the western edition of A Field Guide to Bird Songs, the best-selling bird song collection ever recorded. This edition includes the songs and calls of 522 species -- all the most common and vocal birds found in western North America. Organized as a companion to Roger Tory Peterson's Field Guide to Western Birds, this is the "birder's bible" of bird song.
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DVDs
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Hoo
ked on Hummingbirds
This DVD features spectacular, close-up footage, including slow motion, stop motion, and real time aerobatics, including upside-down flight. See hummers flying, feeding, fighting, building their nests, feeding their chicks, defending their territories, and performing their roles as closet carnivores, nectar robbers, and housekeeping fuss-budgets. This award-winning program was shot in the U.S. and Costa Rica.
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Hoo
ked on HummingbirdsThis DVD features spectacular, close-up footage, including slow motion, stop motion, and real time aerobatics, including upside-down flight. See hummers flying, feeding, fighting, building their nests, feeding their chicks, defending their territories, and performing their roles as closet carnivores, nectar robbers, and housekeeping fuss-budgets. This award-winning program was shot in the U.S. and Costa Rica.
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Humming
birds! Beauty and the Beast
This superb work by Tom Kaminski features all 16 species of hummingbirds that breed in the United States. The video is filled with a total of 57 hummer species in all – plus a bonus of 17 other bird species, including the 3-wattled Bellbird, Roseate Spoonbill, Crested Caracara, and White-tailed Kite. The enclosed species list shows both common and scientific names.
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birds! Beauty and the BeastThis superb work by Tom Kaminski features all 16 species of hummingbirds that breed in the United States. The video is filled with a total of 57 hummer species in all – plus a bonus of 17 other bird species, including the 3-wattled Bellbird, Roseate Spoonbill, Crested Caracara, and White-tailed Kite. The enclosed species list shows both common and scientific names.
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Vanished Creatures: The Bi
rds
Imagine a flightless bird weighing in at over 1,000 pounds. Envision another flightless bird standing taller than 13 feet. Visualize pigeons so numerous that a single flock darkened the skies of a major city for days on end. Then, see another pigeon twice the size of a turkey, and behaving more docile and tame than any pet could ever be. Each of these creatures flourished in our recent past, but have all now vanished into extinction. The single thread connecting each bird species is that they all fell victim to human cruelty and greed.
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BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
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Alph
abet Bird Collection (Shelli Ogilvy)
In this book, each letter of the alphabet is assigned to a different bird, including Eagle, Kingfisher, Quetzal, Tern, and Varied Thrush. Each bird has its own spread, featuring an original painting from New Mexico artist Shelli Ogilvy. Also included in each bird's spread is a poetic couplet providing a caption to the painting, as well as fun facts. Adding to the appeal and look, a birdsong is represented, using phonetic sounds set within a musical staff. (Ages 4-8)
rdsImagine a flightless bird weighing in at over 1,000 pounds. Envision another flightless bird standing taller than 13 feet. Visualize pigeons so numerous that a single flock darkened the skies of a major city for days on end. Then, see another pigeon twice the size of a turkey, and behaving more docile and tame than any pet could ever be. Each of these creatures flourished in our recent past, but have all now vanished into extinction. The single thread connecting each bird species is that they all fell victim to human cruelty and greed.
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BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
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Alph
abet Bird Collection (Shelli Ogilvy)In this book, each letter of the alphabet is assigned to a different bird, including Eagle, Kingfisher, Quetzal, Tern, and Varied Thrush. Each bird has its own spread, featuring an original painting from New Mexico artist Shelli Ogilvy. Also included in each bird's spread is a poetic couplet providing a caption to the painting, as well as fun facts. Adding to the appeal and look, a birdsong is represented, using phonetic sounds set within a musical staff. (Ages 4-8)
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Bateman
's Backyard Birds (Robert Bateman)
Canadian wildlife artist Bateman offers an engaging introduction to birds and birding in a handsome, large-format book illustrated with his paintings. A typical spread includes one large illustration of one bird and a smaller one of the other identified species. The paintings show the birds in action, while captions and sidebars concisely convey facts about each featured bird's size, voice, food, range, and habitat. (Grades 4-7)
Bateman
's Backyard Birds (Robert Bateman)Canadian wildlife artist Bateman offers an engaging introduction to birds and birding in a handsome, large-format book illustrated with his paintings. A typical spread includes one large illustration of one bird and a smaller one of the other identified species. The paintings show the birds in action, while captions and sidebars concisely convey facts about each featured bird's size, voice, food, range, and habitat. (Grades 4-7)
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