Spotlight On – The Isabell McGregor Durrenberger Memorial Collection (Part 3)
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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Two previous posts highlighted the audiobook, DVD, and children's titles acquired as part of this collection, as well as some of the titles purchased for adults. This post (featuring “Books for Adults, Part 2”) will showcase the remaining titles purchased for adult readers.
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Two previous posts highlighted the audiobook, DVD, and children's titles acquired as part of this collection, as well as some of the titles purchased for adults. This post (featuring “Books for Adults, Part 2”) will showcase the remaining titles purchased for adult readers.
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BOOKS FOR ADULTS (Part 2)
BOOKS FOR ADULTS (Part 2)
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National Geographic Birding Essentials (Jonathan Alderfer)
Birdin
g is the fastest growing wildlife-related outdoor activity in the US, with at least a million new birders a year estimated to join an already robust group some 80 million strong. For these beginning and intermediate enthusiasts, this book teaches readers how to begin and improve their birding... what to look and listen for... and how to make sense of what they see and hear. A unique visual component shows actual field guide pages and how to read them, while another compares the same bird in photography versus artwork and explains how to use both for species identification. National Geographic's quality photography is a major highlight of the book, supplemented by pencil drawings and full-color maps to give the novice and intermediate birder a full range of visual information.
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Of a Feather: A Brief History of American Birding (Scott Weidensaul)
Weid
ensaul, author of four other works of natural history, chronicles the origins of American birding. We meet Alexander Wilson, who came to the U.S. from Scotland in 1794 and published a book illustrating all the birds to be found in this country; John James Audubon, famous author of Birds of America; Spencer Fullerton Baird, who created the National Museum of Natural History; Florence Merriam, the author of Birds through an Opera Glass (1889); George Grinnell, who created the first Audubon Society in 1886; Mabel Osgood Wright, the author of best-selling books on birds and the founder of the Connecticut Audubon chapter; and David Sibley, who has written the most successful field guide since Roger Tory Peterson's.
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g is the fastest growing wildlife-related outdoor activity in the US, with at least a million new birders a year estimated to join an already robust group some 80 million strong. For these beginning and intermediate enthusiasts, this book teaches readers how to begin and improve their birding... what to look and listen for... and how to make sense of what they see and hear. A unique visual component shows actual field guide pages and how to read them, while another compares the same bird in photography versus artwork and explains how to use both for species identification. National Geographic's quality photography is a major highlight of the book, supplemented by pencil drawings and full-color maps to give the novice and intermediate birder a full range of visual information..
Of a Feather: A Brief History of American Birding (Scott Weidensaul)
Weid
ensaul, author of four other works of natural history, chronicles the origins of American birding. We meet Alexander Wilson, who came to the U.S. from Scotland in 1794 and published a book illustrating all the birds to be found in this country; John James Audubon, famous author of Birds of America; Spencer Fullerton Baird, who created the National Museum of Natural History; Florence Merriam, the author of Birds through an Opera Glass (1889); George Grinnell, who created the first Audubon Society in 1886; Mabel Osgood Wright, the author of best-selling books on birds and the founder of the Connecticut Audubon chapter; and David Sibley, who has written the most successful field guide since Roger Tory Peterson's. Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Western North America (4th ed.) (Roger Tory Peterson)
With a
ll-new range maps, updated text, and 40 new paintings, this completely revised edition is sure to be a valuable addition to any birder's pocket or daypack. At a trim size of 5 x 8, it’s portable, but also beautifully illustrated. The photographs – while modern-looking and colorful – capture just one moment in time. The paintings, however, show all of a bird's key field marks and use the Peterson Identification System to make bird identification easier for beginning and intermediate bird watchers. A team of professional birders has updated the text, the maps, and the art, and expert birders also created 35 entertaining and easy-to-use video podcasts which are available to download to a computer desktop or MP3 player.
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Sibley Guide to Birds (David Allen Sibley)
The beautiful watercolor illustrations (6,600, covering 810 species in North America) and clear
, descriptive text in the Sibley Guide place Sibley and his work squarely in the tradition of John James Audubon and Roger Tory Peterson; more than a birdwatcher and evangelizer, he is one of the foremost bird painters and authorities in the US. Along with the watercolors, this thick, attractive and data-packed color guide offers range maps and detailed descriptions of songs, calls and voices for all the birds North Americans might see. A typical page has two columns, with one species in each: that species gets a color-coded range map, a description of its voice, and four to eight illustrative paintings. These multiple images of single species are the guide's most attractive feature; they let Sibley show some birds in several poses, as well as important seasonal and regional, juvenile and mature, breeding and nonbreeding, or male and female versions of the same bird.
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Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America (Ted Floyd)
This new
Smithsonian field guide, written by Birding magazine editor Floyd, is ideal for beginners, but also has formidable resources for experienced birders. What gives this guide the most value is the included CD-ROM, with 587 songs and calls (for 138 bird species) in MP3 format. Not only are they an immense improvement on written descriptions (frequently incomprehensible), they're field-ready - just download them onto your favorite MP3 player. The text is generally thorough, but the focus is on images; each bird's entry is accompanied by at least two photographs and often more, showing specimens in flight, variations in coloring, and differences among males, females and juveniles. Appropriate for even elementary-age readers, the book's excellent range maps are very clear, and the introduction to each group is readable and highly informative.
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With a
ll-new range maps, updated text, and 40 new paintings, this completely revised edition is sure to be a valuable addition to any birder's pocket or daypack. At a trim size of 5 x 8, it’s portable, but also beautifully illustrated. The photographs – while modern-looking and colorful – capture just one moment in time. The paintings, however, show all of a bird's key field marks and use the Peterson Identification System to make bird identification easier for beginning and intermediate bird watchers. A team of professional birders has updated the text, the maps, and the art, and expert birders also created 35 entertaining and easy-to-use video podcasts which are available to download to a computer desktop or MP3 player..
Sibley Guide to Birds (David Allen Sibley)
The beautiful watercolor illustrations (6,600, covering 810 species in North America) and clear
, descriptive text in the Sibley Guide place Sibley and his work squarely in the tradition of John James Audubon and Roger Tory Peterson; more than a birdwatcher and evangelizer, he is one of the foremost bird painters and authorities in the US. Along with the watercolors, this thick, attractive and data-packed color guide offers range maps and detailed descriptions of songs, calls and voices for all the birds North Americans might see. A typical page has two columns, with one species in each: that species gets a color-coded range map, a description of its voice, and four to eight illustrative paintings. These multiple images of single species are the guide's most attractive feature; they let Sibley show some birds in several poses, as well as important seasonal and regional, juvenile and mature, breeding and nonbreeding, or male and female versions of the same bird..
Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America (Ted Floyd)
This new
Smithsonian field guide, written by Birding magazine editor Floyd, is ideal for beginners, but also has formidable resources for experienced birders. What gives this guide the most value is the included CD-ROM, with 587 songs and calls (for 138 bird species) in MP3 format. Not only are they an immense improvement on written descriptions (frequently incomprehensible), they're field-ready - just download them onto your favorite MP3 player. The text is generally thorough, but the focus is on images; each bird's entry is accompanied by at least two photographs and often more, showing specimens in flight, variations in coloring, and differences among males, females and juveniles. Appropriate for even elementary-age readers, the book's excellent range maps are very clear, and the introduction to each group is readable and highly informative..
To See Every Bird on Earth: A Father, a Son, and a Lifetime Obsession (Dan Koeppel)
Birding has become one of the most popular outdoor pursuits. What do you get when you combine birding with competition, obsession, and the sheer love of counting? You get a Big Lister, a person who aspires to see every bird species on Earth. The author's father is among the 12 or so birders to have seen 7,000 birds or more, and this is his story.
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Birding has become one of the most popular outdoor pursuits. What do you get when you combine birding with competition, obsession, and the sheer love of counting? You get a Big Lister, a person who aspires to see every bird species on Earth. The author's father is among the 12 or so birders to have seen 7,000 birds or more, and this is his story.
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Top 100 Birding Sites of the World (Dominic Couzens)
King penguins in Antarctica, cassowaries in Queensland, cocks-of-the rock in Peru, elegant trogons in the Chiricahuas – this gorgeous book describes the one hundred best bird-watching sites on the planet. Introductory sections give an overview of each co
ntinent or region, and then each site is listed and ranked on a country-by-country basis. The entries all include a full description, a list of key species, a map, and information on the best time of year to visit. Lavish color photographs capture rare and elusive species as well as some of the world's best avian spectacles, such as the snow goose blizzard at Bosque del Apache and the flocks of lesser flamingos on Africa's Rift Valley lakes. Many birding sites are included for their unique avifauna, endemics, and oddities – the Seychelles, Andasibe in Madagascar, Taveuni in Fiji, and the Alaka`i wilderness in Hawaii, among others. With its truly global coverage – of the huge flocks of wintering geese in Britain and the United States, the cranes in both Japan and France, the “river of raptors” passage at Veracruz in Mexico, and much more – this book will inform and inspire anyone who plans to visit, or who dreams of visiting, these extraordinary locations.
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The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology (Tim Birkhead)
This i
s a gorgeously rendered and comprehensive history of ornithology, from folklore to facts. Leading ornithologist Tim Birkhead takes readers on a journey through the wonderful world of birds: conception and egg, territory and song, breeding and migration. In the process, he reveals how birders have overcome centuries-old superstitions and untested truths to achieve a firmer understanding of birds. He also details when and how this knowledge was first acquired, detailing the various myths and misconceptions that were believed to be true throughout the ages and when they were finally corrected. Conceived for a general audience, and illustrated throughout with more than one hundred exquisite illustrations - many of them rarely if ever seen before - The Wisdom of Birds is a book full of stories, knowledge, and unexpected revelations.
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A Year on the Wing: Four Seasons in a Life with Birds (Tim Dee)
Distill
ed from one year of introspective observation, 40 years of attentive bird watching, and a variety of literary references, Dee’s memoir expresses a fascination with nature's migratory feathered marvels. A BBC radio producer and editor, Dee began his romance with birds at age three, enthralled by the sight of a swallow's nest. Far more than a recitation of rare birds sighted, Dee captures the poetry of what he sees and hears: a Zambian sprosser emits a “beautiful mud gurgle;” a flycatcher's silver notes are thrown “like meltwater;” thousands of starlings are “the condensing breath of the earth.” Page after page, this account articulates the author's fascination with the world's birds with airy, artful grace.
King penguins in Antarctica, cassowaries in Queensland, cocks-of-the rock in Peru, elegant trogons in the Chiricahuas – this gorgeous book describes the one hundred best bird-watching sites on the planet. Introductory sections give an overview of each co
ntinent or region, and then each site is listed and ranked on a country-by-country basis. The entries all include a full description, a list of key species, a map, and information on the best time of year to visit. Lavish color photographs capture rare and elusive species as well as some of the world's best avian spectacles, such as the snow goose blizzard at Bosque del Apache and the flocks of lesser flamingos on Africa's Rift Valley lakes. Many birding sites are included for their unique avifauna, endemics, and oddities – the Seychelles, Andasibe in Madagascar, Taveuni in Fiji, and the Alaka`i wilderness in Hawaii, among others. With its truly global coverage – of the huge flocks of wintering geese in Britain and the United States, the cranes in both Japan and France, the “river of raptors” passage at Veracruz in Mexico, and much more – this book will inform and inspire anyone who plans to visit, or who dreams of visiting, these extraordinary locations..
The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology (Tim Birkhead)
This i
s a gorgeously rendered and comprehensive history of ornithology, from folklore to facts. Leading ornithologist Tim Birkhead takes readers on a journey through the wonderful world of birds: conception and egg, territory and song, breeding and migration. In the process, he reveals how birders have overcome centuries-old superstitions and untested truths to achieve a firmer understanding of birds. He also details when and how this knowledge was first acquired, detailing the various myths and misconceptions that were believed to be true throughout the ages and when they were finally corrected. Conceived for a general audience, and illustrated throughout with more than one hundred exquisite illustrations - many of them rarely if ever seen before - The Wisdom of Birds is a book full of stories, knowledge, and unexpected revelations..
A Year on the Wing: Four Seasons in a Life with Birds (Tim Dee)
Distill
ed from one year of introspective observation, 40 years of attentive bird watching, and a variety of literary references, Dee’s memoir expresses a fascination with nature's migratory feathered marvels. A BBC radio producer and editor, Dee began his romance with birds at age three, enthralled by the sight of a swallow's nest. Far more than a recitation of rare birds sighted, Dee captures the poetry of what he sees and hears: a Zambian sprosser emits a “beautiful mud gurgle;” a flycatcher's silver notes are thrown “like meltwater;” thousands of starlings are “the condensing breath of the earth.” Page after page, this account articulates the author's fascination with the world's birds with airy, artful grace.
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