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41) H de halcón
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A raíz de la inesperada muerte de su padre, Helen Macdonald decide comprar y adiestrar un azor, el ave de presa más peligrosa y letal. Así empieza un viaje de exploración a lo más profundo del dolor y de lo salvaje, que llevará a la autora al límite de la locura y cambiará su vida.
Destinado a convertirse en un clásico, H de halcón es un libro sobre el recuerdo, la naturaleza y el ser humano. Una lección magistral acerca de cómo reconciliar...
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South Carolina is a birder's paradise, with more than 480 species having been recorded in the state. Christmas bird counts along the coast often yield some of the highest species totals on the entire East Coast. Highly sought-after birds-such as wood stork, swallow-tailed kite, purple gallinule, red-cockaded woodpecker, swainson's warbler, painted bunting, and Bachman's sparrow-can be found with ease during the appropriate season.
Birding South...
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How to bring birds to your home and keep them there-including 250 full-color photos They're out there every day, flashing through your yard, perching in a tree, collecting on utility wires, or congregating around puddles. They already share your backyard and neighborhood with you, but you-even if you are already one of America's more than 68 million birders-haven't formally invited them over for dinner. This book shows you how. Backyard Birding helps...
44) Birds of Alaska
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Birds of Alaska is a field guide to the most common and sought-after species in the state. Conveniently sized to fit in your pocket and featuring full-color, detailed illustrations, this informative guide makes it easy to identify birds in your backyard, favorite parks, and wildlife areas.
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Over 80 Prime Birding Sites at 30 Locations (Falcon) Tom Seymour An all-new guide for novice and veteran birders. This all-new guide for birdwatchers in Maine features several sites never revealed before, a complete local species guide, and details on how, when, and where to spot your favorite feathered friends. This helpful book also includes black and white photos, anecdotal sidebars, and up-to-date lists of local restaurants, campsites, and other...
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The essential companion to any birder's field guide Birdwatching is for everyone. No other outdoor pursuit yields so much knowledge of nature's ways with so little effort-if one knows what to look for. Birding for Beginners opens the world of birding to the novice in this complete guide to getting the most out of birding. This updated edition includes a new chapter on birding online and features detailed chapters on equipment, identification techniques,...
47) Attracting Birds in the Carolinas: Creating Bird-Friendly Habitats from the Mountains to the Coast
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Covering the Carolinas from up-country to the Piedmont to the Coastal Plain, this book is an in-depth yet accessible primer on the many ways that Carolinians can attract birds--from large wildlife refuges to private sanctuaries, and from farms to suburban homes and even apartments. The first book to focus specifically on attracting birds in both states, Attracting Birds in the Carolinas includes information on birds' basic needs and their annual reproduction...
48) Birds and Man
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First published in 1915, 'Birds and Man' is a collection of interesting and entertaining personal anecdotes relating to birds by W. H. Hudson. This volume contains beautiful descriptions of nature and offers us a unique insight into the habits of birds, making it highly recommended for all lovers of nature writing and ornithology. Contents include: 'Birds at their Best', 'Birds and Man', 'Daws in the West Country', 'Early Spring in Savernake Forest',...
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Borderland Birds includes almost 100 birds that I have encountered along the southern border from Arizona to the Gulf. Many are "specialty birds", species that cannot be found elsewhere in the U.S. Examples include chachalaca, red-billed pigeon, hook-billed kite, Aplomado falcon, ferruginous pygmy-owl, elegant trogon, blue-throated and lucifer hummingbirds, Mexican and green jays, Audubon's and Altamira orioles, pyrrhuloxia, varied bunting, and Colima...
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In his introduction, Hudson explains his book as a series of impressions and essays of bird life. The offerings range from impressions of birds in rural settings to the cruelty of wearing feathers as fashion in Britain. The descriptive section titles include "Birds in a Village," "Exotic Birds for Britain," and "In an Old Garden."
51) NSW-ACT
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This is the first of a series of books describing exciting birdwatching locations in Australia. The NSW-ACT Guide is arguably the most comprehensive compendium of birding sites in the State available to date. Not only the standard, well-known locations are covered but also some interesting places known only to a few or newly discovered by ourselves. The book series is intended for both Australian and overseas birders. We hope it will become an essential...
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With Bewick on my knee, I was then happy...' Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte's heroine was not alone in her enjoyment of Thomas Bewick's British Birds-since its first publication in 1797 it has become one of the best-loved classics of natural history. Bewick's masterful woodcuts are more than scientific records; each beady eye and jaunty pose betrays the artist's love of birds.
This edition includes over 180 bird species, from garden favourites such...
53) Birds of Texas
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Each Falcon Field Guide to birds introduces the 180 most common and sought-after species in a state. Conveniently sized to fit in your pocket and featuring full-color, detailed illustrations, these informative guides make it easy to identify birds in a backyard, favorite parks, and wildlife areas. Each bird is accompanied by a detailed listing of its prominent attributes and a color illustration showing its important features. Birds are organized...
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El diamante mandarín, un pequeño pájaro de origen australiano, es objeto de una creciente popularidad en Europa y Estados Unidos. Famoso por su fortaleza y su capacidad de adaptación, sus colores son esplendorosos, tiene un carácter afectuoso y jovial y emite un trino que resuena alegremente desde la mañana a la noche. ¡Un compañero ideal!
En este libro, el autor comparte sus conocimientos veterinarios y su larga experiencia en lo que se refiere...
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This field guide takes you to the desert and grassland areas of Arizona, California, and New Mexico where the total number of bird species reaches a staggering 440. Included are 21 desert birding hot spots, in-depth descriptions and behavioral information, 8 bird charts, and much more.
57) Zen Birding
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David M Whites inspiring stories see birding as, a meditative practice and pathway to true connectedness.
59) Tasmania
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The second book in the series of comprehensive guidebooks to birdwatching destinations in Australia. The Tasmanian guide provides a detailed record of birdwatching locations within the State. There is no other such a practical, thorough field aid to successful birdwatching available on the market for Tasmania. The authors travelled far and wide to check out in person the potential Tasmanian birding spots. This book is the result of their careful site...
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This is our fifth book in the series of comprehensive travel guidebooks to birdwatching destinations in Australia.
The Northern Queensland guide describes the most interesting and reasonably accessible birding spots located in the northern half of the vast Queensland State.
Description of each birding site includes, at a minimum, habitat description, site facilities and key avifauna. The authors have cross-checked and supplemented their findings...
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