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Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95
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Include books by the same authorA Field Guide to Western Birds
Roger Tory Peterson · 366 pages
A field guide to the birds of western North America -- sponsored by the National Audubon Society, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute.
Birdology: Adventures with a Pack of Hens, a Peck of Pigeons, Cantankerous Crows, Fierce Falcons, Hip Hop Parrots, Baby Hummingbirds, and One Murderously Big Living Dinosaur
Sy Montgomery · 260 pages
The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America: Second Edition
David Allen Sibley · 464 pages
Birds of North America: A Guide to Field Identification
Chandler S. Robbins, Bertel Bruun, Herbert S. Zim · 340 pages
The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness
Delia Owens, Mark Owens · 306 pages
Last Chance to See
Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine · 222 pages
An interactive multimedia exploration of the authors' trip around the world in search of endangered species. Contains the unabridged text of the book Last chance to see, a reading of the entire book by Douglas Adams, and over 800 full-screen color photographs. Allows the user to either read or listen to the book, to choose any chapter within the book, and to explore the many sidebars that provide
Golden Bats & Pink Pigeons
Gerald Durrell · 190 pages
'On this speck of volcanic soil in the middle of a vast sea, a complete, unique and peaceful world was created slowly and carefully. It waited there for hundreds of thousands of years for an annihilating invasion of voracious animals for which it was totally unprepared, a cohort of rapacious beasts led by the worst predator in the world, Homo sapiens. In an incredibly short space of time, a number
Wolves at Our Door: The Extraordinary Story of the Couple Who Lived with Wolves
Jim Dutcher, James Manfull, Jamie Dutcher · 320 pages
Born Free: The Full Story
Joy Adamson · 432 pages
This compilation, first published 1966, includes Born Free (first published 1960), Living Free, and Forever Free.
The Beast in the Garden: The True Story of a Predator's Deadly Return to Suburban America
David Baron · 277 pages
Where the Wild Things Were: Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators
William Stolzenburg · 297 pages
Ravens in Winter: A Zoological Detective Story
Bernd Heinrich · 379 pages
A Wolf Called Romeo
Nick Jans · 333 pages
"No stranger to wildlife, Nick Jans had lived in Alaska for nearly thirty years. But when one evening at twilight a lone black wolf ambled into view not far from his doorstep, Nick would finally come to know this mystical species--up close as never before. A Wolf Called Romeo is the remarkable story of a wolf who returned again and again to interact with the people and dogs of Juneau, living on th
The Elephant Whisperer
Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence · 368 pages
When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of 'rogue' elephants on his reserve at Thula Thula, his commonsense told him to refuse. But he was the herd's last chance of survival - notorious escape artists, they would all be killed if Lawrence wouldn't take them. He agreed, but before arrangements for the move could be completed the animals broke out again and the
Look Up!: Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard
Annette LeBlanc Cate · 64 pages
A conversational, humorous introduction to bird-watching featuring quirky full-color illustrations portray dozens of birds chatting about their distinctive characteristics, including color, shape, plumage, and beak and foot types.
Gorillas in the Mist
Dian Fossey · 326 pages
Describes four gorilla families living in the rain forests of the Virunga mountains of Rwanda during a fifteen-year case study.
A Sting in the Tale: My Adventures with Bumblebees
Dave Goulson · 288 pages
Dave Goulson has always been obsessed with wildlife, from his childhood menagerie of exotic pets and dabbling in experimental taxidermy to his groundbreaking research into the mysterious ways of the bumblebee and his mission to protect our rarest bees. Once commonly found in the marshes of Kent, the short-haired bumblebee now only exists in the wilds of New Zealand, the descendants of a few queen
Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America
Jon Mooallem · 352 pages
Journalist Jon Mooallem has watched his little daughter's world overflow with animals butterfly pajamas, appliquéd owls--while the actual world she's inheriting slides into a great storm of extinction. Half of all species could disappear by the end of the century, and scientists now concede that most of America's endangered animals will survive only if conservationists keep rigging the world aroun
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
John Vaillant · 352 pages
Of Wolves and Men
Barry Lopez · 314 pages
Describes the wolf and its mythology. No animal has gripped man's imagination as strongly as the wolf. Feared, hated, reviled, he has been regarded as the embodiment of evil. Now, in an age of science, people defend the wolf's role in nature; some have even come to romanticize him. But still we have not seen the whole wolf. This talented and perceptive writer shows us not only the wolf of the sci
Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins
Susan Casey · 302 pages
Through dolphins, we can see the best and worst of mankind. On average, seventy four dolphins wash up on the Gulf of Mexico's north shore every year. In the first half of 2012, there were eight hundred and ninety-one of them, with stillborn baby dolphins washing up at ten times the average yearly rate. The cause? BP's disastrous oil spill in 2010. For decades mankind's actions have led to the deat
The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human
Noah Strycker · 288 pages
"The Thing with Feathers by Noah Strycker is a fun and profound look at the lives of birds, illuminating their surprising world--and deep connection with humanity"--