Birds and birdwatching Books

From bestselling author, Sally Coulthard, comes this charmingly illustrated guide to our favourite feathered friends and folklore that surround their lives.Even today, birds are hugely symbolic. From songbirds to seagulls, nightingales to morning...

‘On Skellig Michael, thousands of birds appear and disappear, erecting towers, coming together in wings of movement which build and unravel over the empty sea. Often, no one else is there to stand beside me on the island. The mind wanders; links with the...

A beautifully illustrated book featuring New Zealand Aotearoa's native birds, each with its very own collective noun. A tussock of takahe?A hoon of kaka?A whistling of whio?This beautifully illustrated book of collective noun names for our native birds...

Shortlisted for the 2023 Highland Book Prize ‘Joyful and mindful, a powerful argument for being still and listening’ Sunday TimesA book about birds, birdsong and the countryside they inhabit, from the critically acclaimed author of Raptor. In Wild Air,...

**Shortlisted, 2024 Queensland Literary Awards, The Courier-MailPeople'sChoiceQueenslandBook of the YearAward**William T. Cooper is considered a master painter of birds. He painted them for many books, mainly bird monographs. He also created...

The natural resources of New Guinea and nearby islands have attracted outsiders for at least 5000 years: spices, aromatic woods and barks, resins, plumes, sea slugs, shells and pearls all brought traders from distant markets. Among the most sought-after...

Victoria's South-West is an iconic region of Australia that includes the exceptional landscape features of the Grampians-Gariwerd, the Victorian Volcanic Plain with crater lakes and cones, the forests of the Great Dividing Range, and Melbourne...

**Shortlisted for the 2023 Environment Award for Children's Literature**Age range 5 to 9The Plains-wanderer is unlike any other bird on Earth it's one of a kind!On the Trail of the Plains-wanderer tells the true story of one of Australia's most...

Birds of prey spend most of their time in flight and, when viewed from the ground, they are notoriously hard to identify. Australian Birds of Prey in Flight is a photographic guide to the eagles, hawks, kites and falcons flying high above you. Individual...

Penguins. We love them. Seemingly upright caricatures of us, it is easy to bond with these black and white ‘little people’. They have become perennial favourites of cartoonists, because they are fun. They make us laugh. Waddle is a compendium of...

“this book delivers on the magic that birds can hold” - Birdlife Magazine“acts as both a travel guide and a partial field guide, whetting one's appetite to go out and get birding” - Organic Gardener MagazineDiscover 60 uplifting birding adventures plus...

This delightful and dramatic collection of portraits reveals birds of prey as we never experience them: intimate and up close, photographed in Traer Scott's signature style. Seventy spectacular color photos present twenty-five different species, from the...

Paint by Sticker is the most exciting new idea in activity books, both for grown-ups and kids. A compelling activity for crafters and artists, doodlers and colorers of all ages, each Paint by Sticker book includes everything you need to...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING ILLUSTRATOR    From the creator of Floriography and the Woodland Wardens Oracle Deck comes this beautifully illustrated exploration of the folklore, mythology, and history surrounding our favorite...

A collection of whimsical birds accompanied by hilarious and imaginative descriptions of the bird’s unique personalities from the over-the-top mind of the famed artist.Inspired by a fan-favorite series of posts on Ashley Longshore’s popular Instagram...

The Vintage Birds Memory Deck and Guidebook is a 50-card deck depicting 25 pairs of the world's most beautiful birds from vintage artworks and an 80-page guidebook with interesting descriptions of each of the...

Birds with Personality is a fun gift book that takes you around the world through the eyes of some of the most charismatic bird species on the planet.Across Earth’s diverse ecosystems – from the deserts of Mexico to the rainforest-blanketed...

In Planting for Garden Birds find straightforward ideas and easy to achieve plans that will make your garden irresistible to birds.Packed with interesting facts, environmental and habitat information as well as easy to achieve planting ideas, this is a...

An irreverent twist on bird watching, this paperback journal has plenty of space to record notes, sketches, and observations of birds and their bullshit. Interspersed throughout are snarky tips, reference pages, and bird facts, making this the ultimate...

100 Australian Birds is a beginner's guide to the world of birdwatching. From the outside, this strange hobby of birdwatching appears to consist of sizeable camera lenses, khaki pants that are pulled up too high, and gruelling treks in pursuit of...

A hands-on tool to work with birds as spiritual messengers• Includes 46 beautifully illustrated full-color cards featuring different birds as well as a guidebook• Explains the meaning, message, and medicine of each bird as well as an affirmation to work...

Stan Coren’s groundbreaking The Intelligence of Dogs meets Bernd Heinrich’s classic Mind of the Raven in this astonishing, beautifully illustrated look at the uncanny intelligence and emotions of crows.Playful, social, and passionate, crows have brains...

Charlie Parker is an African Gray Parrot. He entered the life of Debby and Michael Smith three decades ago when, at the insistence of their young son, Eli, they brought him home from a downtown Manhattan bird shop. He has been an integral, and voluble,...

Get the New Edition of Illinois's Best-Selling Bird GuideLearn to identify birds in Illinois, and make bird-watching even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela's famous field guide, bird identification is simple and informative. There's no need to look...

Birds are the most consistently inventive builders, and their nests set the bar for functional design in nature. Describing how birds design, engineer and build their nests, Avian Architecture deconstructs all types of nests found around the world using...

Your backyard feeding guide to woodpeckersThe splash of red on black and white-few backyard guests are more exciting to behold than the Downy Woodpecker. And what can capture a bird watcher's attention like a woodpecker drumming against a tree? Learn...

A powerful photographic journey that celebrates the healing power of birds.Melissa Hafting is an ethical, passionate, and respected birder, photographer, and mentor. Her love for birding has helped shape who she is and has helped with her mental health,...

In 1786, the renowned Austrian natural history artist Ferdinand Bauer travelled to Italy and the Levant with his employer John Sibthorp, Oxford Professor of Botany. The exquisite watercolours he subsequently created from meticulous drawings made during...

An immersive blend of chicken-keeping memoir and culture reporting by a journalist who accidentally became obsessed with her flock.Since first domesticating the chicken thousands of years ago, humans have become exceptionally adept at raising them for...

** Shortlisted, ABIA 2024, Illustrated Book of the Year **** Longlisted, Indie Book Awards 2024, Illustrated nonfiction **Interested in birds but don't know where to start? Overwhelmed by the bird guides? Want to know more about the birds you see around...

**Shortlisted, Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2024**The great auk is one of the most tragic and documented examples of extinction. A flightless bird that bred primarily on the remote islands of the North Atlantic, the last of its kind were...

A full-color photographic guide to these captivating and challenging birdsThis is the essential identification guide to the terns, noddies, and skimmers of North America. Covering every species and featuring hundreds of high-quality color images, this...

A beautifully illustrated survey of Yellowstone's breathtaking birdlife, written by a team of renowned ornithologists and wildlife biologistsEstablished in 1872, Yellowstone National Park is the oldest and arguably the most famous national park in North...

This is the ultimate identification guide to the nightjars, potoos, frogmouths, Oilbird, and owlet-nightjars of the world. Covering all 135 known species of these elusive and cryptically plumaged birds, this illustrated guide features more than 580...

A tuneful natural and cultural history of this globally renowned songbird.The robin is a small bird with a distinctive ruddy breast, at once a national treasure and a bird with a global reputation. In this superbly illustrated account, Helen F. Wilson...

Kingfishers are a sight to behold. The dash and verve of this cosmopolitan bird has been admired for millennia, appearing in creation myths, imperial regalia and cultural iconography, and they were once valued as highly as gold. Artists used their...

This revised and expanded edition of Candace Savage's best-selling book about ravens and crows is enhanced by additional paintings, drawings, and photos, as well as a fascinating selection of first-person stories and poems about remarkable encounters...

Highly regarded woodpecker expert Gerard Gorman presents a unique natural, social, and cultural history of woodpeckers. Woodpeckers are among the most remarkable birds in the avian world, having evolved a unique anatomy that enables them to peck and bore...

Internationally celebrated nature writer Candace Savage presents the Corvid family- surprisingly bright, brassy, and colorful birds-in a remarkable collection of full-color, close-up photographs by some of the world's best wildlife photographers.Birds...

Darryl Jones, author of Feeding the Birds at Your Table, reveals the not-so-secret lives of the most common birds that share our towns and cities.Despite the noise, heat, dust and fumes, the ceaseless movement, light and toxins, many birds successfully...

*Shortlisted for the 2020 ABIA Small Publisher's Adult Book of the Year*The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award Finalist 2020 Feeding the Birds at Your Table is designed to provide...

Darryl Jones is fascinated by bird feeders. Not the containers supplying food to our winged friends, but the people who fill the containers, scatter the crumbs or seeds, or leave the picnic scraps behind for the birds.Here, Jones takes us on a...

Explore the best birding locations in Minnesota with this county-by-county guide.Whether you're new to birding or have been enjoying your backyard visitors for years, it's time to take bird-watching to another level. Bring your love of birds on the road,...

Identify Nebraska birds with this easy-to-use field guide, organized by color and featuring full-color photographs and helpful information.Make bird-watching in Nebraska even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela's famous bird guide, field identification is...

Identify Maryland and Delaware birds with this easy-to-use field guide, organized by color and featuring full-color photographs and helpful information.Make bird-watching in Maryland and Delaware even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela's famous bird...

Learn to attract and feed a variety of woodpeckers with this pocket-sized guide.The splash of red on black and white-few backyard guests are more exciting to behold than the Downy Woodpecker. And what can capture a bird-watcher's attention like a...

Learn to attract and feed a variety of orioles with this pocket-sized guide.The flaming orange of the male Baltimore Oriole is always splendid to see. And the oriole's familiar series of whistle songs pleasantly reminds us that spring has arrived. You...