Regional bird field guides are few and far between in South Australia and Chris Baxters photographic guide to the birds of Kangaroo Island is the stand-out in this genre. This comprehensive account covers all 267 bird species recorded on the Island or offshore over the seas. It builds on the annotated list produced by the same author in 1989 and revised in 1995. The photographs provided by some of Australias most highly regarded photographers beautifully illustrate the detailed descriptions of the birds, their habits, habitats, breeding, status, abundance and distribution on the Island. In addition there are recommendations on where to look for each species, with cautions about not getting too close to endangered birds and their nests. Chris Baxter has called on a lifetime of bird watching on Kangaroo Island and observations from visitors and residents to present an attractive field guide that is a must for all birdwatchers from casual observers to serious ornithologists.

Regional bird field guides are few and far between in South Australia and Chris Baxters photographic guide to the birds of Kangaroo Island is the stand-out in this genre. This comprehensive account covers all 267 bird species recorded on the Island or offshore over the seas. It builds on the annotated list produced by the same author in 1989 and revised in 1995. The photographs provided by some of Australias most highly regarded photographers beautifully illustrate the detailed descriptions of the birds, their habits, habitats, breeding, status, abundance and distribution on the Island. In addition there are recommendations on where to look for each species, with cautions about not getting too close to endangered birds and their nests. Chris Baxter has called on a lifetime of bird watching on Kangaroo Island and observations from visitors and residents to present an attractive field guide that is a must for all birdwatchers from casual observers to serious ornithologists.

Fascinating stories of the birds and birdsong from the Tropics for every week of the year, with QR codes to bring the birdsong to life.From the incredible screech of the macaw, who shows amazing intelligence, to the imitations of humans of the mynah bird and the humming sounds of the hummingbird, this is a beautiful collection of stories about one of natures wonders: tropical birds. Bird expert and writer Dominic Couzens invites you to enjoy not only their songs but also their amazing feats and colourful displays. With stunning illustrations from award-winning Madeleine Floyd and QR codes to listen to their songs as you read, you can immerse yourself in a tropical wonderland. A natural wonder that has captivated and fascinated generations, tropical birdsong is unique. This book offers the perfect tonic, whether you are an avid birdwatcher or just want to understand the songs from the most iconic birds in the world. With 52 weekly stories, the book takes you through the calendar year of tropical life. Listen and read about jewel-like toucans, mating cries of the cock-of-the-rock bird of paradise, duet songs of sunbirds, the fascinating glossy starling oxpeckers who sit on the backs of elephants and the gorgeous songs of hornbills.The latest research and information about these bright lights of the bird world is captured here by one of the most respected but accessible writers on birds. Its like joining him on a field trip. Anyone interested in birds and nature will be captivated by these stories and sounds.

"A wonderful book that shares rare knowledge in a clear and focused way. I love it." - Tristan GooleyBird Tracks: A Field Guide to British Species explores and enhances the ability to identify a diversity of birds using just their tracks and trails. John Rhyder and David Wege approach this subject from the perspective of both the tracker and the birdwatcher. They have examined and described 139 species, each richly illustrated with a mixture of photographs and drawings of their unique tracks and trails.Bird Tracks is a comprehensive guide for trackers and birdwatchers interested in studying species found around the British Isles, and will also be of great use across northwestern Europe. Written by experts in their respective fields, this work represents several years of research collated into the most in-depth study of British bird tracks published to date.

Perfect for dipping into, beautifully written, and great to look at. BirdwatchingAn ideal reference book for fledgling ornithologists. The FieldThe beauty and fascination of birds is unrivalled. Every day of the year, immerse yourself in their world with an entry from A Bird of Day, where Dominic Couzens offers an insight into everything from the humble Robin to Emperor Penguins, who are in the midst of Arctic storms protecting their young on 1 July. Or discover the fate of the Passenger Pigeon which became extinct through overhunting on 1 September 2014. If you ever visit the Himalayan uplands, go in late November when you can see a flock of the cobalt blue Grandala birds, which is one of the wonders of the natural world.The author is a world expert on birds and particularly bird behaviour and he reveals endless fascinating stories of birds from all over the globe to give a rich tapestry of avian life with stunning photography, illustration and arresting art. All of bird life is covered, from nesting, migration, and courting to birdsong and curious bird behaviour.From the promiscuous Fairywren of Australia, who gives petals to his mistresses, to the singing instructions of the female Northern Cardinal in North America, this is a delightful dip-in-and-out book for any nature lover.

An entertaining and educational introduction to the world of lizards of all sizes, colors, shapes, and personalities, Lizards provides keepers of all ages with intriguing information about common and unusual lizards. This colorful guide by herp expert Russ Case offers beginners who are looking to adopt a lizard the right guidance for purchasing a healthy specimen and for creating a safe, comfortable home where the pet lizard can thrive. Beginners will learn about the anatomy of lizards and their behavior in the wild and in captivity. The chapter "Lizard Food" is a lesson in how to provide lizards with the proper nutrients so that owners meet all of the special needs of their pets. The chapter "Five Most Excellent Lizard Pets" presents the most common species for newcomers, including the leopard gecko, green anole, bearded dragon, Chinese water dragon, blue-tongued skink, each illustrated with color photos and detailed with specific advice about feeding and housing. Additional examples of lizards are covered in "Other Cool Lizards," such as the green iguana, chameleon, monitor lizard, tokay and day geckos and uromastyx; all of which are fascinating to read about though not recommended for beginners. A chapter on potential health problems gives a basic overview of how to care for and maintain captive lizards in the best of health. Sidebars throughout the text give the reader good advice on dos and donts to avoid common mistakes keepers make with these pet animals. Glossary included.

Frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts are among pet owners favorite amphibians, and this colorful guide proves the perfect introduction to these fascinating animals. Author Philippe de Vosjoli provides guidelines for keeping the most popular species of amphibians, highlighting Oriental fire-bellied toads, leopard frots, dwarf clawed frogs, fire-bellied newts, and tiger salamanders. For each he provides insight into commonly kept species, systematics, distribution and origins, size, longevity, sexing, housing, feeding, behavior, breeding, and more. This Advanced Vivarium Systems title includes information about selecting a healthy example, quarantine and acclimation considerations, housing needs, water and feeding, as well as solid advice about keeping the amphibian healthy. A separate chapter on diseases and disorders provides a complete primer on the health needs and veterinary care of these rewarding amphibians.

The Box Turtle Manual seeks to "help prospective owners keep their turtles healthy and happy." Given the low price tag placed on a box turtle in a pet shop, many casual shoppers add a box turtle to their household without preparation or knowledge about how to keep the animal alive. Since quality information is difficult to find on box turtles, Philippe de Vosjoli and Dr. Roger Klingenberger remedy the situation with this Advanced Vivarium Systems edition dedicated to box turtles. The authors believe that these popular and beautiful turtles."may teach you one or two lessons about the delicate balance of life, natural law, and the many ways in which intelligence in manifested in nature." The book presents background information and guidelines for caring for a box turtle, including selecting a health specimen, acclimating the turtle, indoor and outdoor housing, heating and lighting requirements, feeding and handling, hibernation and breeding. The authors recommend three specific species of box turtles as good pet candidates: they provide photos and information on ornate box turtles, common Asian box turtles, and Chinese box turtles. Dr. Klingenberger provides a chapter on diseases and disorders that gives specific advice about dealing with dehydration, nutritional problems, parasitic problems, and vitamin deficiency. A five-page troubleshooting chart for health problems concludes the chapter. Resources and index included.

Es una guía de campo para el reconocimiento de las numerosas especies que forman parte de la hermosa, variada y particular avifauna que anida, se alimenta o usa como lugar de refugio y descanso los humedales de Chile, que son areas de la superficie terrestre cubiertas o saturadas de agua en forma permanente o intermitente. En toda su extension, el territorio de Chile continental cuenta con mas de 18.000 humedales de todo tipo, ya sea naturales o artificiales, incluyendo lagos, lagunas, tranques, embalses, rios, esteros, hualves, ñadis, mallines, albuferas, salares, vegas y turberas.

Red de observadores de aves y vida silvestre de Chile presenta en este libro todo lo que necesita saber para descubrir cuarenta nuevas especies y aprender cómo reconocerlas y dónde observarlas en su estado natural. Este libro con mas de doscientas fotografias es tambien una obra interactiva, ya que podra escuchar el canto de cada pajaro al escanear el codigo QR que aparece en cada ficha. Tambien se incluyen consejos para el avistamiento, mapas de distribucion y caracteristicas fisicas de cada ave.

Depois do sucesso de A inteligência das aves, publicado pela Fósforo em 2022, a escritora especialista em ciências e natureza e best-seller do New York Times Jennifer Ackerman propõe ao leitor um voo

Whether you are new to wanting to understand birdsong, or are already a fully fledged birdwatcher, this book casts a spell. A truly lovely reading experience - Love ReadingThis is a book full of fascinating stories about birdsong for every week of the year, with QR codes to bring each song to life.Leading bird expert and writer, Dominic Couzens, takes you on a journey to enjoy an authentic year of birdsong around the world, one for every week of the year. From the ancient song of the Rifleman that was likely the first sound made by a songbird to the Eurasian Skylark who evokes the zenith of summer, from the constant companion of the American Robin whose song resonates from the top of skyscrapers and complements the howling of a wolfpack in Alaska to the drumming rhythm of the Great Spotted Woodpecker. This book covers a myriad of topics including bird nature and behaviour, stories and literary masterpieces inspired by birdsongs, the musicality of the notes, and what different songs communicate.Each of these fascinating stories are accompanied by illustrations by award-winning artist Madeleine Floyd and a QR code to let you listen to the birdsong while you read.A natural wonder that has captivated and fascinated generations, birdsong is the soundtrack to life. This book offers the perfect tonic whether you are an avid birdwatcher or just want to understand the songs that are often the first thing we hear in the morning and the last thing we hear at night.

Flying imprint sparrowhawks is often unfairly portrayed as being overly complex and highly technical. Sparrowhawks - A Falconers Guide aims to paint a far more informed picture, and to perhaps dispel some of the myths. Written with the beginner in mind, it is based on considerable first-hand experience of the author and a number of other respected falconers from the United Kingdom, Croatia, Ireland and Turkey who have specialized in flying sparrowhawks. By drawing comparisons with some of the most ancient trapping and training techniques of the East, and by making a connection with modern Western falconry practices, this remarkable book encapsulates the timeless beauty and joy of sparrowhawking, which crosses all cultures. Topics covered include: equipment, preparing to receive your sparrowhawk chick and imprinting; training, behaviour, quarry, entering, field craft and hawking in many different types of terrain; methodologies of captive breeding in the West; problems associated with the rehabilitation and release of wild sparrowhawks in the United Kingdom and finally, the vitally important subject of sparrowhawk health and welfare. Superbly illustrated with over 200 colour photographs.

The leopard gecko has fast become the reptilian version of the parakeet or goldfish. Considered to be the first domesticated species of lizard, the leopard gecko is attractive, perfectly sized, and easy to breed. Leopard Gecko Manual takes a close look at all the characteristics that have made these attractive lizards so amazingly popular in the pet world. Written by a team of herpetoculture experts and gecko specialists, this up-to-date and authoritative guide provides reliable guidelines for keepers who wish to add a gecko to their vivarium and maintain their pet in excellent health and condition. This second edition is revised and expanded to include new sections on Gecko nutrition and feeding, housing, breeding, and banded Geckos. Inside the Leopard Gecko Manual: How to select leopard geckos as pets or for breeding Understanding the anatomy and behavior of these fascinating lizards Feeding your leopard gecko a nutritionally sound diet, with the latest insights on feeder insects and prepared foods How to design and maintain the ideal naturalistic habitat for your leopard gecko Detailed information on all aspects of breeding, egg-laying, and incubation What you need to know about skin shedding cycles and tail loss Recognizing signs of disease and how to handle health issues Special chapters on African fat-tailed geckos and other eublepharids

Shearwater is sheer delight, a luminous portrait of a magical seabird which spans the watery globeDaily Mail.Charming and impassioned ... a rich tribute to an extraordinary bird. Horatio Clare, author of A Single Swallow and Heavy Light. A very personal mix of memoir and natural history from the author of Liquid Gold. Ten weeks into its life, a Manx shearwater chick will emerge from its burrow and fly 8,000 miles from the west coast of the British Isles to the South Atlantic. It will be unlikely to touch land again for four years. Part memoir, part homage to wilderness, Shearwater traces the authors 50-year obsession with one of natures supreme travellers. In the finest tradition of nature writing, Roger Morgan-Grenville, author of Liquid Gold - described by Mary Colwell (Curlew Moon) as a book that ignites joy and warmth - unpicks the science behind its incredible journey; and into the story of a year in the shearwaters life, he threads the inspirational influence of his Hebridean grandmother who instilled in him a love of wild places and wild animals. Full of lightly-worn knowledge, acute human observation and self-deprecating humour, Shearwater brings to life a truly mysterious and charismatic bird.

The book is about the Pentecostal churches in the southeastern United States that use venomous snakes during worship to affirm their faith to themselves and to other church members. In addition to the books overall description of the phenomenon, two pastors have also participated by sharing their faith. Of course, the book is also about the snakes they use, snakes always play the main role in my books. How are the snakes affected by being taken from the wild and handled during church services?

Guía aves de Chile 3 pone término a una exitosa trilogía editorial que ha tenido como premisa descubrir, visualizar y difundir la enorme diversidad de vida aviar que habita en nuestro país.

Libro destacado del New York Times de 2023 Nombrado mejor libro de 2023 por Publishers Weekly Una maravillosa síntesis de etología, asombro y pasión por estas silenciosas y misteriosas rapaces nocturnas.¿Por que ejercen tanta influencia en la imaginacion humana? Tienen fama por su sabiduria, ¿pero son inteligentes? ¿Actuan solo por instinto o son curiosos e ingeniosos? ¿Tienen sentimientos y emociones? ¿Por que sus ojos miran de la misma manera que los nuestros? Ya sea que aparezcan como antiguos simbolos atenienses de sabiduria, presagios fantasmales de la muerte o los tiernos compañeros de Winnie the Pooh y Harry Potter, estas aves continuan fascinando y perturbado en igual medida. A traves de una nueva investigacion del comportamiento, Jennifer Ackerman ofrece una vision intima de la vida de estas criaturas, cuya anatomia es todo un prodigio de la naturaleza. Desde las peculiaridades evolutivas detras de su penetrante mirada y cabezas giratorias, hasta sus relaciones romanticas y estilos de crianza, La sabiduria de los buhos da vida a la increible historia natural de los buhos. Entrelazando habilmente ciencia y arte, Ackerman viaja al mundo de este animal tan sugestivo y se pregunta porque ha fascinado tanto a la humanidad desde el comienzo de los tiempos.

Un recorrido completo por la diversidad ornitológica de España a través de más de 40 rutas seleccionadas por su riqueza en aves y el fácil acceso para garantizar estupendas y cómodas observaciones. Cada una de ellas cuenta con mapa de situacion, consejos de personas que conocen la zona en profundidad y mucha mas informacion sobre recursos u otras rutas posibles. En resumen, una guia para planear viajes o saber siempre donde es posible observar aves.

El búho es una contradicción. Es la más conocida y también la menos conocida de las aves. Pidamos a cualquiera que dibuje un búho y lo hará. Preguntémosle cuándo vio uno por última vez y dirá que no lo recuerda. Como ilustracion en un libro, si; como ave en un documental o en jaula de un zoologico, probablemente. Pero ¿cuando vio por ultima vez un buho vivo en la naturaleza? El buho es un timido predador nocturno de vuelo silencioso. A menos que salgamos de nuestro camino para avistarlo o hagamos incursiones nocturnas, no lo encontraremos facilmente. Sin embargo estamos muy familiarizados con su apariencia por la forma de su cabeza y su mirada, que parecen humanas. Esas cualidades humanas nos hacen atribuirle profundos pensamientos.Este libro nos cuenta como a lo largo de la historia los buhos han sido simbolo de sabiduria, de reflexion y tambien de maldad; incluso fueron tomados como vehiculo divino.En el siglo XXI, cuando por fin comenzamos a apreciar la fauna salvaje del planeta y a preocuparnos por su dramatica declinacion, tambien queremos conocer la fascinante biologia del buho.