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	Alaska's Birds, A Pocket Guide to Selected Species • Robert H. Armstrong • FIELD GUIDE • Color photographs and profiles of 200 species of Alaskan birds. (ALA03, $14.95)
	Ambassador to the Penguins, A Naturalist's Year Aboard a Yankee Whaleship • Ellie Mathews • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Robert Cushman Murphy's much-loved Logbook for Grace, nicely re-told, annotated, and amplified by his granddaughter. His account of a year (1912-13) among the whalers of South Georgia is a classic. (ANT200, $29.95)
	Antarctic Birds • David Parmelee • NATURAL HISTORY • A beautifully illusstrated, comprehensive account of the birds of the Antarctic Peninsula featuring Dr. Parmelee's watercolor illustrations and photographs. (ANT22, $39.95)
	Attu, Birding on the Edge • Charles Osgood • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A memoir of 25 years birding on the western fringes of North America. (ALA169, $35.00)
	The Beak of the Finch, A Story of Evolution in our Time • Jonathan Weiner • NATURAL HISTORY • This Pulitzer Prize-winning work is an accessible look at the modern debate on the mode and rhythm of evolution, using the story of Peter and Rosemary Grant and their field work on Daphne Major as an example. (GPS08, $14.95)
	Belize, Travellers' Wildlife Guides • Les Beletsky • FIELD GUIDE • An all-around field guide featuring color illustrations of 200 birds, 50 mammals, 150 coral reef creatures, and 80 reptiles and amphibians. (BLZ04, $27.95)
	Between Heaven and Earth, Bird Tales from Around the World • Howard Norman • Leo Dillon • Diane Dillon • NATURAL HISTORY • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • A beautifully illustrated storybook, geared for grades 3 and up, with folktales from Australia, Norway, Sri Lanka, Southern Africa and China, all featuring birds. (BRD34, $22.00)
	Bird (Eyewitness Books) • David Burnie • NATURAL HISTORY • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • An introduction to birds, their evolution, biology and behavior, in the graphic Eyewitness style with hundreds of color photographs and drawings of feathers, wings, nests, eggs (and surprisingly few birds!). (BRD04, $15.99)
	A Birder's Bug Book • Gilbert Waldbauer • NATURAL HISTORY • A charming professor of entomology discusses who is eating whom. (NAT12, $16.95)
	Birds • Robert Bateman • NATURAL HISTORY • A portfolio of 220 strikingly lifelike color paintings (BRD16, $40.00)
	Birds of Ecuador, A Field Guide • Paul Greenfield • Robert Ridgely • FIELD GUIDE • A comprehensive, gorgeous and exhaustively researched field guide to the birds of Ecuador (and adjacent countries), featuring 96 color plates. It's also the best bird guide for travelers in the Peruvian Amazon. (EDR08, $55.00)
	Birds of Ecuador, Vol. 1: Status, Distribution and Taxonomy • Paul Greenfield • Robert Ridgely • FIELD GUIDE • An comprehensive account of the conservation, ecology and taxonomy of birds in Ecuador. (EDR07, $85.00)
	Birds of Edmonton • Robin Bovey • FIELD GUIDE • A slim guide to the birds of Edmonton. (CND96, $9.95)
	Birds of Europe • Killian Mullarney • Lars Svensson • Dan Zetterstrom • Peter J. Grant • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE • A Princeton field guide to European birds, featuring 3,500 color illustrations that depict 722 species found across the continent. (FG47, $29.95)
	Birds of Madagascar, A Photographic Guide • Pete Morris • FIELD GUIDE • An excellent photographic guide to the birds of Madagascar, featuring 500 color photographs and good descriptive text covering 280 species. It includes sections of identification, where to find the species, and best birding sites. (MAD16, $45.00)
	Birds of Myanmar • Kyaw Nyunt Lwin • Khin Ma Ma Thwin • Aung Thant • FIELD GUIDE • A slim field guide to 350 birds of Burma, featuring 74 full-color plates, descriptive information, and a comprehensive checklist. (BMA42, $35.00)
	The Birds of South America, The Oscine Passerines, Vol. 1 • Guy Tudor • Robert Ridgely • FIELD GUIDE • This authoritative reference, the most complete guide to South American songbirds, features splendid color illustrations of 700 species, along with detailed range maps and field notes. (FG28, $95.00)
	The Birds of South America, The Oscine Passerines, Vol. 2 • Guy Tudor • Robert Ridgely • FIELD GUIDE • A field guide to the flycatchers, antbirds and furnariids of South America. (FG29, $95.00)
	Birds of Southern South America & Antarctica, Princeton Illustrated Checklists • Martin D. la Pena • Maurice Rumboll • FIELD GUIDE • A compact regional guide with color plates, range maps and brief descriptions. (SAM12, $29.95)
	Birds of Texas • Peterson Field Guides • FIELD GUIDE • The standard guide to the birds of Texas in the Peterson series, featuring color plates of each species. (USW92, $23.00)
	Birds of Texas • John H. Rappole • FIELD GUIDE • A photographic field guide to the birds of Texas. (USW93, $18.95)
	Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands • Ian Sinclair • Olivier Langrand • FIELD GUIDE • A comprehensive field guide to 350 birds of Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Reunion, Rodrigues and the Seychelles. (FG30, $26.95)
	Birds of the Lower Colorado River Valley • Kenneth V. Rosenberg • FIELD GUIDE • A scholarly, authoritative report on the 400 species of birds occurring along the 200-mile stretch of the Arizona-California border. (USW173, $60.00)
	The Birds of Tikal, An Annotated Checklist • Randall Beavers • FIELD GUIDE • The serious birder will find this annotated list of birds found at Tikal a useful adjunct to a field guide. With a 40-page introduction to the region, a few black-and-white photographs, checklist and notes. (GML08, $12.95)
	Birds of Tropical America • Steven Hilty • NATURAL HISTORY • Hilty serves up essays on how to find and better appreciate the dizzying variety of birds, their habits and habitats, diversity and distribution. (CAM39, $19.95)
	Birds of Western and Central Africa, Princeton Illustrated Checklist • Ber Van Perlo • FIELD GUIDE • An admirably compact, comprehensive guide to 1,500 species throughout Western and Central Africa featuring 109 color plates by Ber Van Perlo. (WAF02, $29.95)
	Birds, The Art of Ornithology • Jonathan Elphick • NATURAL HISTORY • An oversize collection of color prints, watercolors, drawings, and paintings of birds taken from the rich archives of London's Natural History Museum. With 212 color reproductions, organized chronologically. (BRD36, $60.00)
	Birdsong, A Natural History • Don Stap • NATURAL HISTORY • Stap, a professor of English at the University of Central Florida, mixes science and travel narrative in this delightful, informative account of his time in the field with ornithologist Don Kroodsma and his students. (BRD21, $15.95)
	The Birdwatcher's Companion to North American Birdlife • Christopher W. Leahy • Gordon Morrison • NATURAL HISTORY • A handsome, fully illustrated survey of the birds of North America, organized A to Z, covering birds, bird biology, conservation and birdwatching. (NAM21, $19.95)
	The Birdwatcher's Guide to Hawaii • Rick Soehren • FIELD GUIDE • A guide to the top birding spots throughout the Hawaiian islands. (HWI29, $19.95)
	The Complete Guide to the Birds of Europe • Lars Svensson • Peter J. Grant • John Mulvaney • Dan Zetterstrom • FIELD GUIDE • An oversized version of the field guide edition of Birds of Europe with stunning large color plates. (EUR120, $60.00)
	Costa Rica, Travellers' Wildlife Guides • Les Beletsky • FIELD GUIDE • This handy all-around field guide features 350 color illustrations of commonly encountered birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles. With chapters on habitats, parks and conservation. (CRC11, $27.95)
	Costa Rican Natural History • Daniel Janzen • NATURAL HISTORY • A thorough, prize-winning reader on all aspects of the natural history of Costa Rica, this hefty book is illustrated, remarkably well written -- and rewarding for the serious general reader. (CAM05, $49.00)
	Diary of a Left-Handed Birdwatcher • Leonard Nathan • NATURAL HISTORY • A meditation on birdwatching, life etc. (GEN66, $10.00)
	The Dodo And Mauritius Island, Imaginary Encounters • Harri Kallio • NATURAL HISTORY • A beautifully illustrated pictorial salute to the extinct dodo and its island home, accompanied by Kallio's winning photographs. (MTS07, $45.00)
	Eyewitness Books, Eagles and Birds of Prey • Jemima Parry-Jones • Frank Greenaway • NATURAL HISTORY • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • An oversize illustrated survey of the ecology and diversity of raptors for middle schoolers featuring hundreds of color photographs. (GEN189, $15.99)
	Field Guide to Mexican Birds • Roger Tory Peterson • Edward Chalif • FIELD GUIDE • An easy-to-carry field guide with 1,000 species reported in Mexico, Belize and El Salvador, covering also northwest Costa Rica. (FG12, $22.00)
	Field Guide to the Birds of Australia • Ken Simpson • Nicholas Day • FIELD GUIDE • A handbook and field guide to Australia's birds with 2,000 vivid color illustrations, each accompanied by a brief description and revised range map. (AUS06, $39.50)
	A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe • Guy Mountfort • FIELD GUIDE • A classic field guide in the Peterson series. (EUR15, $22.00)
	A Field Guide to the Birds of China • John MacKinnon • Karen Phillipps • FIELD GUIDE • A comprehensive field guide to the birds of China, featuring 128 color plates illustrating 1300 species of birds. Contains introductory chapters on the history of ornithology in China, biogeography, and conservation. (CHN85, $116.25)
	A Field Guide to the Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific • H. Douglas Pratt • FIELD GUIDE • An outstanding field guide with chapters on the islands and habitats, superb color plates and a checklist of birds by island group. (HWI32, $45.00)
	A Field Guide to the Birds of Peru • James Clements • Noam Shany • Dana Gardner • Eustace Barnes • FIELD GUIDE • A comprehensive field guide to the birds of Peru, featuring 127 color plates and illustrating almost 1,800 species, focusing on their identification, habitat, and distribution. (PRU21, $60.00)
	Field Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa • Ian Sinclair • Phil Hockey • Warwick Tarboton • FIELD GUIDE • A compact, comprehensive field guide to 900 species of birds, with plates, text and range maps integrated. (SAF12, $35.00)
	A Field Guide to the Birds of The Gambia and Senegal • Clive Barlow • Tim Wacher • Tony Disley • FIELD GUIDE • A guide to 660 species of birds of Senegal and the Gambia, featuring 48 color plates and short descriptions on the facing pages. (WAF03, $42.00)
	A Field Guide to the Cascades and Olympics • Stephen Whitney • FIELD GUIDE • A compact field guide to 600 species of plants and animals found in Washington's Cascades and Olympics, featuring 36 color and 53 black-and-white plates. (PNW20, $19.95)
	A Field Guide to the Grand Canyon • Stephen Whitney • FIELD GUIDE • A compact guide to the natural history of the Grand Canyon with 71 handsome color plates, maps and illustrations. (USW06, $19.95)
	The Flight of the Red Knot • Brian Harrington • NATURAL HISTORY • The tale of the annual migration of a sandpier 18,000 miles between Brazil and Hudson Bay. (GEN67, $29.95)
	Florida's Birds, A Handbook and Reference • Herbert Kale • David Maehr • FIELD GUIDE • The definitive guide to Florida's many birds. (FLA13, $21.95)
	Galapagos, A Natural History • Michael H. Jackson • NATURAL HISTORY • BEST SELLER • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • Written with the curious visitor in mind, this comprehensive overview of the natural history of the islands is practically mandatory reading. It's the single best introduction to the archipelago, its geology and climate, habitats, plants, birds, animals, ecology and evolution. (GPS03, $29.95)
	The Ghost with Trembling Wings • Scott Weidensaul • NATURAL HISTORY • The search, sometimes successful, for lost species, worldwide including such island havens as Tasmania, Madagascar and Cuba. (CON24, $16.00)
	Guide to Birds of Madagascar • Olivier Langrand • FIELD GUIDE • Thoroughly researched and beautifully illustrated, this exemplary guide covers in detail all of the island's birds. (MAD06, $80.00)
	Guide to the Birds of Alaska • Robert Armstrong • FIELD GUIDE • A handsome photographic field guide to Alaskan birds, illustrating all 443 species; a very good specialized guide. (ALA09, $26.95)
	A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica • F. Gary Stiles • Alexander Skutch • Dana Gardner • FIELD GUIDE • A masterfully researched and comprehensive field guide to the birds of Costa Rica, including an overview of geography, habitats and avifauna. Covers 800 species and features 52 color plates. (CRC05, $39.95)
	A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America • Stephen Howell • Sophie Webb • FIELD GUIDE • Serious birders will want this definitive guide to the 1,070 bird species. It may be awkward to carry but it covers, in detail, all the birds you will see in the region. (FG15, $49.95)
	A Guide to the Birds of Panama with Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras • Robert Ridgely • J.A. Gwynne • FIELD GUIDE • A comprehensive field guide, noteworthy for its beautiful color plates, in a sturdy edition covering additional species found in Nicaragua, Honduras, and Costa Rica (CAM07, $49.95)
	A Guide to the Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands • Herbert Raffaele • FIELD GUIDE • A thorough, compact field guide and introduction to the natural history of the birds of the region, including winter visitors and featuring 25 color plates. (CRB17, $32.95)
	A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago • Richard Ffrench • FIELD GUIDE • A comprehensive field guide to the birds of Trinidad and Tobago. (CRB16, $39.95)
	A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela • Steven Hilty • Guy Tudor • J.A. Gwynne • FIELD GUIDE • The classic South American bird guide, revised and expanded by Steve Hilty. A bit hefty for a field guide at just over 4 pounds, but still an essential reference to over 1,400 bird species. Travelers in the Brazilian Amazon will find it especially useful. (FG13, $59.50)
	The Hand Guide to the Birds of New Zealand • Derek Onley • Barrie Heather • Hugh Robertson • FIELD GUIDE • A field guide featuring 74 color plates. Brief descriptions, range maps and illustrations are integrated on facing pages for easy reference. (NZL05, $59.95)
	Hawaii, Travellers' Wildlife Guides • Les Beletsky • FIELD GUIDE • A well-written all-around field guide intended for the curious traveler, this handbook features color illustrations of commonly-encountered birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, and coral reef creatures. It also includes a good introduction to Hawaii, its natural history and conservation. (HWI50, $27.95)
	Herons and Egrets of the World, A Photographic Journey • James Hancock • NATURAL HISTORY • A photographic survey of all 47 species and subspecies of herons. (BRD09, $29.95)
	Kaufman Birds of North America • Kenn Kaufman • FIELD GUIDE • A compact field guide, well-organized and featuring digitally enhanced color photographs. (NAM03, $18.95)
	Kingbird Highway, The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand • Kenn Kaufman • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Kaufman's absorbing account of coming-of-age as a Wichita teenager on the road in 1973 with a summer's pay in his pocket and the goal of seeing as many birds as he could in a year. (BRD27, $14.00)
	The Life of Birds • David Attenborough • NATURAL HISTORY • A companion book to the PBS series. (GEN77, $35.00)
	Lives of North American Birds • Kenn Kaufman • NATURAL HISTORY • A Peterson Natural History Companion, this handbook fully describes, and illustrates with color photographs, the 600 species of birds that regularly occur in North America. (BRD01, $25.00)
	Mac's Field Guide to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, Birds and Mammals • Craig MacGowan • FIELD GUIDE • This laminated card is waterproof and small enough to slip into your backpack. (USW195, $4.95)
	National Audubon Society Field Guide to African Wildlife • Peter Alden • FIELD GUIDE • A portable guide to the landforms, wild areas, mammals, birds, reptiles and insects of Africa, featuring contributions by experts and almost 600 color photographs. (AFR25, $23.95)
	National Geographic Birder's Journal • National Geographic Society • FIELD GUIDE • A sturdy journal with a checklist of every bird species in North America, organized by family. It's an excellent companion for any enthusiastic birder, especially when used alongside the Field Guide to the Birds of North America (FG09). (BRD44, $16.95)
	National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America • National Geographic • FIELD GUIDE • From Alaska to Baja California, this field guide published by the National Geographic Society, now in its fifth edition (with tabs!), is the one to carry. (FG09, $24.00)
	Natural History of the Waterfowl • Frank Todd • REFERENCE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • A comprehensive illustrated survey of waterfowl. (BRD06, $80.00)
	A Naturalist in Costa Rica • Alexander Skutch • NATURAL HISTORY • A warm account of living and studying ornithology in the Pacific hills of Costa Rica over the last 35 years at what is now Los Cusingos Neotropical Bird Sanctuary. Skutch died on his ranch in 2004 just short of his 100th birthday. (CAM09, $24.95)
	Naturalist's Big Bend, An Introduction to the Trees, Shrubs, Wildflowers, Mammals, Birds, Reptiles • Roland H. Wauer • FIELD GUIDE • Commonly encountered plants and animals of Big Bend. (USW82, $15.95)
	Newman's Birds of Southern Africa • Kenneth Newman • FIELD GUIDE • The eighth edition of the compact field guide, our favorite for anywhere south of the Zambezi. (SAF29, $23.95)
	Notes of a Provincial Wildfowler • Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov • NATURAL HISTORY • A celebrated drama critic and man of letters in 19th-century Moscow, Aksakov was also a keen observer of nature, and especially of birds. This book collects his notes on the natural history of Russian birdlife. (RUS60, $39.00)
	Photographic Guide to Birds of the Himalayas • B. Grewal • FIELD GUIDE • A pocket guide to 250 birds found from the foothills up to high elevations ranging from the Hindu Kush and Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh in the Eastern Himalayas. With brief descriptive information, maps and 260 full-color illustrations. (HML31, $15.95)
	A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Borneo • Geoffrey Davidson • FIELD GUIDE • A pocket field guide to 250 species. (BRN07, $15.95)
	A Photographic Guide to the Birds of China • John MacKinnon • Nigel Hicks • FIELD GUIDE • A slim pocket guide to 252 of the most conspicuous birds of China, featuring color photographs, concise descriptions and range maps. 2nd edition. (CHN29, $15.95)
	A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India and Nepal • B. Grewal • FIELD GUIDE • A slim pocket guide to 252 of the most conspicuous birds of India and Nepal. (IDA46, $15.95)
	A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Thailand • Michael Webster • FIELD GUIDE • A slim pocket guide to 252 of the most conspicuous birds of Thailand, featuring color photographs, brief descriptions and range maps. (TLD18, $15.95)
	Pocket Guide to the Birds of Britain and North-West Europe • Chris Kightley • FIELD GUIDE • A compact field-friendly guide to the birds found in the British Isles and the Faroes, Scandinavia and Northwest Europe. (EUR50, $25.00)
	Return of the Whooping Crane • Robin W. Doughty • NATURAL HISTORY • The story of the whooping crane's recovery from the brink of extinction. (TEX18, $24.95)
	The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America • David Sibley • FIELD GUIDE • A compact, geographically-specific version of the Sibley Guide with all-new range maps, the same glorious illustrations and expanded, extremely valuable descriptions of each bird with status, habitat, range, voice and identifying marks. (USE262, $19.95)
	The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America • David Sibley • FIELD GUIDE • A compact, geographically-specific version of the Sibley Guide with all-new range maps, the same glorious illustrations and expanded, extremely valuable descriptions of each bird. (USW418, $19.95)
	The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior • David Sibley • NATURAL HISTORY • The companion volume to Sibley's Guide to Birds. (BRD13, $45.00)
	Sibley's Birding Basics • David Sibley • FIELD GUIDE • A highly recommended guide to finding and identifying birds in the field, featuring 200 color paintings by master David Sibley. (BRD17, $15.95)
	Southern African Birds, A Photographic Guide • Ian Sinclair • FIELD GUIDE • A pocket guide to the 265 most conspicuous birds south of the Zambezi River featuring color photographs, brief descriptions and range maps. We also carry Birds of Namibia (NMB17, $15.95). (SAF14, $15.95)
	The Verb to Bird, Sightings of an Avid Birder • Peter Cashwell • NATURAL HISTORY • A memoir of the birding life, its pleasures, obsessions and pitfalls. Based in the Carolinas (where he teaches English), Cashwell recounts in these essays the birds he's encountered, the why and wherefores of the birding life and some very entertaining anecdotes. (BRD26, $14.95)
	The Wildlife of Southern Africa, A Field Guide to the Animals and Plants of the Region • Vincent Carruthers • Kenneth Newman • FIELD GUIDE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • A handsomely illustrated field guide to the birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, insects, fish and plants of Southern Africa, all in one compact volume. (SAF59, $19.95)

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