Slow Birding: The Art and Science of Enjoying the Birds in Your Own Backyard
By: Joan E. Strassmann
3.67
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A one-of-a-kind guide to birding locally that encourages readers to slow down and notice the specta…
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1. Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder
By: Kenn Kaufman
4.27
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
At sixteen, Kenn Kaufman dropped out of the high school where he was student council president and … read more
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- natural history
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"I could have sworn I saw some kind of mutual salute pass between Rich and the skua"-Kenn Kaufman, Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder
"The list total isn't important, but the birds themselves are important. Every bird you see. So the list is just a frivolous incentive for birding, but the birding itself is worthwhile."-Kenn Kaufman, Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder
"But in the early 1970s, we were not birdwatching. We were birding, and that made all the difference. We were out to seek, to discover, to chase, to learn, to find as many different kinds of birds as …"-Kenn Kaufman, Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder
"We did not know that within twenty years Ted would be recognized as one of the greatest field ornithologists of all time, the ultimate authority on the ultimate bird continent. Mercifully, we did not…"-Kenn Kaufman, Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder
2. The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human
By: Noah Strycker
3.77
Format: None pages, Hardcover
An entertaining and profound look at the lives of birds, illuminating their surprising world--and d… read more
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- animals
- natural history
- nonfiction
- birds
- nature
- science
3. The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession
By: Mark Obmascik
3.47
Format: 185 pages,
For those who thought bird-watching was a sedate Sunday hobby, here comes the rollicking tale of th… read more
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- birds
- nonfiction
- animals
- nature
4. The Genius of Birds
By: Jennifer Ackerman
3.84
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. According to revolutionary new research, some birds … read more
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5. Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World
By: Noah Strycker
4.00
Format: 131 pages, Hardcover
Traveling to 41 countries in 2015 with a backpack and binoculars, Noah Strycker became the first pe… read more
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6. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
By: Margaret Renkl
4.37
Format: 270 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a “h… read more
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- science
- animals
- natural history
- nonfiction
- birds
- environment
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- audiobook
7. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
By: Amy Tan
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Flexibound
A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight. … read more
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"If there is anything I have learned these past six years, it is this: Each bird is surprising and thrilling in its own way. But the most special is the bird that pauses when it is eating, looks and a…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"The (Anna's Hummingbird) males are deadbeat dads that contribute nothing to making the nest, or to feeding either the female or the nestlings. They are off to find other females they can impress with…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"During daylight hours, they (Anna's Hummingbirds) feed every 15 minutes, be it tiny insects or nectar from flowers or feeders. If they don't consume food often enough, they can die during the day. If…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"I asked Bernd Heinrich if he knew why feeder birds, like finches, discard so many seeds. It turns out he and other scientiests did research on this back in the 1990s - of course, he did -measuring di…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
8. Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard
By: Douglas W. Tallamy
4.37
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Douglas W. Tallamy’s first book, Bringing Nature Home, sparked a national conversation about the li… read more
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- science
- ecology
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- nonfiction
- birds
- environment
- nature
- audiobook
9. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
By: Zoë Schlanger
4.37
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popu… read more
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- nature
- science
- ecology
- nonfiction
- environment
- audiobook
10. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
By: Jennifer Ackerman
4.16
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An instant New York Times bestseller! From the author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a… read more
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- science
- animals
- natural history
- nonfiction
- birds
- environment
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11. Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
By: Christian Cooper
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Central Park birder Christian Cooper takes us beyond the viral video th… read more
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- animals
- nonfiction
- birds
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- audiobook
"Nor did I know back then that McCartney had written the song as an ode to Black women ("bird" being British slang for a pretty girl) at the pivotal moment of the civil rights struggle. That would onl…"-Christian Cooper, Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
"Writing a memoir is akin to taking off one's clothes in public, and as I learned years ago in the amateur strip contest as Darren and the go-go boys cheered me on, success at such an endeavor can onl…"-Christian Cooper, Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
"Beginning around 1910, The Great Migration saw some 6 million black people surge Northward, out of the states of the former Confederacy, spurred by the same thing that lies behind the yearly migratio…"-Christian Cooper, Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
"What makes birding such a phenomenon? Why not "mammaling" or insecting? Certainly those pursuits have their adherents, as the thousands who visit Africa on safari or who catalog butterflies can attes…"-Christian Cooper, Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
12. Birding to Change the World: A Memoir
By: Trish O'Kane
4.42
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In this uplifting memoir, a professor and activist shares what birds can teach us about life, socia… read more
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- animals
- nonfiction
- birds
- environment
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13. The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think
By: Jennifer Ackerman
4.22
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds, a radical investigation into the… read more
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- science
- animals
- natural history
- nonfiction
- birds
- environment
- nature
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"We dig up dinosaurs to try and figure out what happened to them. Perhaps someday dinosaurs, in the form of corvids, will dig us up to figure out what happened to us."-Jennifer Ackerman, The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think
14. The Feminist Bird Club's Birding for a Better World: A Guide to Finding Joy and Community in Nature
By: Sydney Anderson
4.16
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
“Through the Feminist Bird Club, Molly Adams and Sydney Golden Anderson have walked the walk of inc… read more
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- animals
- nonfiction
- birds
- environment
- nature
15. What It's Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing—What Birds Are Doing, and Why
By: David Allen Sibley
4.41
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
In What It's Like to Be a Bird, David Sibley answers the most frequently asked questions about the… read more
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- animals
- natural history
- nonfiction
- birds
- environment
- nature
- science
16. I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris
By: Glynnis MacNicol
3.59
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
When you’re a woman smack in so-called “middle age” you are not promised anything at all other than… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
17. After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations
By: Eric H. Cline
3.84
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened a… read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- audiobook
18. Flight Paths: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration
By: Rebecca Heisman
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The captivating, little-known true story of a group of scientists and the methods and technology th… read more
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- science
- ecology
- animals
- natural history
- nonfiction
- birds
- environment
- nature
- audiobook
19. Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden
By: Camille T. Dungy
4.19
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
A seminal work that expands how we talk about the natural world and the environment as National Boo… read more
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- nature
- science
- ecology
- nonfiction
- environment
- audiobook
20. Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe
By: Carl Safina
3.92
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A moving account of raising, then freeing, an orphaned owl, whose lasting friendship with the autho… read more
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- nature
- animals
- nonfiction
- birds
- environment
- science
"As the offspring of Platonist-Abrahamic de-enchantment of nature, science bears the birth scar of a world unvalued. Through a kind of emotionally detached childhood, science grew strong but felt litt…"-Carl Safina, Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe
"A forest is not just a bricolage of trees; it is an immensity of functional relationships and feedbacks whereby each thing makes other things possible within the dynamic and constantly adjusting suit…"-Carl Safina, Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe
21. Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers.
By: Sy Montgomery
4.07
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
National Book Award finalist for The Soul of an Octopus and New York Times bestseller Sy Montgome… read more
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- science
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- audiobook
"Never give up on a turtle. Because turtles never give up."-Sy Montgomery, Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers.
22. A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World's Most Misunderstood Bird
By: Rosemary Mosco
4.44
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Part field guide, part history, part ornithology primer, and altogether fun. Pigeons are amazin… read more
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- nature
- animals
- nonfiction
- birds
- environment
- science
23. The Hawk's Way: Encounters with Fierce Beauty
By: Sy Montgomery
3.77
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
A splendid and luminous celebration of one of nature’s most perfect and mysterious creatures—the ha… read more
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- animals
- natural history
- nonfiction
- birds
- nature
- audiobook
"Hawks do not play by our rules. You can never assume that a hawk, even one you raised from a chick, will forgive your mistakes—sometimes a single error ruptures the relationship forever. A hawk will …"-Sy Montgomery, The Hawk's Way: Encounters with Fierce Beauty
24. Birds by the Shore: Observing the Natural Life of the Atlantic Coast
By: Jennifer Ackerman
3.85
Format: 177 pages, Paperback
From the bestselling author of The Genius of Birds , the revised and reissued edition of her belove… read more
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- animals
- natural history
- nonfiction
- birds
- environment
- nature
- science
"A native landscape enters a child’s mind through a meld of sensations: the smell of seaweed or hay, the sound of cicadas, the cold grit of stone. It is all heart and magic, confusion rather than orde…"-Jennifer Ackerman, Birds by the Shore: Observing the Natural Life of the Atlantic Coast
25. Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder: A Memoir
By: Julia Zarankin
3.82
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A writer discovers an unexpected passion for birding, along with a new understanding of the world a… read more
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- science
- animals
- natural history
- nonfiction
- birds
- nature
- audiobook
26. The Birds That Audubon Missed: Discovery and Desire in the American Wilderness
By: Kenn Kaufman
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Renowned naturalist Kenn Kaufman examines the scientific discoveries of John James Audubon and his … read more
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- nature
- animals
- nonfiction
- birds
- environment
- science
27. Slow Birding: The Art and Science of Enjoying the Birds in Your Own Backyard
By: Joan E. Strassmann
3.67
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A one-of-a-kind guide to birding locally that encourages readers to slow down and notice the specta… read more
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- ecology
- animals
- natural history
- nonfiction
- birds
- outdoors
- environment
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- audiobook
28. A Wing and a Prayer: The Race to Save Our Vanishing Birds
By: Anders Gyllenhaal
4.20
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A captivating drama from the frontlines of the race to save birds set against the devastating loss … read more
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- science
- ecology
- animals
- natural history
- nonfiction
- birds
- environment
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29. How to Know the Birds: The Art and Adventure of Birding
By: Ted Floyd
3.95
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Become a better birder with brief portraits of 200 top North American birds. This friendly, relatab… read more
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- natural history
- nonfiction
- birds
- nature
- audiobook
30. A Season On The Wind: Inside the World of Spring Migration
By: Kenn Kaufman
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A close look at one season in one key site that reveals the amazing science and magic of spring bir… read more
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- science
- animals
- natural history
- nonfiction
- birds
- environment
- nature
- audiobook
"On a day like this, I can’t imagine anything better that might happen in a person’s life than for them to start paying attention to birds—to become aware of this magical world that exists all around …"-Kenn Kaufman, A Season On The Wind: Inside the World of Spring Migration
31. Find More Birds: 111 Surprising Ways to Spot Birds Wherever You Are
By: Heather Wolf
4.32
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
“Packed with excellent photos and tips, deeply relatable anecdotes, and a palpable sense of joy, th… read more
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- nonfiction
- birds
- nature
- science
"Not all birds need fresh water to drink . . . gulls and albatross have salt glands that allow them to drink seawater and expel the salt."-Heather Wolf, Find More Birds: 111 Surprising Ways to Spot Birds Wherever You Are
"Not all birds need fresh water to drink. Some can stay hydrated through their food. Desert-dwelling Black-throated Sparrows, for example, obtain water from their diet of juicy insects and succulents.…"-Heather Wolf, Find More Birds: 111 Surprising Ways to Spot Birds Wherever You Are
