The (Big) Year That Flew By
By: Arjan Dwarshuis
3.84
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
An epic tale of one passionate birder’s record-breaking adventure through 40 countries over 6 conti…
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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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"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. Bird Sense: What It's Like to Be a Bird
By: Tim Birkhead
4.06
Format: 265 pages, Hardcover
Most people would love to be able to fly like a bird, but few of us are aware of the other sensatio… read more
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"Science is described as a search for… on the basis of the available scientifice evidence, we currently believe. Changing your mind in the light of new ideas or better evidence constitutes cientific p…"-Tim Birkhead, Bird Sense: What It's Like to Be a Bird
3. Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
By: Janisse Ray
4.02
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Janisse Ray grew up in a junkyard along U.S. Highway 1, hidden from Florida-bound vacationers by th… read more
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- nature
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- environment
4. 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
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5. 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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6. 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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7. To See Every Bird on Earth: A Father, a Son, and a Lifetime Obsession
By: Dan Koeppel
3.80
Format: None pages,
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8. Life List: A Woman's Quest for the World's Most Amazing Birds
By: Olivia Gentile
3.00
Format: 468 pages, Hardcover
A frustrated housewife sets out to see more bird species than anyone in history--and ends up riskin… read more
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9. 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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10. 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
11. A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds
By: Scott Weidensaul
4.20
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In the past two decades, our understanding of the navigational and physiological feats that enable … read more
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12. Ten Birds That Changed the World
By: Stephen Moss
3.97
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
For the whole of human history, we have lived alongside birds. We have hunted and domesticated them… read more
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13. Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl
By: Jonathan C. Slaght
4.18
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A field scientist and conservationist tracks the elusive Blakiston's Fish Owl in the forbidding rea… read more
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- nonfiction
- birds
- environment
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14. 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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15. 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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"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
16. Birding Under the Influence: Cycling Across America in Search of Birds and Recovery
By: Dorian Anderson
4.20
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
At a personal and professional crossroads, a man resets his life and finds sobriety, love, and 618 … read more
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- nonfiction
- birds
- nature
17. The (Big) Year That Flew By
By: Arjan Dwarshuis
3.84
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
An epic tale of one passionate birder’s record-breaking adventure through 40 countries over 6 conti… read more
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- nonfiction
- birds
- environment
- nature
- audiobook
18. 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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- natural history
- nonfiction
- birds
- environment
- nature
- audiobook
"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
19. Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future
By: Gloria Dickie
4.25
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A New Yorker Best Book of the Year An Economist Best Book of 2023 A Scientific American Best… read more
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"Whenever people had asked me which bear was my favorite, I had dithered and hedged. "I like them all equally," I would say, diplomatically. Sun bears were cute with lolling tongues. Grizzlies were em…"-Gloria Dickie, Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future
20. 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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21. The East Indian
By: Brinda Charry
3.83
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by a historical figure, an exhilarating debut novel about the first native of the Indian s… read more
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"The dead, simply by passing into death, somehow become innocent of all charges; it is we, the living, who bear the burden of guilt. [Tony]"-Brinda Charry, The East Indian
"I wondered: dies any man ever fully know any woman? He thinks he does--she is the girl living down the lane, the girl fetching water from the communal well, the girl who speaks in accents familiar, a…"-Brinda Charry, The East Indian
22. Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic
By: Adam Shoalts
4.32
Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition
From Canada’s most accomplished adventurer and storyteller comes a gripping journey into the vastne… read more
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- nature
- audiobook
23. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
By: Kevin Fedarko
4.36
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mil… read more
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- nature
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"You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. -Annie Dillard"-Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
24. The Wise Hours: A Journey into the Wild and Secret World of Owls
By: Miriam Darlington
3.62
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
One minute I was sipping my tea by the window. There was nothing but the palest edge of grey light … read more
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- animals
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- birds
- environment
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- audiobook
25. The Seabird's Cry: The Lives and Loves of the Planet's Great Ocean Voyagers
By: Adam Nicolson
4.36
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In The Seabird's Cry, Adam Nicolson travels ocean paths, fusing traditional knowledge with astonish… read more
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- birds
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- audiobook
26. 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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- nonfiction
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27. 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
28. 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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29. Birdgirl
By: Mya-Rose Craig
3.94
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Discover a powerful, evocative and urgent new young voice in nature writing*WINNER OF THE SOMERSET … read more
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30. Het is oorlog maar niemand die het ziet
By: Huib Modderkolk
4.26
Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Een platgelegde Rotterdamse haven. Nederlandse spionnen die digitaal toeslaan in Moskou. Artsen die… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
31. Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History, from Cave Art to Conservation
By: Tim Birkhead
3.85
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning writer and ornithologist Tim Birkhead takes us on an epic and dazzling journey throug… read more
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