10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

Author Joshua Hammer, who previously wrote about a different type of real-life-unexpected-caper in The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu , read about Lendrum in the Times of London in 2017, realized the possibilities, did the research. 2019), and now this book. The book is structured cinematically. Author Joshua Hammer.

Falcons 190

Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 190

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

Everyone is looking back on their best birds of 2019, so I thought it would be a good idea to look at a book that looks back a little further: Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City , by P. Because, as this book demonstrates so well, it is sometimes important to look back in order to move forward. “Wait!”

New York City 142

New York City New York Birds Breeding 142

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

The theft of some “dead birds” captures his imagination, and by the end of the book we’ve traveled with him around the world as he talks to famous fly tiers,* the Tring police, and Rist himself, seeking for the truth behind the story. Seriously, this book is crying out for a movie treatment!).

Collecting 102

Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 102

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

For endangered species, red and gray tabs at the top of the page indicate level of threatened status from the IUCN and the Libro Rogo de los Vertebrados Cubanos (Red Data Book for Cuban Vertebrates). The book includes lots of space for Notes. This means that it has some interesting features, which may or may not work in practice.

Cuba 215

Cuba Birds 2000 United States 215

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2022

It’s a unique bird, even its scientific name is wonderful, so it’s not surprising that Gerard Gorman, Woodpecker Expert Supreme, has written a book all about the species. Practically every sentence is documented with these studies. This is a very easy book to read. It’s an open question.

Woodpeckers 212

Woodpeckers Hungary Thailand Europe 212

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

A great-great nephew of Senator McLean, Greeley spent three years researching and writing this book. Greeley has a historian’s instincts, perhaps stemming from his training as an archivist (though he ended up, he says vaguely, in business and market research). McLean, Birdman of the Senate from their local libraries.

Connecticut 147

Connecticut Washington Legislation Hunting 147