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Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

10,000 Birds

And what I am saying here doesn’t only apply to his Sri Lanka guide, but to all the others as well (these include the first dedicated guidebooks to Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Malawi, Ghana, Mozambique, Rwanda, Suriname). Whittaker’s research aims to disprove the centuries-old assumption that birds do not have a sense of smell.

Sri Lanka 264
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Swift Departures 

10,000 Birds

Erecting boxes in church towers is now accepted practice, and supported by the Church of England, though persuading church wardens to support such projects can be hard work, as I have found from my own experience. This book is based on a long-running study of Swifts nesting in a tower at Oxford University’s Museum of Science.

Liberia 246