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The Art of Pishing
How to Attract Birds by Mimicking their Calls
Pete Dunne

Learn the arcane yet effective art of pishing from a master. In this unique book and CD package, renowned birder Pete Dunne presents an illustrated workshop on how to attract ....

96 pages, b&w photos.
softcover | 2006 | £11.50 | approx. $24/€17


A Bad Birdwatcher's Companion - Audiobook
Simon Barnes

Simon Barnes is one of Britain's leading bird writers and humourists. His weekly column in The Times, his essays for the ....

4 CD-Set, running time: 4 Hours 47 Minutes.
CD | 2007 | £16.99 | approx. $35/€25


Birdsong
A Natural History
Don Stap

Many of us have experienced the interruption, pleasant or otherwise, of a bird singing from high in the trees, or a lone chirper perched outside a bedroom window and wondered ....

272 pages,
softcover | 2006 | £9.99 | approx. $21/€15


The Sound Approach to Birding
A guide to understanding bird sound
Mark Constantine and The Sound Approach

Combining anecdote, scientific theory and practical field experience, The Sound Approach to Birding is a step-by-step guide through tone, pitch, rhythm, reading ....

192 pages, colour photos, graphs.
hardcover | 2006 | £29.95 | approx. $61/€43


 
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The Art of Pishing

How to Attract Birds by Mimicking their Calls

Pete Dunne

Learn the arcane yet effective art of pishing from a master. In this unique book and CD package, renowned birder Pete Dunne presents an illustrated workshop on how to attract ....

96 pages | b&w photos | Stackpole

Pbk | 2006 | 0811732959 | #164822 | £11.50 approx. $24/€17 add to basket

A Bad Birdwatcher's Companion - Audiobook

Simon Barnes

Simon Barnes is one of Britain's leading bird writers and humourists. His weekly column in The Times, his essays for the ....

4 CD-Set, running time: 4 Hours 47 Minutes | Select Music and Video Dist

CD | 2007 | 9626344466 | #169136 | £16.99 approx. $35/€25 add to basket

Birdsong

A Natural History

Don Stap

Many of us have experienced the interruption, pleasant or otherwise, of a bird singing from high in the trees, or a lone chirper perched outside a bedroom window and wondered ....

272 pages | OUP

Pbk | 2006 | 0195309014 | #158815 | £9.99 approx. $21/€15 add to basket

The Birds of Britain and Europe, 6-DVD Set

Paul Doherty

Major reworking of the 4 video set with 50 new species added and for the existing species there is a huge amount of new footage - all with the advantage of DVD quality ....

Running time: 12 hours 35 minutes | Bird Images

DVD | 2004 | #146254 | £35.19 approx. $72/€51 add to basket

Bird Mimicry

A Remarkable Collection of Imitations by Birds

Richard Ranft

Marvel at the sounds of a Shropshire Jay that neighs like a horse and a Blackbird in London that imitates a computer modem. From the world's largest collection of nature ....

26 tracks | NSA

CD | 2006 | 0712305297 | #158546 | £9.95 approx. $21/€15 add to basket

Bird Songs

250 North American Birds in Song

Les Beletsky

Drawing from the collection of the world-renowned Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Bird Songs presents the most notable North American birds-including ....

368 pages | colour illus | Chronicle Books

Hbk | 2006 | 1932855416 | #161688 | £29.79 approx. $61/€43 add to basket

Bird Voices of Alta Floresta and Southeastern Amazonian Brazil

Curtis A Marantz and Kevin J Zimmer

The rainforests of the Amazon basin contain the most diverse bird faunas of any area on earth. This six-CD set presents the vocalizations of 446 bird and 10 mammal species ....

6 CD set | Cornell LO

CD | 2006 | 0938027670 | #163553 | £32.31 approx. $66/€47 add to basket

British Birds and Birdlife DVD 1: Towns Parks and Gardens / Woodlands and Forests

Covering identification, behaviour and more, this DVD will give you insight into the world of birds and how they live. Coverage includes: Song Thrush, ....

running time: 55 minutes | Green Umbrella Productions

DVD | 2007 | #166472 | £9.99 approx. $21/€15 add to basket

BWPi 2.0: Birds of the Western Palearctic Interactive - DVD ROM

OUP/BirdGuides Ltd

BirdGuides and OUP have combined their resources to produce the entire text of BWP (all 9 volumes) onto this interactive DVD ROM ....

BirdGuides

DVD-ROM | 2006 | 1898110395 | #164224 | £139.00 approx. $282/€199 add to basket

The DVD Guide to British Birds

Paul Doherty

This three DVD set runs for over 5 hours and features over 270 species - all of the regular British birds are covered. High quality moving footage shows the birds flying, ....

Running time: circa. 5 hours, 3 disc set | Bird Images

DVD | 2004 | #149378 | £21.09 approx. $43/€31 add to basket

The DVD Guide to Bird Identification

Dave Gosney

New edition of the popular Video Guide to Bird Identification now released with updated footage on DVD. As well as providing superb picture quality, the DVD format offers the ....

running time: 2 hours | BirdGuides

DVD | 2006 | #164230 | £19.95 approx. $41/€29 add to basket

Eagle - DVD

The Master of the Skies

David Attenborough

Few birds have captured the human imagination as deeply as the eagle and in this remarkable film, now available on DVD, aerial photography captures the dramatic life of ....

Running time: 47 minutes | BBC Video

DVD (Region 2) | 2004 | BBCDVD1481 | #147715 | £7.99 approx. $17/€12 add to basket

Important Bird Areas in Fiji

Conserving Fiji's Natural Heritage

Edited by Vilikesa T Masibalavu and Guy Dutson

This book describes the 14 sites in Fiji which are of global importance for bird conservation. These Important Bird Areas (IBAs) are priorities for conserving the ....

66 pages | 50 Col photos, 14 tabs, 17 maps | BirdLife International

Pbk | 2006 | 9829101010 | #161537 | £15.00 approx. $31/€22 add to basket

The Land Birds of Southeast Brazil - Disc 3: Oscines

Heinz Remold

Heinz Remold

CD | 2006 | #127203 | £29.99 approx. $61/€43 add to basket

The Life of Birds

David Attenborough

Attenborough uncovers new research into the behaviour of the most popular and perhaps the best adapted life forms on Earth, investigating the secrets of birds' great success ....

320 pages | Col photos throughout | BBC Books

Hbk | 1998 | 0563387920 | #082095 | £18.99 approx. $39/€28 add to basket

The Singing Life of Birds

The Art and Science of Listening to Birdsong

Donald Kroodsma

Listen to birds sing as you've never listened before, as the world-renowned birdsong expert Donald Kroodsma takes you on personal journeys of discovery and intrigue. Read ....

482 pages | b&w illus | Houghton Mifflin

Hbk | 2006 | 0618405682 | #161921 | £19.99 approx. $41/€29 add to basket

Songbird Journeys

Four seasons in the lives of migratory birds

Miyoko Chu

Each spring, millions of orioles, tanagers, thrushes, warblers and other songbirds travel thousands of miles from the tropics to their summer breeding grounds as far north ....

312 pages | Illus | Walker Books

Hbk | 2006 | 0802714684 | #166315 | £14.95 approx. $31/€22 add to basket

Pbk | 2007 | 0802715184 | #166397 | £8.50 approx. $18/€13 add to basket

The Songs of Wild Birds

Lang Elliott

Birding by ear has become more popular than ever as a way of locating and identifying birds. World renowned for his extensive collection of bird song recordings, Lang Elliott ....

128 pages | Col photos, sonagrams | Houghton Mifflin

Pbk | 2006 | 0618663983 | #161924 | £12.95 approx. $27/€19 add to basket

The Sound Approach to Birding

A guide to understanding bird sound

Mark Constantine and The Sound Approach

Combining anecdote, scientific theory and practical field experience, The Sound Approach to Birding is a step-by-step guide through tone, pitch, rhythm, reading ....

192 pages | colour photos, graphs | Sound Approach

Hbk | 2006 | 9081093312 | #163551 | £29.95 approx. $61/€43 add to basket

Voices of North American Owls

On this 2-CD audio guide you'll hear nearly 200 tracks featuring the hoots, screams, chitters, squawks, squeals, bill claps and barks of 19 regularly occurring species of ....

56 pages | 2 CD set | Cornell LO

CD | 2006 | 0938027662 | #164897 | £22.27 approx. $46/€32 add to basket

Waders

Paul Doherty

Covers all the key waders of Europe, Asia and North America with 104 species and a running time of 4 hours 56 minutes. High quality footage has been specially filmed to ....

Running time: 4 hours, 56 minutes, 2-DVD set | Bird Images

DVD | 2005 | #157446 | £23.44 approx. $48/€34 add to basket

Why Birds Sing

One Man's Quest to Solve an Everyday Mystery

David Rothenberg

The richness and variety of birdsong is both a scientific mystery and a source of wonder. David Rothenberg has a unique approach to this fascinating subject - a musician ....

272 pages | Illus | Allen Lane

Hbk | 2005 | 0713998296 | #155352 | £17.99 approx. $37/€26 add to basket

Pbk | 2006 | 0141020016 | #156595 | £9.99 approx. $21/€15 add to basket