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• Alfie & Me

  What Owls Know, What Humans Believe

  Safina, Carl, 1955-

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  A moving account of raising, then freeing, an orphaned screech owl, whose lasting friendship with the author illuminates humanity’s relationship with the world.

• Better Living Through Birding

  Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World

  Cooper, Christian,

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  Central Park birder Christian Cooper takes us beyond the viral video that shocked a nation and into a world of avian adventures, global excursions, and the unexpected lessons you can learn from a life spent looking up.

• Find More Birds

  111 Surprising Ways to Spot Birds Wherever You Are

  Wolf, Heather,

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  A trove of 111 ingenious tips for seeing more birds wherever you are-from crowd favorites (hummingbirds, owls, eagles) to species you've never spotted before

• Ten Birds That Changed the World

  Moss, Stephen, 1960-

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  In Ten Birds That Changed the World, naturalist and author Stephen Moss tells the gripping story of this long and intimate relationship through key species from all seven of the world’s continents.

• The Comfort of Crows

  a Backyard Year

  Renkl, Margaret,

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  In The Comfort of Crows, Margaret Renkl presents a devotional of sorts: fifty-two essays that follow the creatures and plants in her backyard over the course of a year.

• The Wise Hours

  a Journey Into the Wild and Secret World of Owls

  Darlington, Miriam,

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  Owls have existed for over sixty million years, and in the relatively short time we have shared the planet with these majestic birds they have ignited the human imagination. But even as owls continue to captivate our collective consciousness,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Birds and Us

  a 12,000-year History From Cave Art to Conservation

  Birkhead, Tim,

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  Acclaimed ornithologist Tim Birkhead traces the history of the long and close relationship between birds and humans.

• A World on the Wing

  the Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds

  Weidensaul, Scott,

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  In the past two decades, our understanding of the navigational and physiological feats that enable birds to cross immense oceans, fly above the highest mountains, or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch has exploded. What we've learned…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Why Peacocks?

  An Unlikely Search for Meaning in the World's Most Magnificent Bird

  Flynn, Sean, 1964-

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  An acclaimed journalist seeks to understand the mysterious allure of peacocks - and in the process discovers unexpected and valuable life lessons.

• Owls of the Eastern Ice

  a Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl

  Slaght, Jonathan C.,

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  A field scientist and conservationist tracks the elusive Blakiston's fish owl in the forbidding reaches of Eastern Russia.

• Birds by the Shore

  Observing the Natural Life of the Atlantic Coast

  Ackerman, Jennifer, 1959-

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  From the best-selling author of The Genius of Birds, the revised and reissued edition of her beloved book of essays describing her forays along the Delaware shore.

• Pigeons

  Blechman, Andrew D.

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  Readers are taken on a journey into the fascinating world of these underappreciated creatures. Through meticulous research and firsthand observations, Blechman sheds light on the complex and often misunderstood lives of pigeons.

• Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America

  Peterson, Roger Tory, 1908-1996,

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  One of the big three bird guides used by most birders.

• Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America

  Kaufman, Kenn,

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  One of the big three bird guides used by most birders.

• The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America

  Sibley, David, 1961-

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  One of the big three bird guides used by most birders.