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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Ghost Birds Ghost Birds Stephen Lyn Bales In 1935 naturalist James T. Tanner was a twenty-one-year-old graduate student when he saw his first ivory-billed woodpecker, one of America’s rarest birds, in a remote swamp in northern Louisiana. At… OL15347945W
John James Audubon John James Audubon Joseph Kastner Examines the noted artist whose passion for American birds dominated his life and his work. OL15837429W
Audubon Audubon Jos. A. Smith,Jennifer L. Armstrong Briefly tells the story of this nineteenth-century painter and naturalist who is most famous for his detailed paintings of birds. OL16052750W
The feathery tribe The feathery tribe Daniel Lewis This biography of Robert Ridgway describes how the study of the natural sciences after Charles Darwin dramatically changed. The role of authority, language and publication all changed. At the zenith … OL16471308W
Birds in the bushes Birds in the bushes Julie Dunlap Relates the life of the ornithologist whose finest work took place in her back yard and whose final hope was that others would share her love of nature study. OL1824203W
John James Audubon John James Audubon Jan Gleiter Presents that part of Audubon's life when he sailed down the Mississippi on a flatboat, along with his assistant Joseph Mason sketching birds along the way. OL1842018W
Bourbon Island 1730 Bourbon Island 1730 Trondheim, Lewis,Appollodorus, Olivier On Bourbon Island off the coast of Madagascar, a French ornithologist and his assistant are caught up in an adventure involving slavery, colonialism, and the last days of the great pirates. OL18617606W
Who is Martha? Who is Martha? Marjana Gaponenko "96-year-old ornithologist Luka Levadski foregoes treatment for lung cancer and moves from Ukraine to Vienna to make a grand exit in a luxury suite at the Hotel Imperial. He reflects on his past whil… OL19988245W
Laws of migration Laws of migration Suzanne Frank Birds, especially the ibis, have always fascinated Elize--that's why she became an ornithologist. But when her boss at the private Texas coastal institute where she's spent her career gives away her … OL24278312W
John James Audubon John James Audubon Martha E Kendall Traces the life of John James Audubon from his early childhood in France to his career in America and his eventual success as an artist and naturalist. OL4283997W
A guide to the birds of East Africa A guide to the birds of East Africa Nicholas Drayson Reserved, honourable Mr Malik. You wouldn't notice him in a Nairobi street – except, perhaps, to comment on his carefully sculpted comb-over – but beneath his unprepossessing exterior lie a warm hear… OL5957351W
John James Audubon John James Audubon Margaret Ford Kieran A biography of the naturalist and artist who was one of the first persons to study and paint the birds of the United States. OL7488033W
A Bundle of Feathers. Proffered to Salim Ali for His Seventy-Fifth Birthday A Bundle of Feathers. Proffered to Salim Ali for His Seventy-Fifth Birthday Sidney Dillion, II Ripley Festschrift honoring the Indian ornithologist Salim A. Ali, b.1896. OL9330422W