favourite book?
nghthwk
help?
I would like to hear which non-field guide bird or natural history books
'real birders' recommend. Coffee table books, children's books etc.
It's for my web site, I would like to carry books that are worth ordering.
An experienced opinion is a valuable opinion.
My recommendation for you: Bird Brains;the intelligence of Crows Ravens,
Magpies and Jays by Candace Savage now in paperback. The most beautiful
photography I've ever seen. No, I'm not related, it's just a really
wonderful book.
Thanks, Tana
Ps, have YOU written a book that would fit the bill?
Martin Finnigan
accompanied Scott on his trips to Antarctica.
I tihnk its just called Birds of the Antarctic, but I'll check.
The paintings of emperor penguin chicks frozen in still-life on the pack ice
take some beating.
I bought it in a second hand shop years ago and have never seen it new so
unfortunately I suppose its out of print long ago which I don't suppose
helps you much.
Regards
Martin
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Nick
" I would like to hear which non-field guide bird or natural history books
" 'real birders' recommend. Coffee table books, children's books etc.
You may want to have a look at http://www.amazon.co.uk to see what's said
about "Birds, an Artist's View" ISBN 1855853302
and
Penguins ISBN 3822865192
I don't have them myself, - haven't got the coffee table room ! - but have
seen them and they are quite fantastic :)
--
Nick
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Steve Foster
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| I would like to hear which non-field guide bird or natural history books
| 'real birders' recommend.
<snip>
| Thanks, Tana
|
| Ps, have YOU written a book that would fit the bill?
I heartily recommend a signed copy of 'The State of the Nation's Birds' by a
Mr Chris Mead. Does anyone agree with me?
Steve Foster
nghthwk
previously out of print but sadly this one's not there. I'll ask them about
it though, you never know.
Tana
Martin Finnigan <mar...@finnigan.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> My favourite is a book of drawings and paintings by Edward Wilson when he
> accompanied Scott on his trips to Antarctica.
> I tihnk its just called Birds of the Antarctic, but I'll check.
> The paintings of emperor penguin chicks frozen in still-life on the pack
ice
> take some beating.
>
> I bought it in a second hand shop years ago and have never seen it new so
> unfortunately I suppose its out of print long ago which I don't suppose
> helps you much.
>
> Regards
>
> Martin
>
> "nghthwk" <bird...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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nghthwk
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> -On Sat, 19 Aug 2000 02:43:36 GMT, it was observed that "nghthwk"
<bird...@sympatico.ca> said in message
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>
books
> " 'real birders' recommend. Coffee table books, children's books etc.
>
> about "Birds, an Artist's View" ISBN 1855853302
> and
> Penguins ISBN 3822865192
>
> I don't have them myself, - haven't got the coffee table room ! - but have
> seen them and they are quite fantastic :)
> --
> Nick
Thanks Nick,
Oops. Tea table in the parlour? :-) What would be the appropriate name for
big, glossy, mostly artistic books?
Found the penguin book but no luck with the first one. Same author, Frans
Lanting?
Tana
mark_et...@my-deja.com
> I heartily recommend a signed copy of 'The State of the Nation's
Birds' by a
> Mr Chris Mead. Does anyone agree with me?
>
Apart from the occasional typos in mine (which proves it was written by
Chris :-)) and the fact that I have got one of the rarer unsigned
copies, yes!
A cracking good read. Thanks, Chris.
Mark
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
nghthwk
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> Steve Foster wrote:
>
> > I heartily recommend a signed copy of 'The State of the Nation's
> Birds' by a
> > Mr Chris Mead. Does anyone agree with me?
> >
> Apart from the occasional typos in mine (which proves it was written by
> Chris :-)) and the fact that I have got one of the rarer unsigned
> copies, yes!
>
> A cracking good read. Thanks, Chris.
>
> Mark
This was originally for suggestions for my customers but now I have to have
one for myself. Where can I buy one?
Anywhere close to Lyme Regis?
Tana
Chris Mead
from "nghthwk" <bird...@sympatico.ca> contains these words:
> This was originally for suggestions for my customers but now I have to have
> one for myself. Where can I buy one?
> Anywhere close to Lyme Regis?
> Tana
Easiest way is to go to
www//birdcare.com/birdon/
have a look at the species texts and then order on line or download
the form and send in an order.
Nice of you to ask!
--
Chris Mead
Hilborough, Norfolk
chris...@zetnet.co.uk
Steve Foster
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have
| > one for myself. Where can I buy one?
| > Anywhere close to Lyme Regis?
| > Tana
|
|
|
| www//birdcare.com/birdon/
|
| have a look at the species texts and then order on line or download
| the form and send in an order.
|
| Nice of you to ask!
|
|
|
| --
| Chris Mead
| Hilborough, Norfolk
| chris...@zetnet.co.uk
That'll be a fiver back from the cost of your book at Rutland last Saturday
please.
Steve Foster - Stanwick, Northants
ps. No I'm not Scottish.
colin....@care4free.net
"nghthwk" <bird...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> I would like to hear which non-field guide bird or natural history
books
> 'real birders' recommend. Coffee table books, children's books etc.
> It's for my web site, I would like to carry books that are worth
ordering.
I would go for a Peter Scott myself. Not only do his books convey the
romance and atmosphere of birds (especially wildfowl), but his
paintings also compliment the field guides, in that they show the birds
as you really see them. I think this is sometimes lost in field guides
(excellent though many are)which need to show every minute detail for
identification.
So I would go for one of his last compilations 'Images of a lifetime'
to get the paintings, and 'Lucky the Man' for brief selection of his
writtings. The latter especially for his description of discovering
Lesser White-fronted Geese at Slimbridge in the late 1940's. I often
read just that chapter to remind myself why I enjoy birding,
Best wishes
Colin
Martin Sage
>romance and atmosphere of birds (especially wildfowl), but his
>paintings also compliment the field guides, in that they show the birds
>as you really see them. I think this is sometimes lost in field guides
>(excellent though many are)which need to show every minute detail for
>identification.
>
>So I would go for one of his last compilations 'Images of a lifetime'
>to get the paintings, and 'Lucky the Man' for brief selection of his
>writtings. The latter especially for his description of discovering
>Lesser White-fronted Geese at Slimbridge in the late 1940's. I often
>read just that chapter to remind myself why I enjoy birding,
My interest in birds is partly due to Peter Scott as I lived near enough
to cycle to Slimbridge as a boy and first visited the Trust in about
1952. His autobiography is also a good read.
--
Martin Sage
www.sagefarm.demon.co.uk
Chris Mead
from Martin Sage <Mar...@sagefarm.demon.co.uk> contains these words:
> >I would go for a Peter Scott myself.
> My interest in birds is partly due to Peter Scott as I lived near enough
> to cycle to Slimbridge as a boy and first visited the Trust in about
> 1952. His autobiography is also a good read.
> --
> Martin Sage
> www.sagefarm.demon.co.uk
For professional book I would go for 'A Thousand Geese' Peter Scott
and James Fisher and lots of Pink-feet in Iceland. Fantastic story
and great book - and I eventually met all of them.
For an amateur does anyone remember Ware's 'Wing to Wing' and RAF
man's account of birds found whilst serving in the War.
Arty farty almost impossible but how about the 'Bird Island, Pictures
from a Shoal of Sand' by Lars Johnsson - fabulous!
Incidentally there are two Wilson (of the Antarctic) books - one is
ordinary size and (I think) pre-war - I do not have time to find it
as it is in the other library (I think - was a very big bath room)
and the one published about 15 or 20 years ago is big format.
Colin Davies
.> So I would go for one of his last compilations 'Images of a lifetime'
> to get the paintings, and 'Lucky the Man' for brief selection of his
> writtings. The latter especially for his description of discovering
> Lesser White-fronted Geese at Slimbridge in the late 1940's. I often
> read just that chapter to remind myself why I enjoy birding,
>
That should be 'The Art of Peter Scott - Images from a Lifetime' (ISBN
1-85619-100-1)
and 'Happy the Man' (not sure about the ISBN).
Sorry for any confusion,
Colin
--
The St. Helens Wildlife Recording Group web site is at
http://www.wildlife.care4free.net
Malcolm
<chris...@zetnet.co.uk> writes
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> from Martin Sage <Mar...@sagefarm.demon.co.uk> contains these words:
>
>> >I would go for a Peter Scott myself.
>
>> My interest in birds is partly due to Peter Scott as I lived near enough
>> to cycle to Slimbridge as a boy and first visited the Trust in about
>> 1952. His autobiography is also a good read.
>> --
>> Martin Sage
>> www.sagefarm.demon.co.uk
>
>For professional book I would go for 'A Thousand Geese' Peter Scott
>and James Fisher and lots of Pink-feet in Iceland. Fantastic story
>and great book - and I eventually met all of them.
>
All the Pinkfeet?
>For an amateur does anyone remember Ware's 'Wing to Wing' and RAF
>man's account of birds found whilst serving in the War.
>
Yes, I still have my well-read copy.
Another I have read several times is "A Bewilderment of Birds" (1954) by
J.K.Stanford, a lot of which is about his time as a colonial officer in
Burma, where he collected birds for the BMNH in an area almost unknown
ornithologically. Also when he was one of the wardens of the first
breeding Avocets at Minsmere and Havergate, as well as a really funny
account of the 1950 International Ornithological Congress is Uppsala. He
put the Avocet story into a novel whose name evades me (declining brain
cells to blame). Indeed, I don't even know which bookcase to start
looking in :-!
--
Malcolm
Malcolm
<Colin....@care4free.net> writes
>
>
>.> So I would go for one of his last compilations 'Images of a lifetime'
>> to get the paintings, and 'Lucky the Man' for brief selection of his
>> writtings. The latter especially for his description of discovering
>> Lesser White-fronted Geese at Slimbridge in the late 1940's. I often
>> read just that chapter to remind myself why I enjoy birding,
>>
>
>That should be 'The Art of Peter Scott - Images from a Lifetime' (ISBN
>1-85619-100-1)
>and 'Happy the Man' (not sure about the ISBN).
>
>Sorry for any confusion,
>
--
Malcolm
colin...@my-deja.com
> >That should be 'The Art of Peter Scott - Images from a Lifetime'
(ISBN
> >1-85619-100-1)
> >and 'Happy the Man' (not sure about the ISBN).
> >
> >Sorry for any confusion,
> >
> You might be thinking of Philippa Scott's autobiography 'Lucky Me'.
>
Yes, I think that is probably correct,
Nick
" ~~no luck with the first one. Same author, Frans Lanting?
Sorry, that's the one thing I don't know/remember :( I just took note of the
ISBN, normally works ?!
Stephen Poley
>I would like to hear which non-field guide bird or natural history books
>'real birders' recommend. Coffee table books, children's books etc.
>It's for my web site, I would like to carry books that are worth ordering.
>An experienced opinion is a valuable opinion.
It's rather more meat than coffee-table, but I've just finished reading
Jonathan Weiner's book "The Beak of the Finch", which I found fascinating.
It's about what we have recently learned about evolution, in particular
about Darwin's finches on the Galapagos islands. There's a lot in it, but
it's still very readable. The main theme is that evolution can operate a
lot more quickly than most people thought.
Stephen Poley
Barendrecht, Holland
george...@my-deja.com
can you
> help?
> I would like to hear which non-field guide bird or natural history
books
> 'real birders' recommend.
Bill Oddie's Gripping Yarns, is a very good book that is, well, Bill
Oddie at his best.
The Bird Table Book by Tony Soper and Robert Gillmor (the illustrator)
is also good for more casual reading.
Phil
<sbp...@xs4all.nl> writes
>It's rather more meat than coffee-table, but I've just finished reading
>Jonathan Weiner's book "The Beak of the Finch", which I found fascinating.
>It's about what we have recently learned about evolution, in particular
>about Darwin's finches on the Galapagos islands. There's a lot in it, but
>it's still very readable. The main theme is that evolution can operate a
>lot more quickly than most people thought.
got sitting beside me... Oh well, I suppose I can always look at the
pictures!
--
Phil
nghthwk
Stephen Poley <sbp...@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
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> >'real birders' recommend. Coffee table books, children's books etc.
> >It's for my web site, I would like to carry books that are worth
ordering.
> >An experienced opinion is a valuable opinion.
>
> Jonathan Weiner's book "The Beak of the Finch", which I found fascinating.
> It's about what we have recently learned about evolution, in particular
> about Darwin's finches on the Galapagos islands. There's a lot in it, but
> it's still very readable. The main theme is that evolution can operate a
> lot more quickly than most people thought.
>
> Barendrecht, Holland
An amazing read.! It really makes you more observant.
Tana