Birds: A Visual Guide (Visual Guides)

This is a beautiful book that transcends a great coffee table book by virtue of its clear and detailed text. The charts and descriptions are ultimately as engrossing as the photographs, and the photographs are among the best I've ever seen. This makes a great gift for anyone you know who loves birds and birding.

My daughters favorite bird book

This is a delightful book just published in time for the Holiday Season. My first impression was that the enormous collection of beautiful, well-chosen pictures might make it a candidate for a "coffee table" picture book for guests but on reading, it was apparent that it also could be used as a textbook for "Birds-101" offering a very broad range of information carefully selected from thoughtful data collected and evaluated over a lifetime of first-hand scientific research on birds by a true professional that loves her subject. (It shines through!) This book will make a great Holiday gift for my bird-loving friends!

livre broché souple grand format carré récent (2006) décrivant les oiseaux; après 2 pages d'introduction, six grands chapitres décrivent;n°1: le monde des oiseaux (42p)n°2: biologie et comportement (48p)n°3: les formes d'oiseaux (68p): un ordre par double page avec article explicatif, carte de répartition mondiale abondamment illustré de photos d'espèces emblématiquesn°4: différents habitats (38p)n°5: adaptations et survie (34p)n°6: impact humain (40p)glossaire et index en fin d'ouvrage; cette belle encyclopédie moderne et magnifiquement illustrée comblera tous les naturalistes amateurs même si les scientifiques n'y apprendront pas grand chose