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The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey Into the Alaskan Wilds
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The Sun Is a Compass

By Caroline Van Hemert ,

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Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds
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Mind of the Raven

By Bernd Heinrich ,

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Mozart's Starling
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Mozart's Starling

By Lyanda Lynn Haupt ,

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Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process
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Alex & Me

By Irene Pepperberg ,

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The Genius of Birds
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The Genius of Birds

By Jennifer Ackerman ,

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Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
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Wesley the Owl

By Stacey O'Brien ,

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The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World
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The Evolution of Beauty

By Richard O. Prum ,

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The Unfeathered Bird
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The Unfeathered Bird

By Katerina van Grouw ,

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The Sibley Guide to Birds
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The Sibley Guide to Birds

By David Allen Sibley ,

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Why Peacocks?: An Unlikely Search for Meaning in the World's Most Magnificent Bird
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Why Peacocks?

By Sean Flynn ,

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The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal about Being Human
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The Thing with Feathers

By Noah Strycker ,

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Extinct Birds
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Extinct Birds

By Julian Hume ,

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The Race to Save the Lord God Bird
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The Race to Save the Lord God Bird

By Phillip Hoose ,

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History, from Cave Art to Conservation
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Birds and Us

By Tim Birkhead ,

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The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology
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The Wisdom of Birds

By Tim Birkhead ,

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The Herring Gull's World: Study of the Social Behaviour of Birds
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The Herring Gull's World

By Niko Tinbergen ,

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The Penguins: Spheniscidae (Bird Families of the World, No. 2)
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The Penguins

By Tony D. Williams , J.N. Davies (illustrator) , John Busby (illustrator)

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Penguins: Natural History and Conservation
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Penguins

By Pablo Garcia Borboroglu (editor) , P. Dee Boersma (editor) ,

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Rebirding: Winner of the Wainwright Prize for Writing on Global Conservation: Restoring Britain's Wildlife
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Rebirding

By Benedict MacDonald ,

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A History of Birdwatching in 100 Objects
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A History of Birdwatching in 100 Objects

By David Callahan ,

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The Birds of Shakespeare: Critically examined, explained, and illustrated
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The Birds of Shakespeare

By James Edmund Harting ,

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The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America's Bird
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The Bald Eagle

By Jack E. Davis ,

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Why Birds Matter: Avian Ecological Function and Ecosystem Services
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Why Birds Matter

By Cagan H. Sekercioglu (editor) , Daniel G. Wenny (editor) , Christopher J. Whelan (editor)

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The Odd Egg
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The Odd Egg

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Far Away and Long Ago: A History of My Early Life
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Far Away and Long Ago

By W H Hudson ,

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Where Song Began: Australia's Birds and How They Changed the World
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Where Song Began

By Tim Low ,

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The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think
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The Bird Way

By Jennifer Ackerman ,

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Handbook to The Birds of Australia
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Handbook to The Birds of Australia

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Where to Watch Birds in Britain
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Where to Watch Birds in Britain

By Simon Harrap , Nigel Redman ,

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The Goshawk
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The Goshawk

By Robert Kenward , Alan Harris (illustrator) ,

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Swifts and Us: The Life of the Bird that Sleeps in the Sky
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Swifts and Us

By Sarah Gibson ,

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Sálim Ali for Children: The Bird Man of India
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Sálim Ali for Children

By Zai Whitaker ,

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The Summer Skies
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The Summer Skies

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Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution
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Flights of Fancy

By Richard Dawkins , Jana Lenzová (illustrator) ,

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The Most Perfect Thing: Inside (and Outside) a Bird's Egg
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The Most Perfect Thing

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A River of Crows
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A River of Crows

By Shanessa Gluhm ,

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What the Chicken Knows
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What the Chicken Knows

By Sy Montgomery ,

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The Meaning of Geese
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The Meaning of Geese

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