| International Standard Book Number |
9781324006848 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
1324006846 (hardcover)
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| Personal Name |
Macfarlane, Robert, 1976- author.
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| Title Statement |
The book of birds : a field guide to wonder and loss / Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris.
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| Edition Statement |
First American edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
383 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Foreword -- The first wonder: Nest. Avocet -- Bar-tailed Godwit -- Bittern -- Black-throated Diver -- Bullfinch -- Capercaillie -- Corncrake -- The second wonder: Egg. Cuckoo -- Curlew -- Dipper -- Dunnock -- Eider -- Fulmar -- Gannet -- The third wonder: Beak. Great Skua -- Greenfinch -- Grey Wagtail -- Hen Harrier -- House Martin -- Kestrel -- Kingfisher -- The fourth wonder: Song. Kittiwake -- Knot -- Lapwing -- Merlin -- Moorhen -- Nightingale -- Nightjar -- The fifth wonder: Feather. Osprey -- Ptarmigan -- Puffin -- Razorbill -- Redwing -- Rook -- Shearwater -- The sixth wonder: Flight. Skylark -- Snow Bunting -- Song Thrush -- Sparrow -- Sparrowhawk -- Starling -- Swift -- The seventh wonder: Migration. Tawny Owl -- Tern -- Turtle Dove -- White-tailed Eagle -- Whooper Swan -- Woodcock -- Yellowhammer -- Bird tables -- A note on naming -- Acknowledgments and bibliography.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"A great thinning of the skies is underway. Around 50 percent of bird species are in decline worldwide. Our dawns are quieter each year than the last, and an almost unimaginable abundance has been lost. It does not have to be this way--but we will not save what we do not love. Inspired by the classic bird-books with which the authors grew up, The Book of Birds is a field guide with a difference: It aims to show its readers how to identify birds, but also how to identify with them. In this dazzling celebration of endangered birds by the beloved duo behind The Lost Words and The Lost Spells, Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris together conjure the unique spirit of nearly fifty once-common species: from avocet to yellowhammer, kestrel to kingfisher, skylark to nightingale. The Book of Birds is a love letter to the great variety and wild mysteries of birdlife, and a clarion call to halt their rapid depletion from our skies."--Back cover.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Endangered species.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Birds.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Birds Identification.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Birds Pictorial works.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Rare birds Identification.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Rare birds Pictorial works.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Rare birds.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Illustrated works.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Essays.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Informational works.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Field guides.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Morris, Jackie, author, artist.
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| Added Entry, Corporate Name |
W.W. Norton & Company, publisher.
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