Ornithology

Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds.

Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and the aesthetic appeal of birds.

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The Genius of Birds
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The Unfeathered Bird
The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds
Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans
Bird Sense: What It's Like to Be a Bird
Birds in a Cage
The Warbler Guide
The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human
Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle
The Genius of Birds
The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think
The Sibley Guide to Birds
The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human
Bird Sense: What It's Like to Be a Bird
What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Handbook of Bird Biology
What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World
Mind of the Raven
H is for Hawk
The Bird: A Natural History of Who Birds Are, Where They Came From & How They Live
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Kaufman Field Guide to Advanced Birding: Understanding What You See and Hear
Ornithology
The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior
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Books About Peregrine Falcons
7 books — 3 voters
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Books about Birds of Prey
93 books — 16 voters



Delia Owens
Did ya know that female birds only got one ovary?" "What're ya talking about?" "See. These drawings and notes show that female birds only got one ovary." "Dang it, Joe. We're not here for a biology lesson. Get back to work." "Wait a second. Look here. This is a male peacock feather, and the note says that over eons of time, the males' feathers got larger and larger to attract females, till the point the males can barely lift off the ground. Can't hardly fly anymore." "Are you finished? We have a ...more
Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing

Delores, the Wise Woman of Botany, told me while I was in Washington that every seven years, employees of my pay grade are entitled to a sabbatical, and I'm two years late in taking mine. She helped me fill out the form. I listed my purpose: "to study the birds of the southeastern United States with an emphasis on the marshlands of Florida." Hugh Adamson sputtered an objection, but he couldn't do a thing. Apparently, the sabbatical is a long-standing Smithsonian policy that would actually take a ...more
Virginia Hartman, The Marsh Queen

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