My journey with The Rise of Birds by Sankar Chatterjee began innocently with an act of kindness by a friend…

Fires, floods, volcanic eruptions, severe winds, earthquakes and avalanches are all capable of destroying trees…

Published by the Library of America, American Birds: A Literary Companion presents a fascinating and rich selection of writing inspired by personal encounters with birds.

Imagine that you are walking through a humid broad-leaf forest in the Panamanian Darién, completely soaked. You don’t know if your clothes are waterlogged from sweat or precipitation, but probably both…

Authors Deborah Rivel and Kellye Rosenheim have thoroughly investigated key sites—from birding hotspots to smaller parks and lesser know locations—offering an abundance of natural and cultural history as well as choice bits of arcana and advice…

The first thing you notice about this book is the alert and watchful attitude of the male Indian Peafowl (or peacock) on the dust jacket. He is dark and jagged, dangerous looking and has a full set of ghostly display feathers that make his head come off the page in your direction…

The Warbler Guide joins an ever-growing list of reference guides aimed at aiding in the identification of single groups of birds…

On occasion an individual has a vision coupled with the ability and drive to translate their vision into something we can all feel and understand. Jeffrey Kimball, Society member and former Council member, has done this in his excellent film Birders: The Central Park Effect…

These interesting and attractive books are devoted to the history of the study of birds. The classic work by Stresemann (1975), a scholarly history aimed at a professional audience, has long been out of print…

Numerous cross-references make this notable book of the utmost value. The many collaborators are specialists in their own fields and come from all corners of the globe. Most are renowned ornithologists having broad attainments and interests in scientific matters…