Recent Arrivals from Buteo Books

Yale University Press, 2018. Hardcover. As new/Very good. Used copy in as-new condition, save some smudges to the dust jacket. A unique celebration of the beginnings of ornithology; the first-ever English translation of a seventeenth-century ornithology text, complete with historic watercolor illustrations. This beautifully illustrated book brings together the newly commissioned, first-ever English translation of one of… Read more about this item

Cornell University Press, 2003. Paperback. Good. The use of radar was an important tool in understanding bird migration. Early radar echoes of flying birds were referred to as angels. This book provides specific examples of species life history and migratory patterns, the disappearing wildlands it needs, and the behind-the-scenes dramas that have shaped the environmental movement. Pages… Read more about this item

University of California Press, 2005. Hardcover. As new. Tait, Ian. In almost every location and every season, California is a birdwatchers' paradise. One can search Sierra meadows for a Great Gray Owl, the autumn estuary for a Black-bellied Plover, or spring willow thickets for the effervescent song of the Yellow Warbler. Closer to home, backyards, neighborhood parks, and… Read more about this item

Chronicle Books, 2007. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Woodin, Mary. In this collection of essays, bird watching forms the basis for observations spiritual and soulful, witty and wise. Philosopher-naturalist Sam Keen describes his childhood ramblings in the silence of the Tennessee wilderness as feeling distinctly more spiritual than the hard pews of his grandmother's church. Later in life, the… Read more about this item

Little, Brown and Company, 1983. Softcover. Very good. Describes the courtship, nest-building, social behavior, and seasonal movement of twenty-five common species of birds.

Texas: Trinity University Press, 2022. Paperback. Very Good. Looking for adventure and continuing a process of self-discovery, Janisse Ray has repeatedly set out to immerse herself in wildness, to be wild, and to learn what wildness can teach us. From overwintering with monarch butterflies in Mexico to counting birds in Belize, the stories in Wild Spectacle capture her… Read more about this item

London: British Museum (Natural History), 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. J. G. Keulemans and J. Smit. A good good hardcover, a touch loose in the binding. Covers Ibises, Spoonbills, Herons, and Storks. Storrs Olson's copy. Thirtteen hand-colored lithographs by J. Keulemans & J. Smit. The complete work published in 27 volumes (1874-1898) provided a detailed description of every… Read more about this item

London: Folio Society, 1995. Hardcover. Near Fine. James Lynch. Near fine hardcover in slipcase. Eight color plates after paintings by James Lynch. Introduction by Alan Bennett.

Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, 1986. First. Papperback. Near Fine. A near fine paperback. Authorial inscription to previous owner on ffep. Two photos tipped in on back of front cover (presumably of the Crucikshanks).

Lomdon: Folio Society, 1957. Near Fine. Michael Ayrton (montypes) & Anne Scott (lithographs). A near fine two-volumes set in slipcase. A few dog-eared pages in the Poe volume. First published 1957, reissued 1990. Poe volume illustrated by Michael Ayrton (montypes) & Collins volume by Anne Scott (lithographs).

Houston Museum of Natural Science, 2024. Paperback. New. Miscellaneous Publications of The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Number 8 Includes: Foreword by John CarrollWhat's missing for Megapodes? Research advances and future directions by Alex Glass, Nicole Arcilla and Paul M. RadleyVideo-trap records of birds in an Important Bird Area near Medellín, Colombia by Carlos A. Delgado-V. and… Read more about this item

Santa Clara & Berkeley: Cooper Ornithological Society, 1939. First. Paperbacks. Very Good. The complete set of Grinnell's Bibliography of California Ornithology. [First] Pacific Coast Avifauna No. 5, 1909. Pacific Coast Avifauna No. 16: Second Installment to end of 1923. and Pacific Coast Avifauna Number 26. Third (and last?) Installment to end of 1938. All three in original wrappers,… Read more about this item

American Museum of Natural History, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1936. Two near fine hardcover volumes. Set No. 642 of the AMNH edition limited to 1,200 copies. Volume II has a small paint chip on the spine and wear to the head of the spine Sixteen four-color plates from the… Read more about this item

New York and London: Academic Press, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good hardcover lacking dust jacket, previous owner's blind stamp on half-title. Chapters on reproduction, adenohypophysis, endocrine glands, neuroendocrinology, vision, chemoreception, mechanoreception and behavior.

San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Handbook written by the curator emeritus of the department of ornithology at the California Academy of Sciences. Features ink drawings for each bird by Frank Tose and his son, Cecil. Concise descriptions and illustrations of around 100 birds frequently observed in the Park make this a… Read more about this item

London: T. & A. D. Poyser, 1987. Second edition. Hardover. As new. Fine hardcover in dust jacket. Second Editon reprinted 1997 Covers 31 species with 544 b&w photographs and detailed illustrations.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003. First Edition. Paperback. As new. As new paperback. First Printing. Numerous color photos of each species, range maps.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2012. Second Edition. Hardcover. As new./As new.. As new hardcover in dust jacket of the First Printing of the Second Edition (2012. The book that Roger Tory Peterson called a 'landmark' integrates an array of carefully selected photographs, David Sibley's superb illustrations, and a clear, information-packed text and takes raptor identification to a higher level.… Read more about this item

Ottawa: Canadian Wildlife Service, 1958. Hardcover. Good. Library call number and tape residue on spine. Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, National Parks Branch, Canadian Wildlife Service. A glossary with a large number of synonyms, based on "Birds of the Soviet Union" by G. P. Dementyev et al, published 1951.

Mad Creek, 2023. Paperback. New. Thomas C. Gannon's Birding While Indian spans more than fifty years of childhood walks and adult road trips to deliver, via a compendium of birds recorded and revered, the author's life as a part-Lakota inhabitant of the Great Plains. Great Horned Owl, Sandhill Crane, Dickcissel: such species form a kind of rosary, a… Read more about this item