Around the World in 80 Birds

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I mean, three were gone when I showed up and the one who was alive didn’t speak English and lived across an ocean so I saw her maybe five times. Birds lend themselves to these short snippets so well, and I learned lots of really interesting facts! Some so brilliantly colorful and - I expect - quite detailed as many of the examples I have only seen in photos.

Each has a story to tell that sheds a light on our relationship with the natural world and reveals just how deeply birds matter to us.Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's pageview limit. This beautiful and inspiring book tells the stories of 80 birds around the world: from the Sociable Weaver Bird in Namibia which constructs huge, multi-nest ‘apartment blocks’ in the desert, to the Bar-headed Goose of China, one of the highest-flying migrants which crosses the Himalayas twice a year. Little synchronicity with Herman Hesse book above -- the poem / song Beim Shlafeneghen by Herman Hesse was sung by Donna’s niece at her funeral. I was immediately enthralled by the beautifully shining illustrations from Ryuto Mikaye, turning each bird into a masterpiece of flow and movement on the page. Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin.

Flits and swoops into birds you may have heard of around the world – quetzals, kiwis, flamingos, oh my! Weliswaar door een andere schrijver en een nieuwe tekenaar maar even indrukwekkend als zijn voorgangers. Great read--educational, interesting, accessible and comical to both non-bird-lovers and bird-lovers. Van de meeste van de vogelsoorten heb ik nog nooit gehoord: rode rotshaan, vlaggendrongo, dwergmierpitta,… Andere ken ik wel maar in een lokale versie: Indische gans, groene gaai, grote renkoekoek,… Ik leer zo veel bij.Once again, the book provides a very nice if not too detailed look at the most recognizeable birds from each of the above-mentioned regions.

Charting the world by discussing eighty of the most distinctive birds found regionally -- or, in some cases, in extremely small, protected areas -- Mike Unwin discusses the scientific backgrounds, colorful histories and current realities of these remarkable avian creatures. Y es que todas las aves tienen una historia que contar, y unas características propias que los hacen únicos y especiales, siendo además, una gran fuente de inspiración para la ciencia, la literatura, y el arte. Loaded with beautiful illustrations and scientific information, as well as some tidbits of the cultural history of each location and the bird itself, the book is truly awe-inspiring. Oh and finally, I also think that Around the World in 80 Birds should be including distribution maps for each of the included species, for one, simply for general knowledge, of course, and for two because some of the birds being showcased in Around the World in 80 Birds actually do not only appear in the countries and areas about which Unwin is writing (and it would thus be nice if Around the World in 80 Birds would for example visually show how the northern mockingbird also ranges into Canada and that nightingales are common in much of Europe and not just in France, and well, with migratory birds, showing their wintering grounds as well as where they breed via maps is not just interesting and informative but is also rather important regarding possible conservation issues). The editors have done a good job adding non-metric equivalents for length and weight to the descriptions in the original.For while Mike Unwin does in fact (and fortunately) show the conservation status of and the threats facing the bird species he has chosen for Around the World in 80 Birds, Unwin's criticism and his condemnation of what has caused and is causing avian conservation issues (habitat destruction, large scale hunting and poaching, climate change etc. The white 'eyebrows' of a Great Grey Owl that actually sit on each side of his beak like migrating hairy caterpillars.

Fra le splendide illustrazioni, curiosità e miti, il libro si dimostra essere un'ottima e bellissima lettura. Desgraciadamente, no somos conscientes de su importancia, y del enorme valor vital que tienen, y ni mucho menos de los peligros a los que están sometidos, y la amenaza que suponemos nosotros para ellos. I’d already loved ‘Around the World in 80 Trees’ in this loose series from Laurence King Publishing and was really looking forward to this one, so much I popped into work on my holiday to pick it up as soon as I found.Small chapters make this series a perfect bedside book, dipping into at night for a relaxing read, though it never really works like that as I again devoured this whole book in one sitting. Their avian abilities also mean they can escape danger and relatively easily re-settle which makes them highly adaptive too. That little nitpick aside, it’s a fantastic book and definitely worth checking out for any other bird lovers!