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The Bird Almanac
The Bird Almanac: The Ultimate Guide to Essential Facts and Figures of the World's Birds
By David M. Bird, PhD.
Published by Firefly Books, 1999.
This is a paperback book measuring 5.25" by 8". It's rather thick, running to 460 pages not including the contents pages and preface.
The book is a very handy and compact compilation of information about birds and information of use to bird-lovers.
The major sections of the book are as follows:
- World Checklist of Birds [the longest part]
- Classification of the Class Aves
- Suggested Fossil History of Birds
- Anatomy
- Physiology
- Reproduction
- Mortality
- Threatened and Endangered Bird Species
- Mascot Birds
- Assemblages of Birds
- Records in the Bird World
- History of Who's Who in Bird Biology and Conservation
- Presidents of Major Ornithological Societies
- Presidents of Major Bird-Watching Societies
- Distinguished Awards Won by Ornithologists
- Bird Watching Record Holders
- New Jersey Audubon Society's World Series of Birding
- Ward World Bird-Carving Championships
- United States Federal Duck Stamp Artists
- Bird-Watching
- Attracting Birds to the Backyard
- Resources for Bird Lovers
- Resources for Ornithologists
- Glossary
Among the information included in these sections are such things as contact information for birding festivals by month of the year; listserv addresses for getting rare bird reports; contact information for ornithological and bird-watching organizations in most countries of the world; tips for choosing a pair of binoculars; pictures of different egg shapes and patterns of pigment on eggs; data on altitudes, flight speeds and distances covered by different kinds of birds; data on heart weight, heart rate, and blood content of different birds; British/English/Latin translations of bird names; and a long list of all the known birds in the world, by zoologic Order.
This is a great little book for anyone interested in birds.
