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Title: Ornithology by Frank B. Gill ISBN: 0716724154 Publisher: W H Freeman & Co. Pub. Date: 1994 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $109.80 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75
Rating: 4
Summary: excellent, but expensive
Comment: The book is without doubt the best ornithology textbook in existance. While this may be aided by the fact that it is virtually the only one there is out there, it is accurate, comprehensive and user friendly. my main problems are that it is starting to be a little dated, and of course - the price.
Rating: 5
Summary: Bird Biology at its Best!
Comment: I searched for a textbook on ornithology that I could use in association with the Bird Biology Home Study Course that I was planning to take through Cornell University. I found the textbook at Amazon.com. The information in this textbook is absolutely wonderful! Frank Gill presents an "encyclopedia" of information in an easy-to-read, comprehensible format. Anyone interested in the serious study of bird biology will want to add this textbook to his or her bookshelf. Within the next few months, I will reread this textbook again. How many textbook readers can honestly state that they would reread any textbook in its entirety? Every chapter intrigued and delighted me. I will be actively searching for more books by Frank Gill, based upon the presentation of materials in Ornithology, 2nd edition.
Rating: 5
Summary: Could not put it down....
Comment: This superb book was such fun to read and it is packed full of interesting and thought-provoking information. Space prohibits a chapter-by-chapter review so I will list the things in the book that I found very interesting: 1. The plumage color patterns of dawny young shorebirds. 2. DNA hybridization experiments and evolutionary tree of herons. 3. Geese flying in formation to save energy. 4. The use of thermals by a gliding vulture to counteract sinking. 5. The unique landing abilities of birds: rotation of center of mass upward to stall directly over the landing site. 6. Vortex creation by beating wings of pigeons and kestrels. 7. Respiratory abilities of birds. 8. High metabolic rates of frizzled chickens. 9. Discussion on avian intelligence. 10. The detection of natural magnetic fields using rhodopsin. 11. Use of echolocation for navigation; asymmetry of ear placement in the owl to pinpoint sound source. 12. The avian taste for chili peppers. 13. Birds having two independent voices. 14. Individual spacing behavior while perching. 15. The nests of swallows reflecting their evolutionary history. 16. Insurance egg laying by penguins and boobies.17. The restoration of the peregrines. 18. The illustrations of the birds of the world in the appendix. 19. The enormous bibliography. This is definitely a book to be read by students and those interested in ornithology. An incredible book.......
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Title: National Geographic Field Guide To The Birds Of North America, 4th Edition by National Geographic Society ISBN: 0792268776 Publisher: National Geographic Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Sturkie's Avian Physiology by G. Causey Whittow ISBN: 0127476059 Publisher: Academic Press Pub. Date: 15 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $104.95 |
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Title: Sibley's Birding Basics by David Allen Sibley ISBN: 0375709665 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior by David Allen Sibley ISBN: 0679451234 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 02 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America by David Allen Sibley ISBN: 0679451218 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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