Avian Cognition

• Author : Debra S. Herrmann
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release : 27 January 2016

Unlike any other book, Avian Cognition thoroughly examines avian intelligence, behavior, and individuality. Preferences, choices, motivation, and habits of species, flocks, and individual birds are discussed and compared. This book investigates who birds are and why they do what they do. Daily, seasonal, and play activities, creativity, reasoning a

• Author : Martyn Kenefick,Robin Restall,Floyd Hayes
• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release : 07 March 2019

The tropical islands of Trinidad and Tobago enjoy a rich diversity of bird species, including visitors from the nearby mainland and others travelling the migratory flyway from North America. With beautiful colour illustrations and concise descriptions, this new and comprehensive field guide covers every species known to occur on the islands. - 115 colour plates illustrating all the relevant plumages of over 480 species - Concise descriptions of every species, highlighting plumage variation and distinctions from similar species - Up-to-date information on

• Author : Martin Popoff
• Publisher : Penguin
• Release : 08 September 2009

Whether you're cleaning out a closet, basement or attic full of records, or you're searching for hidden gems to build your collection, you can depend on Goldmine Record Album Price Guide to help you accurately identify and appraise your records in order to get the best price. • Knowledge is power, so power-up with Goldmine! • 70,000 vinyl LPs from 1948 to present • Hundreds of new artists • Detailed listings with current values • Various artist collections and original cast recordings from movies, televisions and Broadway • 400

• Author : David Barnett
• Publisher : IDW Publishing
• Release : 21 March 2018

The ghost of dead punk rocker Sid is unlocking some pretty strange abilities in teenage geek Fergie, giving him a taste of power that he never imagined. But will he use it to clean his room, alter the solar system... or pick up girls? Meanwhile, MI5's irascible baller Dorothy Culpepper, and her nervous, new recruit, are drawn to the Extra-Usual Affairs involving a scandalous haunting in Whitechapel in "Teenage Kicks," Part 2!

• Author : Hans Winkler,David A. Christie
• Publisher : A&C Black
• Release : 30 September 2010

Covering all of the 198 species of woodpeckers in the world, a comprehensive volume, illustrated in color, offers information on identifying characteristics, similar species, distribution, migration, habitat, geographical variations, voice, habits, food, and breeding behavior.

• Author : Terry Stevenson,John Fanshawe
• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release : 12 November 2020

This spectacular new edition of the best-selling Helm field guide of all time covers all resident, migrant and vagrant species found in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. Over 1,300 species are illustrated with full details of all the plumages and major races likely to be encountered. Concise text describes the identification, status, range, habits and voice, with fully updated range maps for each species. This authoritative book will not only be an indispensable guide to the visiting birder, but also

• Author : Bastian Leibe,Jiri Matas,Nicu Sebe,Max Welling
• Publisher : Springer
• Release : 16 September 2016

The eight-volume set comprising LNCS volumes 9905-9912 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2016, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in October 2016. The 415 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 1480 submissions. The papers cover all aspects of computer vision and pattern recognition such as 3D computer vision; computational photography, sensing and display; face and gesture; low-level vision and image processing; motion and tracking; optimization methods; physicsbased vision, photometry and shape-from-X; recognition: detection, categorization,

• Author : Robin Restall,Juan Freile
• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release : 08 March 2018

This up-to-date and comprehensive guide to the birds of mainland Ecuador is a valuable resource for anyone exploring the mountains, forests and wetlands of this incredibly bird-rich country. With thousands of beautiful and detailed paintings, accompanied by concise descriptions and accurate maps, this is an indispensible guide to bird identification in Ecuador. · Covers every species and most subspecies recorded in Ecuador, including migrants and vagrants, with accurate and up-to-date distribution maps. · 291 colour plates illustrating more than 1,630 species, with text on

• Author : Tim Johnson
• Publisher : Hachette UK
• Release : 01 February 2011

Tragedy in Crimsonis award-winning journalist Tim Johnson's extraordinary account of the cat-and-mouse game embroiling China and the Tibetan exile community over Tibet. Johnson reports from the front lines, trekking to nomad resettlements to speak with the people who guard Tibet's slowly vanishing culture; and he travels alongside the Dalai Lama in the campaigns for Tibetan sovereignty. Johnson unpacks how China is using its economic power around the globe to assail the Free Tibet movement. By encouraging massive Chinese migration and

• Author : Bill Thompson, III
• Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Release : 03 June 2023

This guide to 200 of the most common and interesting birds in eastern North America is written especially for kids ages eight to 12. This fun and lively book provides just the right amount of information for kids who have an interest in birds and want to learn more. Full-color photographs and b&w drawings throughout.

• Author : John Harrison
• Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
• Release : 03 June 1999

The Field Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka is the first fully comprehensive, modern field guide to this ornithologically fascinating country. All of Sri Lanka's 426 official avian species are described in the text and depicted in 48 stunning new colour plates painted by Tim Worfolk, one ofBritain's leading bird artists. The text, accessible to both experienced ornithologists and beginners, highlights the important identification features, such as plumage variations, size, calls and songs, range, distribution, and status, for every species. The

• Author : Nigel Thomas,Dusan Babac
• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release : 20 May 2012

Recent history should remind us that it was events in the Balkans which sparked off the Great War, with the assassination of the Austrian heir Prince Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, and the consequent invasion of Serbia by Austro-Hungarian armies on 2 August 1914. Nevertheless, the subsequent four-year war in that theatre is always overshadowed by the simultaneous campaigns on the Western Front. For the first time this book offers a concise account of these complex campaigns, the organisation, orders of battle, and

• Author : Craig Robson
• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release : 06 February 2020

Thailand is probably the most popular destination for tourists in Asia, and birders have long travelled there to observe its wealth of wildlife. This comprehensive guide to the birds of Thailand is an indispensable field reference for birdwatchers, residents and visitors to the country alike. It covers all 950 species that have been recorded in Thailand, with 166 magnificent colour plates covering most plumage variations. Each plate is accompanied by concise text for each species and distinctive subspecies, detailing identification, voice, habitat

• Author : William S. Clark,N. John Schmitt
• Publisher : Princeton University Press
• Release : 28 March 2017

Raptors are among the most challenging birds to identify in the field due to their bewildering variability of plumage, flight silhouettes, and behavior. Raptors of Mexico and Central America is the first illustrated guide to the region's 69 species of raptors, including vagrants. It features 32 stunning color plates and 213 color photos, and a distribution map for each regularly occurring species. Detailed species accounts describe key identification features, age-related plumages, status and distribution, subspecies, molt, habitats, behaviors, potential confusion species, and more.

• Author : John Shewey,Tim Blount
• Publisher : Hachette UK
• Release : 01 March 2017

As a part of the Timber Press Field Guide book series, Birds of the Pacific Northwest is the essential guide for both experienced and beginner birders.