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Enchantment by Birds

Russell McGregor

A fresh appreciation of the magic of birds and how watching them fulfils a human need to connect with nature.

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An Anthology of Exquisite Birds

Ben Hoare

Soar through the sky with best-selling author Ben Hoare and discover more than 90 exquisite birds

Soar through the sky with best-selling author Ben Hoare and discover some of the…

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A Bird Lover’s Sticker Book

Leana Fischer

The debut title in Workman's new sticker book series, featuring 675+ beautifully illustrated, full-colour stickers for every bird enthusiast.

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The Joy of Birdwatching

Lonely Planet, Dr Mya-Rose Craig, Tenijah Hamilton

Find 60 joyous birding travel experiences from all over the world plus a further 120 ideas on bird-rich encounters. This unique guide is packed with expert insights, 'don't miss' activities…

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100 Australian Birds

Georgia Angus

A beautifully illustrated and jargon-free guide for the new generations of Australian birdwatchers.

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The Book of Bird Poems

Ana Sampson

Some sixty beautiful poems to celebrate the wonder of birds, and connect us back to nature. For all birdwatchers and all lovers of nature.

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Birds in Art

Tim Batchelor

The natural beauty and diversity of birds have fascinated us for centuries. Since their first appearance in the art of ancient Egypt, birds have proved to be a popular and…

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The Complete Language of Birds: Volume 13

Randi Minetor

The Complete Language of Birds offers stunningly illustrated profiles of nearly 400 bird species, covering both their physical and mystical qualities.

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Birdscaping Australian Gardens

George Adams

Wake up to the beautiful sound of birdsong every day.

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Creating a Bird Friendly Garden

Stephanie Jackson

This beautifully illustrated book provides a wealth of information to enable every reader to create their own corner of paradise that wild birds will be eager to share, however large…

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Getting to Know the Birds in Your Neighbourhood

Darryl Jones

Interested in birds but don’t know where to start? Overwhelmed by the bird guides? Then this is the book for you!

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The Compact Australian Bird Guide

Peter Menkhorst, Danny Rogers, Rohan Clarke, Jeff Davies, Kim Franklin

The essential quick identification guide, based on the award-winning The Australian Bird Guide.

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What an Owl Knows

Jennifer Ackerman

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a brilliant scientific exploration of owls, the most elusive group of birds, and…

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H is for Hawk

Helen Macdonald

H is for Hawk is an unflinchingly honest account of Macdonald’s struggle with grief during the difficult process of the hawk’s taming and her own untaming.

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The Complete Guide to Australian Birds

George Adams

A compact and up-to-date photographic guide to Australia’s birds from the author of Birdscaping Australian Gardens.

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Vesper Flights

Helen Macdonald

From the bestselling author of H is for Hawk comes a transcendent collection of essays about the natural world ‘Thrilling dispatches from a vanishing world’ Observer Animals don’t exist to…

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All Wrapped Up: Birds & Bugs

Dr. Bronwyn Bancroft

All Wrapped Up: Birds & Bugs showcases Australia's unique wildlife, as seen through the eyes of acclaimed Bundjalung artist Bronwyn Bancroft.

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The Bird Art of William T. Cooper

Wendy Cooper

Shortlisted, 2024 Queensland Literary Awards, The Courier-MailPeople'sChoiceQueenslandBook of the YearAward

William T. Cooper is considered a master painter of birds. He painted them for many books, mainly bird monographs. He…

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We Are Starlings: Inside the Mesmerizing Magic of a Murmuration

Robert Furrow, Donna Jo Napoli, Marc Martin (illus.)

A stunning picture book for young nature lovers about starlings and the fascinating phenomenon of murmurations. Illustrated by the award-winning artist Marc Martin, this book about the natural world vividly…

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What Birdo is that?

Libby Robin

Birds and the humans who love them

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Why Do Birds Do That?

Grainne Cleary

An entrancing, informative book filled with answers to many of the common questions we ask about birds and their lives.

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The Bedside Book of Birds

Graeme Gibson

The Bedside Book of Birds is a book to explore, to savour, and to learn from - a book for the winged soul in all of us.

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The Poetry of Birds

Samuel Carr

A sublime collection of beautiful poems written about birds to read again and again as a source of comfort and joy.

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The 100 Best Birdwatching Sites in Australia

Sue Taylor

The 100 Best Birdwatching Sites in Australia contains Sue Taylor's personal selection of 100 of the best birdwatching sites in all states, territories and islands of Australia

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The Feather Thief

Kirk Wallace Johnson

One summer evening in 2009, twenty-year-old musical prodigy Edwin Rist broke into the Natural History Museum at Tring, home to one of the largest ornithological collections in the world. Once…

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Your Backyard Birds

Grainne Cleary

A beautiful, inspiring and heartwarming book about our human relationships with the birds who share our backyards.

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The Bird Way

Jennifer Ackerman

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds, here is a radical investigation of the bird way of being and recent scientific research that is dramatically…

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The Birdman’s Wife

Melissa Ashley

A woman overshadowed by history steps back into the light … Artist Elizabeth Gould spent her life capturing the sublime beauty of birds the world had never seen before. But…

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Flaubert’s Parrot

Julian Barnes

Geoffrey Braithwaite is a retired doctor haunted by an obsession with the great French literary genius, Gustave Flaubert.

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Bird Bonds

Gisela Kaplan

An absorbing, compelling insight into the unique and extraordinary lives of Australian native birds by a leading expert in the field.

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Lonely Planet Kids Bird Atlas

Lonely Planet Kids, Camilla de la Bedoyere

Take to the skies and meet the world's most amazing birds. Navigate your way across the continents using detailed maps and discover birds of prey, birds of paradise, aquatic birds…

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Where Song Began

Tim Low

An authoritative and entertaining exploration of Australia’s distinctive birds and their unheralded role in global evolution

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Deep Listening to Nature

Andrew Skeoch

Deep Listening to Nature invites us to open our ears to the natural world, to not only learn about nature, but from nature, as we move toward a more ecological…

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Flight Paths

Rebecca Heisman

Flight Paths is the never-before-told story of how a group of migration-obsessed scientists in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries engaged nearly every branch of science to understand bird migration

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George: A Magpie Memoir

Frieda Hughes

'He was a hectic, unprincipled bird, but it was impossible not to love him' ... a memoir of love, obsession and feathers

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How to Make a Bird

Meg McKinlay

Extraordinary imagery and rich language spark the reader’s imagination as they enter the creative world of a young girl.

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Australia’s Birdwatching Megaspots

Peter Rowland,Chris Farrell

This fully illustrated guide describes over 60 of the best sites for viewing both common and rare species. Organised by state, detailed descriptions of each site cover the type of…

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How Birds Behave

Wenfei Tong

This engaging book delves into the private lives of wild birds to reveal why they behave as they do.

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Books for bird lovers

Enchantment by Birds

An Anthology of Exquisite Birds

A Bird Lover’s Sticker Book

The Joy of Birdwatching

100 Australian Birds

The Book of Bird Poems

Birds in Art

The Complete Language of Birds: Volume 13

Birdscaping Australian Gardens

Creating a Bird Friendly Garden

Getting to Know the Birds in Your Neighbourhood

The Compact Australian Bird Guide

What an Owl Knows

H is for Hawk

The Complete Guide to Australian Birds

Vesper Flights

All Wrapped Up: Birds & Bugs

The Bird Art of William T. Cooper

We Are Starlings: Inside the Mesmerizing Magic of a Murmuration

What Birdo is that?

Why Do Birds Do That?

The Bedside Book of Birds

The Poetry of Birds

The 100 Best Birdwatching Sites in Australia

The Feather Thief

Your Backyard Birds

The Bird Way

The Birdman’s Wife

Flaubert’s Parrot

Bird Bonds

Lonely Planet Kids Bird Atlas

Where Song Began

Deep Listening to Nature

Flight Paths

George: A Magpie Memoir

How to Make a Bird

Australia’s Birdwatching Megaspots

How Birds Behave