Urban Aviary
A modern guide to city birds
Published on 6. August 2019
160 pages
978-1-78131-841-6 (ISBN)
Description
A unique guide to the unusual and often surprising birds that soar above our cities around the world.
From frigatebirds wheeling over Rio de Janeiro to bowerbirds displaying in the suburbs of Canberra, penguins in Cape Town to pelicans in San Francisco, and huge flocks of starlings roosting around the Colosseum in Rome, the world's cities are home to a remarkable array of feathered citizens.
Through Stephen Moss's expert knowledge and insight, Urban Aviary provides a beautiful guide to some of the most extraordinary species of city birds that have become native, including helpful spotting hints and fact boxes for each bird, all of which are brought to life by Marc Martin's distinctive and beautiful watercolours.
From frigatebirds wheeling over Rio de Janeiro to bowerbirds displaying in the suburbs of Canberra, penguins in Cape Town to pelicans in San Francisco, and huge flocks of starlings roosting around the Colosseum in Rome, the world's cities are home to a remarkable array of feathered citizens.
Through Stephen Moss's expert knowledge and insight, Urban Aviary provides a beautiful guide to some of the most extraordinary species of city birds that have become native, including helpful spotting hints and fact boxes for each bird, all of which are brought to life by Marc Martin's distinctive and beautiful watercolours.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing PLC
File size
9,22 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78131-841-6 (9781781318416)
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08/2019
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Persons
Stephen Moss is one of Britain's leading nature writers, broadcasters and TV producers. He writes the Guardian's monthly Birdwatch column and was the original Springwatch producer. He appears on radio and wrote BBC Radio 4's tie-in Tweet of the Day. He is currently President of the Somerset Wildlife Trust. His books include Collins Gem Garden Birds, This Birding Life: The Best of the Guardian's Birdwatch, A Bird in the Bush: A Social History of Birdwatching, A Sky Full of Starlings: A Diary of the Birding Year and Wild Hares and Hummingbirds.
MARC MARTIN is an illustrator, artist and book maker based in Melbourne, Australia. His illustrations have been commissioned by clients such as Monocle, GQ and Wired. He is the author and illustrator of 5 children's books since 2012.
MARC MARTIN is an illustrator, artist and book maker based in Melbourne, Australia. His illustrations have been commissioned by clients such as Monocle, GQ and Wired. He is the author and illustrator of 5 children's books since 2012.
Content
- Intro
- Introduction
- Anna's Hummingbird - Vancouver, Canada
- Northern House Wren - Edmonton, Canada
- Brown Pelican - San Francisco, USA
- Bald Eagle - Denver, USA
- Golden-cheeked Warbler - San Antonio, USA
- Purple Martin - Houston, USA
- Common Nighthawk - Chicago, USA
- Northern Mockingbird - Miami, USA
- Turkey Vulture - Washington DC, USA
- Red-tailed Hawk - New York, USA
- House Finch - Honolulu, USA
- Bronzed Cowbird - Mexico City, Mexico
- Buffy-crowned Wood Partridge - Guatemala City, Guatemala
- Scarlet Ibis - Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
- Bogotá Rail - Bogotá, Colombia
- Inca Tern - Lima, Peru
- Rufous Hornero - Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Falkland Steamer Duck - Port Stanley, Falkland Islands
- Magnificent Frigatebird - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Arctic Tern - Reykjavík, Iceland
- Common Eider - Malmö, Sweden
- Mute Swan - Copenhagen, Denmark
- Brent Goose - Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Bohemian Waxwing - Aberdeen, UK
- Feral Pigeon - Glasgow, UK
- Black-legged Kittiwake - Newcastle, UK
- Pied Wagtail - Manchester, UK
- Black Redstart - London, UK
- House Sparrow - London, UK
- Herring Gull - Bristol, UK
- Monk Parakeet - Barcelona, Spain
- Peregrine - Barcelona, Spain
- Spanish Imperial Eagle - Madrid, Spain
- Lesser Kestrel - Seville, Spain
- Short-toed Treecreeper - Paris, France
- Greater Flamingo - Montpellier, France
- Grey Heron - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Eurasian Blackbird - Groningen, The Netherlands
- Little Owl - Frankfurt, Germany
- Collared Dove - Hamburg, Germany
- Northern Goshawk - Berlin, Germany
- Alpine Swift - Zürich, Switzerland
- Barn Swallow - Vienna, Austria
- Black-necked Grebe - Venice, Italy
- Italian Sparrow - Florence, Italy
- Common Starling - Rome, Italy
- European Honey-buzzard - Messina, Italy
- White Stork - Warsaw, Poland
- Syrian Woodpecker - Budapest, Hungary
- Long-eared Owl - Kikinda, Serbia
- Corncrake - Moscow, Russia
- Pied Kingfisher - Cairo, Egypt
- Wattled Ibis - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Black-and-white Casqued Hornbill - Kampala, Uganda
- African Penguin - Cape Town, South Africa
- Common Swift - Jerusalem, Israel
- Grey Hypocolius - Manama, Bahrain
- Black Kite - New Delhi, India
- Coppersmith Barbet - Mumbai, India
- Red-whiskered Bulbul - Bangalore, India
- Oriental Magpie-robin - Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Reed Parrotbill - Shanghai, China
- Spoon-billed Sandpiper - Hong Kong, China
- Zebra Dove - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Javan Myna - Singapore
- Japanese Cormorant - Kyoto, Japan
- Carrion Crow - Tokyo, Japan
- Black Swan - Perth, Australia
- Bush Thick-knee - Cairns, Australia
- Australian Brush-turkey - Brisbane, Australia
- Satin Bowerbird - Canberra, Australia
- Rainbow Lorikeet - Sydney, Australia
- Australian White Ibis - Melbourne, Australia
- Wrybill - Auckland, New Zealand
- New Zealand Bellbird - Christchurch, New Zealand
- Acknowledgements
- Index
