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Hidden Gems: Birds of the World

by Eva Romanick January 14, 2021
written by Eva Romanick January 14, 2021
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The University of Alberta Library subscribes to numerous databases that are core for certain disciplines, but also really deserving of wider attention. Here is just one of those gems…

Birds of the World is primarily considered a Sciences database. But you don’t have to be a scientist, or a Birder, to use it! “Every bird has a story – Take a deep dive into the remarkable lives of birds with this dynamic natural history resource.”

Run a search, explore taxonomy and more

This database is a comprehensive reference for the life histories of bird species that breed around the world. Species accounts are written by ornithologists and other experts. Their accounts offer an in-depth, authoritative summary of scientific literature and media, and are accompanied by sounds, images, video, distributional maps and models output generated by eBird.

Learn comprehensive life histories for all bird species and families, like these Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus)

Follow up this database with some recommended good reads from a fellow bird lover…

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen

Cornell Lab of ornithology handbook of bird biology

Mind of the raven : investigations and adventures with wolf-birds by Bernd Heinrich

Bird brains : the intelligence of crows, ravens, magpies, and jays by Candace Savage

Kingbird highway : the story of a natural obsession that got a little out of hand by Kenn Kaufman

Birds, art, life by Kyo Maclear

The genius of birds by Jennifer Ackerman

H is for hawk by Helen Macdonald

Bird sense : what it’s like to be a bird by Tim Birkhead

The beak of the finch : a story of evolution in our time by Jonathan Weiner

The feather thief : beauty, obsession, and the natural history heist of the century by Kirk W. Johnson

Sharing the wonder of birds with kids by Laura Erickson

A bird nerd’s bookshelf

Happy discovery! Happy reading!

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Eva Romanick

Eva is an Information Services Specialist at Cameron Library. She has a BSc in Human Ecology from #ualberta. Her favourite season is Christmas.

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