Birds and animals
The Australian Native Bee Book
The Australian Native Bee Book: Keeping stingless bee hives for pets, pollination and sugarbag ho...
The Australian Native Bee Book: Keeping stingless bee hives for pets, pollination and sugarbag honeyTim Heard 'The Australian Native Bee Book' describes native bees generally and provides a complete guide to keeping Australian native stingless bees. It is richly illustrated with over 500 photos, drawings and charts to increase accessibility and aid learning. It is written by an expert who has spent his lifetime intimately engaged with these unique creatures. Keeping native stingless bees is a...
$36.95
Jeremy Boot This book features 28 beautifully reproduced paintings carefully chosen from a select...
Jeremy Boot This book features 28 beautifully reproduced paintings carefully chosen from a selection of recent works representing a broad range of our most familiar and iconic bird varieties. Gold Medal winner in the 2011 Printing Industry Awards
$29.95
Rottnest Island: Kingdom of the Quokka
Islands worldwide are grand experiments in nature, with their isolation creating unique condition...
Islands worldwide are grand experiments in nature, with their isolation creating unique conditions for animals to diverge from the norm. But some islands take evolutionary twists to the extreme. On the far west of the Australian continent with the limitless Indian Ocean beyond, there is a set of islands whose inhabitants defy all laws of nature. The three islands lie side by side, but each is ruled by a different animal. One by a unique marsupial the Quokka, the second by a penguin and the th...
$45.00
BirdlandLeila Jeffreys In 'Birdland', Australian fine-art photographer Leila Jeffreys presents us...
BirdlandLeila Jeffreys In 'Birdland', Australian fine-art photographer Leila Jeffreys presents us with a bird-watching experience like no other, drawing birds out from their leafy shadows and airy territories and presenting them to us with the skill and intricate detail of a portrait painter. The result is a stunning encounter with some of the world's most beautiful birds. On display are fine feathers of all types. Eagles in burnished battle armor, cotton candy-pink cockatoos, owls in spangle...
$55.00
Australian BirdsMatt Chun It took millions of years of isolation and a diverse range of habitats ...
Australian BirdsMatt Chun It took millions of years of isolation and a diverse range of habitats for Australian birds to evolve the way they did. The result is many of the world’s most striking and beautiful birds, including some that are stranger than fiction. In Australian Birds, acclaimed artist Matt Chun showcases 16 remarkable species that have captured the imagination of the world. From the iconic cockatoo, to the endangered Cassowary, Australian Birds has been carefully curated to info...
$29.95
The Natural World of the Kimberley
The Natural World of the KimberleyHamish McGlashan, Kevin Coate, Jeffrey Gresham and Roz Hart The...
The Natural World of the KimberleyHamish McGlashan, Kevin Coate, Jeffrey Gresham and Roz Hart The Kimberley region of Western Australia is one of the world's last great wilderness areas. Covering more than 400,000 square kilometres, it is home to some of the country's most iconic natural landmarks. The Kimberley's diverse habitats support an astonishing variety of plants and animals, many of which are found nowhere else on Earth. Although, the rugged and remote nature of the region offers the...
$59.00
Bird Minds: Cognition and Behaviour of Australian Native BirdsGisela Kaplan In her comprehensive ...
Bird Minds: Cognition and Behaviour of Australian Native BirdsGisela Kaplan In her comprehensive and carefully crafted book, Gisela Kaplan demonstrates how intelligent and emotional Australian birds can be. She describes complex behaviours such as grieving, deception, problem solving and the use of tools. Many Australian birds cooperate and defend each other, and exceptional ones go fishing by throwing breadcrumbs in the water, extract poisonous parts from prey and use tools to crack open egg...
$45.00
Guide to the Wildlife of Perth and Australia's ...
Simon Nevill The highest selling and most comprehensive wildlife guide book in South Western Aust...
Simon Nevill The highest selling and most comprehensive wildlife guide book in South Western Australia! This (reissued) much-respected and encyclopaedic guide, first published in 2014, is indispensable to anyone with an interest in the wide variety of fauna and flora to be found in the south west of Australia. The area bounded by the Margaret River region in the far south west of Western Australia, Lancelin to the north of Perth, Esperance on the mid-south coast and the inland township of Sou...
$39.95
Fred van Gessel The birds found in Australia's bush, deserts and coastal regions, and even in its...
Fred van Gessel The birds found in Australia's bush, deserts and coastal regions, and even in its urban areas, provide an endless source of interest and entertainment, from noisy honeyeaters squabbling over wattle flowers to tiny pardalotes flitting high in the treetops. This very useful book and audio CD combination will be an essential addition to the bookshelves of birdwatchers of all levels. It helps the reader to identify a wide selection of species by sight and sound, with the focus bei...
$27.95