GrrlScientist is an evolutionary biologist, ornithologist, aviculturist, birder and freelance science and nature writer. A native of the Pacific Northwest, she relocated from Seattle to NYC with her parrots after earning a BS in Microbiology (emphasis in Virology) and PhD in Zoology (Ornithology) from the University of Washington. In NYC, she was the Chapman Postdoctoral Fellow at the American Museum of Natural History for two years, pursuing part of her "dream" research project by reconstructing a molecular phylogeny of the parrots of the South Pacific islands. GrrlScientist and her five parrots are currently relocating to Germany, where she will continue writing her blog while also writing a book and learning German. (Meanwhile, her parrots will continue to nibble on her extensive personal library.) If you appreciate GrrlScientist's writing, you can help pay her living expenses by hiring her to "blog" your conference, speak at your club or write articles for your publication (or by clicking on the Paypal button below). If you read an essay on this blog that you especially enjoyed, please nominate it for inclusion in 
tags: Birdbooker Report, bird books, animal books, natural history books, ecology books
"One cannot have too many good bird books"
--Ralph Hoffmann, Birds of the Pacific States (1927).
The Birdbooker Report is a special weekly report of a wide variety of science, nature and behavior books that currently are, or soon will be available for purchase. This report is written by one of my Seattle birding pals and book collector, Ian "Birdbooker" Paulsen, and is edited by me and published here for your information and enjoyment. Below the fold is this week's issue of The Birdbooker Report which lists ecology, environment, natural history and bird books that are (or will soon be) available for purchase.
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Mehler, Carl (editor). National Geographic Visual Atlas of the World. 2008. National Geographic Society. Hardbound (with slipcase): 416 pages. Price: $100.00 U.S. [Amazon: $63.00]. SUMMARY: This new atlas from the National Geographic Society is divided into three sections: the World, the continents, oceans and space, and flags and facts. Besides the maps, photographs are used to highlight various topics (mainly specific locations). This is a superb up-to-date atlas that will make a great holiday gift for your family.
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Lucas, Spencer G. et al. editors. Neogene Mammals, Bulletin 44, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. 2008. NMMNH&S. Paperback: 442 pages. Price: $40 U.S. SUMMARY: A series of technical papers about fossil mammals of the Neogene (though in this book the time periods covered range from the Oligocene to the Pleistocene). Anyone working with fossil mammals will find this book useful. -
Troyer, Aden. Birding Thrills: An Amish, Nature-Loving Family's Birding Journal. 2006. The Wonder of Wings. Paperback: 232 pages. Price: $13.95 + $2 shipping U.S. [refer to page six of this PDF for more information]. SUMMARY: A Pennsylvanian Amish family's birding journal that covers the years 1998 through 2005.
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