CLEARANCE BOOKS

aul A. Johnsgard, describes the social behaviors, beautiful natural habitats, and grueling seasonal migrations that have stirred the hearts of people as far back as medieval times and garnered the crane a place in folklore and mythology across continents. Read more

A Most Remarkable Creature is a hybrid of science writing, travelogue, and biography, as generous and accessible as it is sophisticated, and absolutely riveting. Read more

For forty years, Alan Contreras has studied birds and natural history in the West. In Afield, he recounts his bird-watching experiences, primarily in Oregon, but also in Alaska, Arizona, California, and Texas. Read more

Mount St. Helens has been surprising ecologists ever since, and in After the Blast Eric Wagner takes readers on a fascinating journey through the blast area and beyond. Read more

Editors Terry Tempest Williams and Andrew Rubenfeld bring together the very best of this writing on America's birds in a collection that encompasses the Aleutian Islands and the Florida Keys, the Maine woods to the deserts of the southwest. Read more

A straightforward approach from Pete Dunne, one of the country's top birders and birding instructors, written in his distinctive style. Read more

In Beloved Beasts, acclaimed science journalist Michelle Nijhuis traces the movement from early battles to save charismatic species such as the American bison and bald eagle to today’s global effort to defend life on a larger scale. Read more

Turning his camera to the world of birds, Andrew Zuckerman has a created a new body of work showcasing more than 200 stunning photographs of nearly 75 different species. Read more

Presents more than five hundred photographs of forty-three species of birds from a variety of angles and poses, and provides information on habitat, feeding, and physical characteristics. By Bart Rulon Read more

Award-winning writer Jane Yolen and photographer Jason Stemple give readers the chance to closely observe these creatures in poetry and photographs. Each poem and picture beautifully and thoughtfully captures both bird and a moment of time. Read more

The definitive source for Oregon ornithology, "Birds of Oregon" is a comprehensive reference to the 486 bird species now known to occur in the state. By David B. Marshall, Matthew G. Hunter, Alan L. Contreras. Read more

Learn to identify raptors, and make bird-watching even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela’s famous field guide, bird identification is simple and informative. Read more

Birdsong by the Seasons is a celebration of birdsong from January through December. By Donald Kroodsma. Read more

Photography by Owen Deutsch. "This is a resource to gaze at and consider, especially the arresting views of hummingbirds, warblers, shorebirds, and the northern gannet." -Library Journal
Foreword by Jonathan Franzen
Original poem by Margaret Atwood Read more

Illustrated with photographs, diagrams, maps, and graphs of seasonal activity, this guide allows amateur and professional naturalists to identify all 46 species, to understand their ecology and changing geographic distributions. By Paul Williams et al. Read more

Here is a brilliant introduction to insect and plant ecology focusing on one of nature’s most adaptive creatures, the bumblebee. By Bernd Heinrich. Read more