Vintage Birds bookcover

Vintage Birds

A Guidebook and Matching Game
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Description

Vintage Birds tests your memory with a 50-card matching game featuring 25 pairs of the world's most stunning birds, beautifully rendered in vintage illustrations.

The accompanying 80-page illustrated guidebook is full of vintage full-color illustrations by John and Elizabeth Gould, two of the most famous ornithological illustrators in history, as well as descriptions of each of the birds and their most distinguishing and interesting characteristics. Memorize and learn about Fairy Bluebird from the Philippines, Major Mitchell's Cockatoo from Australia, the European Goldfinch, Eurasian Blue Tit, and many more.

Vintage Birds is an ideal gift for birders, art enthusiasts, or anyone looking for a fun, educational game to play with their friends and family.

Product Details

PublisherHardie Grant Books
Publish DateSeptember 17, 2024
Pages80
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconCards
EAN/UPC9781958417676
Dimensions8.4 X 6.2 X 1.5 inches | 1.3 pounds

About the Author

Roger J. Lederer is Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at California State University, Chico. He has published over 30 scientific research papers and 11 books, including Amazing Birds (translated into seven languages), Latin for Bird Lovers, Birds of New England, Beaks, Bones, and Bird Songs, and The Art of the Bird. He has been consulted by the BBC, National Geographic, National Public Radio, National Canadian Television, The Guinness Book of World Records, The New Yorker, ABC News, among others, for his authoritative take on the fascinating world of birds. For more information, visit his popular website Ornithology.com.

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