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Last updated 5 June, 2011

A Bush Capital Year: A Natural History of the Canberra Region — by Ian Fraser, Peter Marsack

$32.00 for members

A Bush Capital Year introduces the fauna, flora, habitats and reserves of the Australian Capital Territory and includes the most recent research available. It also emphasises often unappreciated or even unrecognised urban wildlife. For each month of the year there are 10 stories which discuss either a species or a group of species, such as mosses and mountain grasshoppers. While never anthropomorphic, many of the stories are written from the organism’s point of view, while others are from that of an observer. Beautiful paintings complement the text and allow better visualisation of the stories and the subjects.

What Makes a Good Farm for Wildlife? — by David Lindenmayer

$27.00 for members

Based on thirteen years of intensive research, the book breaks the discussion into chapters on key environmental and vegetation assets and then discusses how to make these assets better for biodiversity. The work encompasses information on vertebrates and invertebrates on farms and their relationships with significant vegetation and environmental assets: woodland remnants, plantings, paddocks, rocky outcrops and waterways. A chapter is dedicated to each asset and how it can be
managed.

Stray Feathers: Reflections on the Structure, Behaviour and Evolution of Birds — by Penny Olsen, Leo Joseph

$39.00 for members – available at the June meeting

Stray Feathers showcases some of the remarkable adaptations of Australian birds. A brief introduction describes how evolution shapes form and function, followed by a series of vignettes illustrating the wondrous variety of forms and functions shaped by evolution. For example, did you know that barn owls can hunt in absolute darkness and that cuckoos commence incubation before their egg is laid?

Last updated 5 June, 2011
The following items plus various pamphlets (most free) and membership application forms are available from the sales desk at COG meetings:
*NEW! High Places - From Maxim's to Mountains* — by COG Member Francis Lawrence $23.00** for members 'From swanky palaces to ritzy salons of France to some of the highest points on the earth, High Places spans five decades and is an astonishing memoir of a great French-Australian gastronome, traveller, adventurer and mountaineer.'
*A Bush Capital Year: A Natural History of the Canberra Region* — by Ian Fraser, Peter Marsack $32.00 for members A Bush Capital Year introduces the fauna, flora, habitats and reserves of the Australian Capital Territory and includes the most recent research available. It also emphasises often unappreciated or even unrecognised urban wildlife. For each month of the year there are 10 stories which discuss either a species or a group of species, such as mosses and mountain grasshoppers. While never anthropomorphic, many of the stories are written from the organism’s point of view, while others are from that of an observer. Beautiful paintings complement the text and allow better visualisation of the stories and the subjects.	What Makes a Good Farm for Wildlife? — by David Lindenmayer $27.00 for members Based on thirteen years of intensive research, the book breaks the discussion into chapters on key environmental and vegetation assets and then discusses how to make these assets better for biodiversity. The work encompasses information on vertebrates and invertebrates on farms and their relationships with significant vegetation and environmental assets: woodland remnants, plantings, paddocks, rocky outcrops and waterways. A chapter is dedicated to each asset and how it can be managed.
The Complete Guide to Finding the Birds of Australia 2nd Ed — by Richard Thomas, Sarah Thomas, David Andrew, Alan McBride $32.00 for members – expected for the April meeting. First published in 1994, this was the first ever book of its type in Australia – a complete guide to locating every resident bird species. This fully revised second edition describes the best-known sites for all of Australia’s endemic birds, plus regular migrants such as seabirds and shorebirds. It covers all states and territories, and is the first guide to include all of Australia’s island and external territories. A comprehensive Bird Finder Guide details site information on all Australian bird species, and the authors provide valuable travel advice.	Stray Feathers: Reflections on the Structure, Behaviour and Evolution of Birds — by Penny Olsen, Leo Joseph $39.00 for members – available at the June meeting Stray Feathers showcases some of the remarkable adaptations of Australian birds. A brief introduction describes how evolution shapes form and function, followed by a series of vignettes illustrating the wondrous variety of forms and functions shaped by evolution. For example, did you know that barn owls can hunt in absolute darkness and that cuckoos commence incubation before their egg is laid?

*Boom & Bust: Bird Stories for a Dry Country* — Edited by Libby Robin, Robert Heinsohn and Leo Joseph — $27.00 for members. *Owls: Frogmouths and Nightjars of Australia* — by David Hollands — $55.00 for members *The Owls of Australia: A Field Guide to Australian Night Birds* — by Stephen Debus, illustrated by Jeff Davies, photographs by David Hollands — $20.00 for members Also titles from CSIRO Publishing's Australian Natural History series — $29.00 each for members: *Kookaburra* *Australian Magpie* *Wedge-tailed Eagle* Herons, Egrets and Bitterns Cockatoos Albatross Mound-builders Tawny Frogmouth Australian Bustard (coming soon)	Field Guide to the Birds of the ACT — by Taylor & Day $16.00 Bird identification in the ACT has just become much easier! Here are all the birds of the ACT in colour, with easy-to-follow text and key biological data, in a compact field format that will fit easily in your pocket. Shorebirds of Australia — by Geering, Andrew & Harding $36.00 This title brings together the latest information about the evolution, ecology and behaviour of shorebirds and how they are distributed in Australia. This is a highly sought after title in the popular "CSIRO Publishing" series.
Field Guide to the Orchids of the Australian Capital Territory — by Jones, Egan & Wood $33.00 Orchids can be found throughout the ACT, in nature parks, urban reserves and in Namadgi National Park. They can be beautiful or bizarre; some look like ducks or spiders, others grow long beards or have delicately hinged appendages. This guide's handy size makes it suitable for use in the field.	*Watching Wildlife* — by Chris — $24.00 *Why Don't Woodpeckers Get Headaches?* And Other Bird Questions You Know You Want To Ask — by O'Connor — $13.50 *Birds Calls of the ACT* — by Fullagar & Slater — CD $12.00 COG Car Stickers — $2.00 COG Badges — red or grey — $5.00 each *The Long Paddock*: a Directory of Travelling Stock Routes and Reserves in NSW — by Rural Lands Protection Board — $37.00
Enquiries/orders can also be made by contacting COG. All these items (and more) plus COG T-shirts and Polo shirts are available at the monthly meeting sales desk.