Parrot book recommendations?

[nkrbkr]

Hi everyone. I’m curious if you have any parrot book recommendations? They could be an informative resource, or just a beautiful coffee table type book. After @LaManuka posted the Australian parrot poster in another thread yesterday, I pulled out this beautiful book that I found at a tiny bookstore in Australia last year. It was on sale, & looked like it had been there for some time. After getting back to my Airbnb, I looked it up and found that it is actually an out of print book that is difficult to find. It’s full of beautiful art plates of parrots, & one of the best souvenirs I’ve ever brought home. I’d post some pictures of some of the plates, but not sure if that would be a copyright thing? Anyway, I’d love to hear if you have any recommendations.

 

[LaManuka]

Hi everyone. I’m curious if you have any parrot book recommendations? They could be an informative resource, or just a beautiful coffee table type book. After @LaManuka posted the Australian parrot poster in another thread yesterday, I pulled out this beautiful book that I found at a tiny bookstore in Australia last year. It was on sale, & looked like it had been there for some time. After getting back to my Airbnb, I looked it up and found that it is actually an out of print book that is difficult to find. It’s full of beautiful art plates of parrots, & one of the best souvenirs I’ve ever brought home. I’d post some pictures of some of the plates, but not sure if that would be a copyright thing? Anyway, I’d love to hear if you have any recommendations. View attachment 81403

Wow, @nkrbkr, what a jewel of a find you made at that book shop, I'm seeing copies of it for sale online at around the $600 to $700 USD mark!! I haven't bought a bird book in a while, but the last one I got was "Birds Of The Photo Ark", released through National Geographic. And when my hubby and I first got together way back sometime last century, we discovered we both had a copy of "Every Australian Bird Illustrated" - guess some things were just meant to be, huh?

 

[nkrbkr]

Thank you, I’ll look those up! Must be a good book, if you both had it. Yes, such a score! I bought that book for I think 35 AUD!

 

[LaManuka]

Thank you, I’ll look those up! Must be a good book, if you both had it. Yes, such a score! I bought that book for I think 35 AUD!

Clearly that book shop didn't know what a rare gem they had. Bargain of the century right there!!!

 

[Corkscr.ew]

I have tons of bird book recommendations! Most of them aren't specifically parrot-related, but they're all great regardless:
-Alex & Me (Irene Pepperberg)
-Of Parrots and People (Mira Tweti)
-Birding Without Borders (Noah Strycker)
-Among Penguins (Noah Strycker)
-The Thing With Feathers (Noah Strycker)
-What It's Like to be a Bird (David Allen Sibley)
-H is for Hawk (Helen Macdonald)
-How To Know The Birds (Ted Floyd)

If I think of more, I'll update this list

 

[rheashard2]

Check out public libraries. A few have bargain basements. They are getting rid of books as they go digital. I've found several beading, crochet, favorite novels and bird books. Most are out of print.

 

[nkrbkr]

I have tons of bird book recommendations! Most of them aren't specifically parrot-related, but they're all great regardless:
-Alex & Me (Irene Pepperberg)
-Of Parrots and People (Mira Tweti)
-Birding Without Borders (Noah Strycker)
-Among Penguins (Noah Strycker)
-The Thing With Feathers (Noah Strycker)
-What It's Like to be a Bird (David Allen Sibley)
-H is for Hawk (Helen Macdonald)
-How To Know The Birds (Ted Floyd)

If I think of more, I'll update this list

Thank you!

 

[nkrbkr]

I got this in the mail yesterday. It’s a neat book. Would recommend.

 

[LaManuka]

I got this in the mail yesterday. It’s a neat book. Would recommend.

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Is there an illustration of a varied lorikeet or a princess parrot in there - I'd love to see it!

 

[nkrbkr]

Is there an illustration of a varied lorikeet or a princess parrot in there - I'd love to see it

There is!

And here’s an illustration from my previously mentioned book that I found in Australia.

 

[LaManuka]

There is!
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And here’s an illustration from my previously mentioned book that I found in Australia.

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Oh those are FABULOUS, thank you!!

 

[nkrbkr]

You’re welcome! Out of curiosity, are the little yellow stripeys on Lovejoy individual feathers, or they a stripe within a feather (I hope that makes sense)? It’s so unique, & so hard to tell from pictures & illustrations.

 

[LaManuka]

You’re welcome! Out of curiosity, are the little yellow stripeys on Lovejoy individual feathers, or they a stripe within a feather (I hope that makes sense)? It’s so unique, & so hard to tell from pictures & illustrations.

The central shaft of his feathers are yellow, and the yellow extends just a tiny bit beyond into the feather as well. Hawkhead parrots have it around their heads too but in white, and Goldie's lorikeets have it almost in a mirror image to Lovejoy, they have green streaks over yellow feathers. I'd love a Goldie's but it would have to be another rooster cos Lovejoy would probably try to make me a grandmother (again!!) if I had a hen. Their babies would be gorgeous though!!

 

[nkrbkr]

The central shaft of his feathers are yellow, and the yellow extends just a tiny bit beyond into the feather as well. Hawkhead parrots have it around their heads too but in white, and Goldie's lorikeets have it almost in a mirror image to Lovejoy, they have green streaks over yellow feathers. I'd love a Goldie's but it would have to be another rooster cos Lovejoy would probably try to make me a grandmother (again!!) if I had a hen. Their babies would be gorgeous though!!

That’s very neat. Birds really are amazing.

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

I have a good information book. I THINK it's called Parrots of the World by Rosemary Law. Not sure where i put it when I moved...

 

[nkrbkr]

I have a good information book. I THINK it's called Parrots of the World by Rosemary Law. Not sure where i put it when I moved...

Thank you! I looked it up, & don’t see one with that title. Is it one of these, perhaps?

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

Thank you! I looked it up, & don’t see one with that title. Is it one of these, perhaps?

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The Complete Book of Parrots. It had a lot of breeding information on the species. I found it quite informative.