A Field Guide To Your Own Back Yard Second Edition

Author : John Hanson Mitchell
Publisher : The Countryman Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781581576832

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A Field Guide to Your Own Back Yard (Second Edition) by John Hanson Mitchell Pdf

Here is a book to enhance our appreciation of the small citizens of the world and to introduce us to the neighbors we never knew we had, from spotted salamanders to meadow voles, from snowy tree crickets to ambrosia beetles, all living within steps of your door. “If there is grass and a few scraggling trees, there will be wildlife,” suggests John Hanson Mitchell, an internationally recognized naturalist and advocate for tuning your senses to the wonders of your environment. Whether your yard consists of a small stretch of grass or a rambling mix of forest and field, Mitchell will introduce you to the wealth of plants, insects, and animals that share your corner of the world. Learn how the behavior at the birdfeeder mirrors that of the wild woods; get an inside view of the rich ecology of the woodpile; learn why you might want to welcome a skunk into your garden. In short, you’ll get to know the neighbors you never knew you had who make their homes all around yours. With wisdom and humor, this book reacquaints you with the denizens of your own local habitat.

Author : John Hanson Mitchell
Publisher : The Countryman Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781581572131

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A Field Guide to Your Own Back Yard (Second Edition) by John Hanson Mitchell Pdf

A lyrical field guide to the natural world surrounding the eastern U.S.'s residential areas profiles a wide variety of plant, animal, and insect life, in a reference that offers insight into birdfeeder behaviors, woodpile ecology, and more. Reissue.

Author : John Hanson Mitchell
Publisher : W. W. Norton
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Natural history
ISBN : 0393019233

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A Field Guide to Your Own Back Yard by John Hanson Mitchell Pdf

Author : Julie Bruton-Seal,Matthew Seal
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781510748064

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Backyard Medicine Updated & Expanded Second Edition by Julie Bruton-Seal,Matthew Seal Pdf

An Updated and Expanded New Edition of Backyard Medicine! Modern medicine is truly a blessing. Advances are made with astonishing speed every day, using both science and technology to make our lives longer and healthier. But if the era of modern medicine began less than two hundred years ago, how did people treat sickness and poor health before then? This book holds the answer. Researched and written by a practicing medical herbalist and natural healer, and now with even more herbs and medicinal plants, Backyard Medicine is the basis for a veritable natural pharmacy that anyone can create. Featuring more than 120 easily made herbal home remedies and fully illustrated with nearly three hundred color photographs, this book offers fascinating insights into the literary, historic, and global applications of fifty common wild plants and herbs that can be used in medicines, including: Comfrey Dandelion Honeysuckle Yarrow And so much more! Anyone who wants to improve his or her health in a completely natural way will find this book to be an absolute must-have for his or her home—and garden.

Author : Joseph S. Wilson,Olivia Messinger Carril
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781400874156

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The Bees in Your Backyard by Joseph S. Wilson,Olivia Messinger Carril Pdf

The ultimate bee book for bee enthusiasts and experts alike The Bees in Your Backyard provides an engaging introduction to the roughly 4,000 different bee species found in the United States and Canada, dispelling common myths about bees while offering essential tips for telling them apart in the field. The book features more than 900 stunning color photos of the bees living all around us—in our gardens and parks, along nature trails, and in the wild spaces between. It describes their natural history, including where they live, how they gather food, their role as pollinators, and even how to attract them to your own backyard. Ideal for amateur naturalists and experts alike, it gives detailed accounts of every bee family and genus in North America, describing key identification features, distributions, diets, nesting habits, and more. Provides the most comprehensive and accessible guide to all bees in the United States and Canada Features more than 900 full-color photos Offers helpful identification tips and pointers for studying bees Includes a full chapter on how to attract bees to your backyard

Author : Jonathan Alderfer,Paul Hess
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-12
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781426209284

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National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Birds of North America by Jonathan Alderfer,Paul Hess Pdf

Essential for the millions of Americans who watch and feed birds in their backyards—whether experienced birders or new birding enthusiasts—from the experts at National Geographic and co-author of the popular and perennial best seller Field Guide to the Birds of North America. No matter where you live—in the country, city, a high-rise or house—this handy guide will quench your curiosity about the feathered creatures in your midst. It features 150 of the most common and interesting birds likely to be observed at backyard feeders, nesting nearby or just migrating through. An indispensable visual index of all 150 species appears on the inside front and back laminated covers, making identification a snap. Beginning with Backyard Basics, an easy-to-follow, richly illustrated presentation on observing and identifying birds—with tips on attracting and feeding your favorite birds, birdhouses, and bird-friendly landscapes to entice nesting—the book is full of National Geographic’s iconic field guide images and maps. Core species on everyone’s list—such as robins, woodpeckers, bluebirds and chickadees—are featured in two-page spreads including practical tips with additional imagery. Sidebars captivate with interesting and little known facts.

Author : Sally Roth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2007-06-26
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015068821936

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The Backyard Bird Lover's Field Guide by Sally Roth Pdf

A stunning full-color guide to one of America's most popular hobbies, with a region-by-region approach that unlocks the key to quick and easy bird identification. Some 63 million Americans report that they enjoy observing their avian friends from their homes, and newcomers join the backyard bird-watching ranks all the time. But how do backyard birders learn who's who when typical field guides bombard them with choices that take forever to sort out? The Backyard Bird Lover's Field Guide keeps it simple with a regional approach that cuts the possibilities down to size. Instead of poring over hundreds of species that don't come anywhere near our own backyard, readers will find about 30 of the most likely prospects for each of seven regions of the country. Each entry is packed with advice on favorite foods, welcoming plants, and other temptations to lure birds to the backyard, along with glimpses into the birds' personalities. Sally Roth has a gift for conveying her passion for the subject along with her extensive knowledge. "Roth's love for birds and her hands-on practical experience are inspiring," say Sharon Dunn and Michael Dunn, owners of the Duncraft Birdfeeding Catalog, about Roth's Backyard Bird Feeder's Bible. Filled with you-can-do-it features, such as tricks to help birders identify birds in a flash and ways to avoid confusing two similar birds, this new field guide will receive similar praise.

Author : Charles Edmund Roth
Publisher : Univ of Massachusetts Press
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Nature study
ISBN : 0932691102

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Beyond the Classroom by Charles Edmund Roth Pdf

Presents 33 science activities for grades K-8 with suggested grade range, equipment, time needed, skills to be addressed and resource list. The activities only require minimal investments in both time and equipment - all one needs is the outdoors.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9780816080731

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What Can I Do Now: Environment, 2nd Edition by Anonim Pdf

Environment, Second Edition gives students the tools they need to chart a future in an environmentally oriented career with up-to-date industry information, job profiles, and tips for career exploration. Job profiles include: Ecologists Environmental engineers Environmental lobbyists Groundwater professionals Land acquisition professionals National Park Service employees Oceanographers Recycling coordinators Renewable energy workers Soil science and conservation workers.

Author : Whitney Cranshaw,David Shetlar
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780691167442

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Garden Insects of North America by Whitney Cranshaw,David Shetlar Pdf

This second edition of Garden Insects of North America solidifies its place as the most comprehensive guide to the common insects, mites, and other “bugs” found in the backyards and gardens of the United States and Canada. Featuring 3,300 full-color photos and concise, detailed text, this fully revised book covers the hundreds of species of insects and mites associated with fruits and vegetables, shade trees and shrubs, flowers and ornamental plants, and turfgrass—from aphids and bumble bees to leafhoppers and mealybugs to woollybears and yellowjacket wasps—and much more. This new edition also provides a greatly expanded treatment of common pollinators and flower visitors, the natural enemies of garden pests, and the earthworms, insects, and other arthropods that help with decomposing plant matter in the garden. Designed to help you easily identify what you find in the garden, the book is organized by where insects are most likely to be seen—on leaves, shoots, flowers, roots, or soil. Photos are included throughout the book, next to detailed descriptions of the insects and their associated plants. An indispensable guide to the natural microcosm in our backyards, Garden Insects of North America continues to be the definitive resource for amateur gardeners, insect lovers, and professional entomologists. Revised and expanded edition covers most of the insects, mites, and other “bugs” one may find in yards or gardens in the United States and Canada—all in one handy volume Features more than 3,300 full-color photos, more than twice the illustrations of the first edition Concise, informative text organized to help you easily identify insects and the plant injuries that they may cause

Author : Randi Minetor
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781461745662

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Backyard Birding by Randi Minetor Pdf

The Backyard Birding Manual provides clearly stated and illustrated information to maximize your home and neighborhood birding experiences and to help your bring a wider variety of birds to your own backyard.

Author : Donald Kroodsma
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-23
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0811863425

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The Backyard Birdsong Guide by Donald Kroodsma Pdf

Teaches about the habitat, behaviors, appearance, and songs of seventy-five Eastern and Central North American birds, and includes basic birdwatching guidelines and audio samples.

Author : David Sibley
Publisher : Helm
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-11
Category : Birds
ISBN : 1472982053

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Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern North America by David Sibley Pdf

A portable guide to the birds of eastern North AmericaThe publication of Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America and its companion edition, Field Guide to Birds of Western North America, quickly established David Sibley as the author and illustrator of the most comprehensive guides to these regions. This second edition builds on this foundation of excellence, with a wealth of improvements and updates. It offers expanded and updated information, new illustrations, larger reproduction and an improved design.Covering species east of the Rocky Mountains, the book features illustrations of 698 species and regional populations, with more than 4,600 illustrations digitally remastered from original art for perfect reproduction, and more than 600 colour maps. This is an indispensable resource for all birders seeking an authoritative yet portable guide to the birds of eastern North America.

Author : David Allen Sibley
Publisher : Alfred a Knopf Incorporated
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1400043867

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The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior by David Allen Sibley Pdf

Provides basic information about the biology, life cycles, and behavior of birds, along with brief profiles of each of the eighty bird families in North America.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112753954

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Orion Afield by Anonim Pdf