A Nest Of Wood Ducks

Author : Margaret A. Barker,Elissa Ruth Wolfson,National Audubon Society
Publisher : Cool Springs Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780760368633

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The Birdhouse Book by Margaret A. Barker,Elissa Ruth Wolfson,National Audubon Society Pdf

The Audubon Birdhouse Book is the most authoritative book available for creating safe, sturdy, and easy-to-build homes for many of North America’s favorite birds. This updated second edition includes important new and timely topics including impacts of climate change on birds, nestbox monitoring for community science, native plants, and how birders can help birds. Produced in association with the National Audubon Society, Audubon Birdhouse Book explains how to build and place functional DIY bird homes that are safe and appropriate for more than 20 classic North American species, from wrens to raptors. Each of the easy-to-build boxes and shelves within is accompanied by cut lists, specially created line diagrams, and step-by-step photography, making the projects accessible to those with even the most rudimentary woodworking skills. In addition, this practical and beautifully presented guide is packed with color photography and information about the bird species covered: Wrens, Warblers, Bluebirds, Flycatchers, Swallows, Titmice, Owls, Flickers, Kestrels, Chickadees, Ducks, Mergansers, Swallows, Doves, Swallows, Robins, Finches, Phoebes, Loons, Swifts, Herons, and Ospreys. Detailed information will help you properly place and maintain the homes to attract birds. And because these projects are the product of years of experience and field-testing, you can be sure you’re getting the best advice regarding proper design, safe construction materials, and correct home placement to mitigate exposure to elements, pests, and predators. Finally, beyond the birdhouses, you’ll find out how you can contribute to the larger birding community and even enhance your birding experience.

Author : Evelyn S. Shaw
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Ducks
ISBN : STANFORD:36105031723021

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A Nest of Wood Ducks by Evelyn S. Shaw Pdf

Chronicles the first year of life for a brood of wood ducklings.

Author : Greg Hoch
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781609386955

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With Wings Extended by Greg Hoch Pdf

A century ago, many people had given up on the wood duck, dooming it to extinction along with the passenger pigeon and Carolina parakeet. Today, it’s one of the most familiar and most harvested ducks in the eastern half of the country, and one of America’s great conservation success stories. In With Wings Extended, Minnesota conservationist Greg Hoch introduces readers to a duck they probably recognize but may not know well. This book shows how almost anyone can get involved in conservation and do something for wildlife beyond writing checks to conservation organizations. Hoch illustrates the complexities of wildlife and habitat management that landowners as well as state and federal wildlife agencies deal with on a daily basis, and takes readers through the life stages of what is largely considered the most beautiful duck in the world. In this fascinating and practical read, Hoch blends the historical literature about the species with modern science, and also shows how our views of conservation have changed over the last century.

Author : Kenn Kaufman
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0618159886

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Lives of North American Birds by Kenn Kaufman Pdf

The bestselling natural history of birds, lavishly illustrated with 600 colorphotos, is now available for the first time in flexi binding.

Author : Lawton L. Shurtleff,Christopher Savage
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1996-11-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520918835

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The Wood Duck and the Mandarin by Lawton L. Shurtleff,Christopher Savage Pdf

This is a story of conservation told through the natural histories of two of the world's most fascinating birds, the Wood Duck of North America and the Mandarin of Asia. The only two species in their genus (Aix), these Northern Wood Ducks are native to different continents but have long been kept together in captivity. Now, for the first time in history, they are also flying side by side in the wild in a small area of northern California. This rare circumstance has given Lawton L. Shurtleff and Christopher Savage the opportunity to observe the Northern Wood Ducks' close relationship and is the starting point of this informative and beautifully rendered book. The opening chapters tell how the Wood Duck and the Mandarin came to inhabit the Pacific Flyway and explain their extraordinary similarities. Subsequent chapters discuss the distinctive histories of the two species and describe the birds throughout the seasons in their native flyways. The Mandarins' place in Asian art and literature is the subject of Chapter Five. The final chapter illuminates the successful work done to protect the North American Wood Duck, which has made a remarkable recovery from near extinction, and the beginning efforts to protect the Mandarin, whose existence in East Asia is seriously threatened. Stunning full-color photographs by renowned wildlife photographers, along with photographs by the authors, capture the exquisite beauty of these much revered birds. Detailed maps show the Wood Ducks' territory in North America and the Mandarins' territory in East Asia and Great Britain. Three appendices--plans for building nestboxes, instructions for banding birds, and lists of books and conservation organizations--and a thorough index are valuable resources in a book that will delight bird-lovers and general readers alike.

Author : Francis H. Kortright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1942
Category : Anatidae
ISBN : UCSD:31822013034764

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The Ducks, Geese and Swans of North America by Francis H. Kortright Pdf

Author : Frank Chapman Bellrose
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Birdhouses
ISBN : PSU:000033752433

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Housing for Wood Ducks by Frank Chapman Bellrose Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Verdick
Publisher : Two Lions
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2025-01-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1542020263

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Peep Leap by Elizabeth Verdick Pdf

In the hollow of a tree, higher than the eye can see...nine wood ducks hatch, one by one. "That's good!" says Mama. "We're almost done." One last egg is very still...Finally, the smallest egg hatches. Then it's time for all the wood ducks to make the BIG jump from the tree-where their mother made her nest-to the water below. Ducklings One through Nine make the leap. But Duckling Ten isn't so sure...

Author : Ellen Lawrence
Publisher : Swamp Things: Animal Life in a
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1642808083

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Wood Duck by Ellen Lawrence Pdf

A mother wood duck peeks out of a hole in an old, twisted tree in a swamp. The hole is the entrance to her nest. Once she's sure no predators are close by, the mother duck jumps from the nest hole to the ground. Then, one, two, three--tiny, fluffy ducklings start to jump from the tree. Soon 12 babies have jumped from the nest. Now, the newest residents of the swamp are ready to explore their watery home. Filled with information perfectly suited to the abilities and interests of its primary-grade audience, this colorful, fact-filled book gives readers a chance not only to learn all about wood ducks and the swamp habitat in which they live, but also to develop their powers of observation and critical thinking. Built-in activities, such as comparing a female and male wood duck and guessing what wood ducks eat, give readers a chance to gain insights beyond the facts and figures.

Author : Guy Baldassarre
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 1183 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781421408088

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Ducks, Geese, and Swans of North America by Guy Baldassarre Pdf

The best-selling and authoritative reference book on waterfowl has been fully revised and updated by one of the world’s most respected waterfowl biologists. Honorable Mention for the PROSE Award for Excellence, Multivolume/Science of the Association of American Publishers Ducks, Geese, and Swans of North America has been hailed as a classic since the first edition was published in 1942. A must-have for professional biologists, birders, waterfowl hunters, decoy collectors, and wildlife managers, this fully revised and updated edition provides definitive information on the continent's forty-six species. Maps of both winter and breeding ranges are presented with stunning images by top waterfowl photographers and the acclaimed original artwork of Robert W. (Bob) Hines. Originally authored by F. H. Kortright and later revised by Frank Bellrose, this latest edition, which has been meticulously updated by renowned waterfowl biologist Guy Baldassarre, continues the legacy of esteemed authors. Each species account contains in-depth sections on: • identification • distribution • migration behavior • habitat • population status • breeding biology • rearing of young • recruitment and survival • food habits and feeding ecology • molts and plumages • conservation and management To facilitate identification, the species accounts also include detailed illustrations of wings. An appendix contains comparative illustrations of ducklings, goslings, and cygnets. This edition of Ducks, Geese, and Swans consists of two volumes, printed in full color, and packaged in a slipcase, along with a CD containing references and additional maps.

Author : U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Birdhouses
ISBN : UOM:39015028914888

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Nest Boxes for Wood Ducks by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Pdf

Author : F. Eugene Hester
Publisher : WWW.Fivevalleyspress.com
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0983544271

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Wood Duck Adventures by F. Eugene Hester Pdf

The wood duck is our most beautiful of all waterfowl, and for fifty years F. Eugene Hester observed and recorded their exciting lives. He and his companions erected wood duck nest boxes and observed nesting activities. By banding the ducks and applying web tags to ducklings, they gained interesting and unexpected insight into the lives of these ducks. Excellent photography enhance the observations.

Author : Paul Johnsgard
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781609621094

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The North American Perching and Dabbling Ducks by Paul Johnsgard Pdf

This volume, the fourth in a series of books that collectively update and expand P.A. Johnsgard's 1975 The Waterfowl of North America, summarizes research findings on this economically and ecologically important group of waterfowl. The volume includes the mostly tropical perching duck tribe Cairinini, of which two species, the muscovy duck and the wood duck, are representatives. Both species are adapted for foraging on the water surface, mostly on plant materials, but typically perch in trees and nest in elevated tree cavities or other elevated recesses. This volume also includes the dabbling, or surface-feeding, duck tribe Anatini, a large assemblage of duck species that mainly forage on the water surface but nest on the ground, or only very rarely in elevated locations. Of this tribe, 12 species that regularly breed in North America are included, among them such familiar species as mallards, wigeons, pintails, and teal. Descriptive accounts of the distributions, populations, ecologies, social-sexual behaviors, and breeding biology of all these species are provided, together with distribution maps. Five additional Eurasian and West Indian species have been reported several times in North America; these have been included with more abbreviated accounts, but all 17 species are illustrated by drawings, photographs, or both. The text includes about 84,000 words and contains more than 1,000 references. There are also 12 distribution maps, 21 drawings, 28 photographic plates, and 58 anatomical or behavioral sketches.

Author : Katie M. Dugger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Wood duck
ISBN : MINN:31951D01002717S

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Waterfowl Management Handbook by Katie M. Dugger Pdf

Author : Pete Dunne,Kevin Karlson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780691156941

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Gulls Simplified by Pete Dunne,Kevin Karlson Pdf

A simpler and more user-friendly visual approach to gull identification This unique photographic field guide to North America’s gulls provides a comparative approach to identification that concentrates on the size, structure, and basic plumage features of gulls—gone are the often-confusing array of plumage details found in traditional guides. Featuring hundreds of color photos throughout, Gulls Simplified illustrates the variations of gull plumages for a variety of ages, giving readers strong visual reference points for each species. Extensive captions accompany the photos, which include comparative photo arrays, digitized photo arrays for each age group, and numerous images of each species—a wealth of visual information at your fingertips. This one-of-a-kind guide includes detailed species accounts and a distribution map for each gull. An essential field companion for North American birders, Gulls Simplified reduces the confusion commonly associated with gull identification, offering a more user-friendly way of observing these marvelous birds. Provides a simpler approach to gull identification Features a wealth of color photos for easy comparison among species Includes detailed captions that explain identification criteria and aging, with direct visual reinforcement above the captions Combines plumage details with a focus on size, body shape, and structural features for easy identification in the field Highlights important field marks and physical features for each gull