Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Pigeons
ISBN : CORNELL:31924073274874
American Pigeon Journal
Anonim
American Pigeon Journal
American Pigeon Journal Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of American Pigeon Journal book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.
American Pigeon Journal
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Pigeons
ISBN : MSU:31293031379500
American Pigeon Journal by Anonim Pdf
American Pigeon Journal
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1052 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Pigeons
ISBN : CORNELL:31924055265510
American Pigeon Journal by Anonim Pdf
The King Pigeon
American Pigeon Journal
Author : American Pigeon Journal
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1545580693
The King Pigeon by American Pigeon Journal Pdf
This special re-print edition of the American Pigeon Journal's edition of the "The King Pigeon" contains all the information a person needs to master the basics of breeding and raising King pigeons for squabs, exhibition or pleasure. Written in 1921, included in this famous booklet are details on raising and breeding this well known breed of pigeon. The text offers a fascinating look at how this famous pigeon breed was bred, raised and exhibited in the old days, as well as insights into its history. The only book of its kind. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.
The Passenger Pigeon
Errol Fuller
Author : Errol Fuller
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781400852208
The Passenger Pigeon by Errol Fuller Pdf
A haunting, beautifully illustrated memorial to this iconic extinct bird At the start of the nineteenth century, Passenger Pigeons were perhaps the most abundant birds on the planet, numbering literally in the billions. The flocks were so large and so dense that they blackened the skies, even blotting out the sun for days at a stretch. Yet by the end of the century, the most common bird in North America had vanished from the wild. In 1914, the last known representative of her species, Martha, died in a cage at the Cincinnati Zoo. This stunningly illustrated book tells the astonishing story of North America's Passenger Pigeon, a bird species that—like the Tyrannosaur, the Mammoth, and the Dodo—has become one of the great icons of extinction. Errol Fuller describes how these fast, agile, and handsomely plumaged birds were immortalized by the ornithologist and painter John James Audubon, and captured the imagination of writers such as James Fenimore Cooper, Henry David Thoreau, and Mark Twain. He shows how widespread deforestation, the demand for cheap and plentiful pigeon meat, and the indiscriminate killing of Passenger Pigeons for sport led to their catastrophic decline. Fuller provides an evocative memorial to a bird species that was once so important to the ecology of North America, and reminds us of just how fragile the natural world can be. Published in the centennial year of Martha’s death, The Passenger Pigeon features rare archival images as well as haunting photos of live birds.
The Global Pigeon
Colin Jerolmack
Author : Colin Jerolmack
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780226001920
The Global Pigeon by Colin Jerolmack Pdf
The pigeon is the quintessential city bird. Domesticated thousands of years ago as a messenger and a source of food, its presence on our sidewalks is so common that people consider the bird a nuisance—if they notice it at all. Yet pigeons are also kept for pleasure, sport, and profit by people all over the world, from the “pigeon wars” waged by breeding enthusiasts in the skies over Brooklyn to the Million Dollar Pigeon Race held every year in South Africa. Drawing on more than three years of fieldwork across three continents, Colin Jerolmack traces our complex and often contradictory relationship with these versatile animals in public spaces such as Venice’s Piazza San Marco and London’s Trafalgar Square and in working-class and immigrant communities of pigeon breeders in New York and Berlin. By exploring what he calls “the social experience of animals,” Jerolmack shows how our interactions with pigeons offer surprising insights into city life, community, culture, and politics. Theoretically understated and accessible to interested readers of all stripes, The Global Pigeon is one of the best and most original ethnographies to be published in decades.
Department Circular
United States. Department of Agriculture
Author : United States. Department of Agriculture
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1922
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : MINN:31951D02944017N
Department Circular by United States. Department of Agriculture Pdf
Pigeons
Andrew D. Blechman
Author : Andrew D. Blechman
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0702236411
Pigeons by Andrew D. Blechman Pdf
They have been worshipped as fertility goddesses and revered as symbols of peace. Domesticated since the dawn of humankind, they have been crucial to wartime communications for every major historical superpower from ancient Egypt to the United States and are credited with saving thousands of lives. One delivered the results of the first Olympics in 776 BC and another brought the news of Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo more than 2500 years later. Charles Darwin relied heavily upon them to help formulate and support his theory of evolution. Yet today the pigeon is reviled as a rat with wings. How did we come to misunderstand one of humanity's most steadfast companions?In Pigeons, Andrew D. Blechman travels across the United States and Europe in a quest to chronicle the bird's transformation from beloved friend to feathered outlaw.
The National Fancier
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Pigeons
ISBN : CORNELL:31924071900025
The National Fancier by Anonim Pdf
Psychology Classics
B. F. Skinner,David Webb
Author : B. F. Skinner,David Webb
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1490551441
Psychology Classics by B. F. Skinner,David Webb Pdf
A Psychology Classic Burrhus Frederic "B. F." Skinner ranks among the most frequently cited and influential psychologists in the history of the discipline. Building on the behaviorist theories of Ivan Pavlov and John Watson he was the first psychologist to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association (APA.) Originally published in 1948, Superstition in The Pigeon is a learning theory classic. Note To Psychology StudentsIf you ever have to do a paper, assignment or class project on the work of B. F. Skinner having access to Superstition in The Pigeon in full will prove invaluable. A psychology classic is by definition a must read; however, most landmark texts within the discipline remain unread by a majority of psychology students. A detailed, well written description of a classic study is fine to a point, but there is absolutely no substitute for understanding and engaging with the issues under review than by reading the authors unabridged ideas, thoughts and findings in their entirety. Bonus MaterialShortly after the publication of Superstition in the Pigeon, Skinner gave a detailed account of his science of behavior in a paper presented to the Midwestern Psychological Association, in Chicago. First published in 1950, the paper entitled Are Theories of Learning Necessary? is also presented in full. Superstition in The Pigeon by B. F. Skinner has been produced as part of an initiative by the website www.all-about-psychology.com to make historically important psychology publications widely available.
A Feathered River Across the Sky
Joel Greenberg
Author : Joel Greenberg
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781620405352
A Feathered River Across the Sky by Joel Greenberg Pdf
The epic story of why passenger pigeons became extinct and what that says about our current relationship with the natural world. When Europeans arrived in North America, 25 to 40 percent of the continent's birds were passenger pigeons, traveling in flocks so massive as to block out the sun for hours or even days. The downbeats of their wings would chill the air beneath and create a thundering roar that would drown out all other sound. John James Audubon, impressed by their speed and agility, said a lone passenger pigeon streaking through the forest “passes like a thought.” How prophetic-for although a billion pigeons crossed the skies 80 miles from Toronto in May of 1860, little more than fifty years later passenger pigeons were extinct. The last of the species, Martha, died in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo on September 1, 1914. As naturalist Joel Greenberg relates in gripping detail, the pigeons' propensity to nest, roost, and fly together in vast numbers made them vulnerable to unremitting market and recreational hunting. The spread of railroads and telegraph lines created national demand that allowed the birds to be pursued relentlessly. Passenger pigeons inspired awe in the likes of Audubon, Henry David Thoreau, James Fenimore Cooper, and others, but no serious effort was made to protect the species until it was too late. Greenberg's beautifully written story of the passenger pigeon paints a vivid picture of the passenger pigeon's place in literature, art, and the hearts and minds of those who witnessed this epic bird, while providing a cautionary tale of what happens when species and natural resources are not harvested sustainably.
Pigeon English
Stephen Kelman
Author : Stephen Kelman
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781408815687
Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman Pdf
Eleven-year-old Harrison Opoku, the second best runner in Year 7, races through his new life in England with his personalised trainers - the Adidas stripes drawn on with marker pen - blissfully unaware of the very real threat around him. Newly-arrived from Ghana with his mother and older sister Lydia, Harri absorbs the many strange elements of city life, from the bewildering array of Haribo sweets, to the frightening, fascinating gang of older boys from his school. But his life is changed forever when one of his friends is murdered. As the victim's nearly new football boots hang in tribute on railings behind fluorescent tape and a police appeal draws only silence, Harri decides to act, unwittingly endangering the fragile web his mother has spun around her family to keep them safe.
Serials Currently Received by the National Agricultural Library, a Keyword Index
National Agricultural Library (U.S.)
Author : National Agricultural Library (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1338 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105130624112
Serials Currently Received by the National Agricultural Library, a Keyword Index by National Agricultural Library (U.S.) Pdf
Gay Neck: The Story of a Pigeon
Dhan Gopal Mukerji
Author : Dhan Gopal Mukerji
Publisher : eBookIt.com
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781456636371
Gay Neck: The Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji Pdf
Gay-Neck: the Story of a Pigeon won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1928. It deals with the life of Gay-Neck, a prized Indian pigeon. Mukerji wrote that "the message implicit in the book is that man and winged animals are brothers." He stated that much of the book is based on his boyhood experiences with a flock of forty pigeons and their leader, as the boy in the book is Mukerji himself. The book offers an insight into the life of a boy of high caste and also into the training of pigeons. Several chapters are told from Gay-Neck's perspective, with the pigeon speaking in first person.
Serials Currently Received by the National Agricultural Library, 1975
National Agricultural Library (U.S.)
Author : National Agricultural Library (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1392 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UOM:39015070533099