Australian Magpie

Author : Gisela Kaplan
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004-10-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780643098572

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Australian Magpie by Gisela Kaplan Pdf

The warbling and carolling of the Australian magpie are familiar to many although few of us recognise that it ranks among the foremost songbirds of the world. Its impressive vocal abilities, its propensity to play and clown, and its willingness to interact with people, make the magpie one of our most well-known birds. This insightful book presents a comprehensive account of the behaviour of one of Australia's best-loved icons. It reveals the extraordinary capabilities of the magpie, including its complex social behaviour, in a highly readable text. The author brings together much of what we know about the magpie’s biology and behaviour, including her latest research on magpie vocalisation as well as aspects of anatomy, physiology, development and health not published previously. Australian Magpie is ideal reading for all those interested in Australian natural history, including amateur and professional ornithologists, and undergraduate students.

Author : Gisela T. Kaplan
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0643090681

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Australian Magpie by Gisela T. Kaplan Pdf

Brings together everything we know about the biology and behaviour of this unusual species.

Author : Gisela Kaplan
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781486307258

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Australian Magpie by Gisela Kaplan Pdf

The Australian magpie is one of our nation’s most popular and iconic birds. It is loved for its impressive vocal abilities, propensity to play, excellent parenting and willingness to form enduring friendships with people. Written by award-winning author Gisela Kaplan, a leading authority on animal behaviour and Australian birds, this second edition of Australian Magpie is a thoroughly updated and substantially expanded account of the behaviour of these birds. With new chapters on classification, cognition and caring for young, it reveals the extraordinary capabilities of the magpie, including its complex social behaviour. The author, who has devoted more than 20 years to studying and interacting with magpies, brings together the latest research on the magpie’s biology and behaviour, along with information on the origin of magpies, their development and health not published previously. This fascinating book has a wide appeal to bird lovers, amateur ornithologists and naturalists, as well as those with a scientific or professional interest in avian behaviour and ecology and those interested in the importance of native birds to the environment.

Author : The Magpie Whisperer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1366709675

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The Magpie Whisperer by The Magpie Whisperer Pdf

Our book showcases just how amazing Australian magpies are, with fun quirky photos and sketches. I share my stories of how I formed such special bonds with wild magpies and express how amazing it is to have these completely wild friends, who are free to come and go whenever they please. None of these magpies have been hand raised by me. Their real parents brought them up in the wild, which I believe... makes our story very special and unique. When I look into the eyes of magpies I see beautiful souls. I see highly intelligent beings that have individual personalities and feelings just like we do. Each one is special, unique and has as much right to live on this earth as what we do.Instead of spreading fear and hate about them (like many people do, especially around nesting season!) I would like to think the content that we share, helps counteract such negativity towards them and will "turn the tables", showing the world how highly intelligent they are and how truly lucky we are to have them coexisting with us.Many people have contacted me describing how their views on magpies have changed since coming across our Facebook page. I hope many more will follow their lead after reading our book, helping to raise an awareness of these amazing yet often misunderstood creatures of the sky.

Author : Gregg Dreise
Publisher : Magabala Books
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781925360080

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Mad Magpie by Gregg Dreise Pdf

Age range 3 to 6 Mad Magpie is the third book in this successful series of morality tales from Gregg Dreise. Inspired by wise sayings and the knowledge of his Elders, Mad Magpie tells the story of Guluu, an angry magpie who is being teased by a gang of butcher birds. The more he is teased, the angrier he becomes. When Guluu seeks advice, his Elders tell him to stay calm like the river, ignore the butcher birds and to be strong on the inside. Guluu tries this, but the cheeky birds just laugh at him. One day, when Guluu is at the river looking for worms, the butcher birds arrive and steal his food. He remembers the words of his Elders and he tries again – and this time Guluu has a different outcome. He stands proudly at the riverbank and remembers how he used to sing when he was having a bad day. Guluu sings so loud he cannot hear the birds laughing at him and they eventually give up and fly away. From that time on, the animals learnt to use music to create a happy mood and they worked together to stop bullying.

Author : Cameron Bloom,Bradley Trevor Greive
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1782119817

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Penguin Bloom by Cameron Bloom,Bradley Trevor Greive Pdf

They saved a little bird . . . And in return she saved them tooAfter a near-fatal fall left Sam Bloom paralysed, no one - not her husband Cameron, nor their three boys - could reach her in the darkest days of her struggle. But everything changed when a new member of the family unexpectedly landed in their lives: an injured magpie chick abandoned after she fell from her nest, whom they named Penguin Bloom. Powerful and tender, Penguin Bloom is a beautifully written account of how compassion, friendship and family can come from unexpected places.

Author : Darryl Jones
Publisher : UNSW Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0868406686

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Magpie Alert by Darryl Jones Pdf

Wherever people live in Australia, magpies tend to be found there, too. These very familiar birds are one of our most loved and admired wild birds. Yet, during the breeding season, many magpies become extremely aggressive toward people, sometimes causing serious injury or distress, especially to children. The fact that this is a very common, well loved yet sometimes dangerous neighbor makes solving the magpie-human conflict very complicated. This book provides, for the first time, a comprehensive guide to everything that is known about this bird, why it attacks, and what we can do about it.

Author : Gisela Kaplan
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781486307265

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Australian Magpie by Gisela Kaplan Pdf

The Australian magpie is one of our nation’s most popular and iconic birds. It is loved for its impressive vocal abilities, propensity to play, excellent parenting and willingness to form enduring friendships with people. Written by award-winning author Gisela Kaplan, a leading authority on animal behaviour and Australian birds, this second edition of Australian Magpie is a thoroughly updated and substantially expanded account of the behaviour of these birds. With new chapters on classification, cognition and caring for young, it reveals the extraordinary capabilities of the magpie, including its complex social behaviour. The author, who has devoted more than 20 years to studying and interacting with magpies, brings together the latest research on the magpie’s biology and behaviour, along with information on the origin of magpies, their development and health not published previously. This fascinating book has a wide appeal to bird lovers, amateur ornithologists and naturalists, as well as those with a scientific or professional interest in avian behaviour and ecology and those interested in the importance of native birds to the environment.

Author : Gisela Kaplan
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781486300198

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Bird Minds by Gisela Kaplan Pdf

In her comprehensive and carefully crafted book, Gisela Kaplan demonstrates how intelligent and emotional Australian birds can be. She describes complex behaviours such as grieving, deception, problem solving and the use of tools. Many Australian birds cooperate and defend each other, and exceptional ones go fishing by throwing breadcrumbs in the water, extract poisonous parts from prey and use tools to crack open eggshells and mussels. The author brings together evidence of many such cognitive abilities, suggesting plausible reasons for their appearance in Australian birds. Bird Minds is the first attempt to shine a critical and scientific light on the cognitive behaviour of Australian land birds. In this fascinating volume, the author also presents recent changes in our understanding of the avian brain and links these to life histories and longevity. Following on from Gisela’s well-received books on the Australian Magpie and the Tawny Frogmouth, as well as two earlier titles on birds, Bird Minds contends that the unique and often difficult conditions of Australia's environment have been crucial for the evolution of unusual complexities in avian cognition and behaviour.

Author : Colleen T. Downs,Lorinda A. Hart
Publisher : CABI
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781789242065

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Invasive Birds by Colleen T. Downs,Lorinda A. Hart Pdf

Examining globally invasive alien birds, the first part of this book provides an account of 32 global avian invasive species (as listed by the Invasive Species Specialist Group, ISSG). It acts as a one stop reference volume; it assesses current invasive status for each bird species, including details of physical description, diet, introduction and invasion pathways, breeding behaviour, natural habitat. It also looks at the environmental impact of each species, as well as current and future control methods. Full colour photographs assist with species identification and global distribution maps give a visual representation of the current known distributions of these species. The second part of the book discusses the biogeographical aspects of avian invasions, highlighting current and emerging invasive species across different regions of the world. The third section considers the impact of invasive species on native communities, problems associated with invasive bird management and the use of citizen science in the study of invasive birds.

Author : Charles T. Snowdon,Martine Hausberger
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1997-03-20
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0521495261

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Social Influences on Vocal Development by Charles T. Snowdon,Martine Hausberger Pdf

For at least 30 years, there have been close parallels between studies of birdsong development and those of the development of human language. Both song and language require species-specific stimulation at a sensitive period in development and subsequent practice through subsong and plastic song in birds and babbling in infant humans leading to the development of characteristic vocalisations for each species. This book illustrates how social interactions during development can shape vocal learning and extend the sensitive period beyond infancy and how social companions can induce flexibility even into adulthood. Social companions in a wide range of species including birds and humans but also cetaceans and nonhuman primates play important roles in shaping vocal production as well as the comprehension and appropriate usage of vocal communication. This book will be required reading for students and researchers interested in animal and human communication and its development.

Author : Darryl Jones
Publisher : NewSouth Publishing
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781742244594

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Feeding the Birds at Your Table by Darryl Jones Pdf

Feeding the Birds at Your Table is designed to provide detailed, comprehensive advice and suggestions for people wishing to feed wild birds in Australia from their own backyards and balconies. Millions of Australians feed wild birds in their gardens. Yet there is currently little information or advice on offer to tell them how to do this properly. This book provides the first readily available source of reliable information relevant to Australia. What’s more, it is written by an expert who feeds birds himself. Including profiles on different types of Australian urban birds, what to feed them and the types of feeders to use, it also has advice on how to create a bird-friendly garden. Feeding the Birds at Your Table offers sensible and practical suggestions so feeding doesn’t only benefit us, but benefits the birds themselves. ‘At last, a sensible, science-based guide to safely feeding wild birds in Australia.’ — Paul Sullivan, CEO, BirdLife Australia

Author : Philip E.J. Roetman,Christopher B. Daniels,Ross Bateup
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Australian magpie
ISBN : 1863333339

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The Fearsome Flute Players by Philip E.J. Roetman,Christopher B. Daniels,Ross Bateup Pdf

Author : Christopher Lever
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781408133125

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Naturalised Birds of the World by Christopher Lever Pdf

This book looks at the world's naturalised (successfully introduced) species of bird. Many species have been introduced to countries outside their natural range by people, either deliberately or accidentally, with varied consequences for both those species themselves and the native fauna of their 'new' homes. In Britain, the introduced Canada Goose has quickly become ubiquitous at every lake and riverside, while the Golden Pheasant remains a scarce and unobtrusive inhabitant of a few scattered, remote woodlands. The House Sparrow and Common Starling, both in decline over parts of their native range, are thriving in a naturalised state in North America and elsewhere in the world. Naturalised populations of Mallard in various parts of the world are threatening a total of seven other duck species with extinction through hybridisation. This book discusses each species in turn, describing how, why, when and where its introduction took place, how it became established, and the ecological and economic impacts its presence has had in the country or countries it is naturalised in. Each account has a map, showing natural and introduced range, and there is a wealth of beautiful line drawings of the species concerned.

Author : Margaret Blakers,S. J. J. F. Davies,Pauline N. Reilly
Publisher : Melbourne University
Page : 792 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Nature
ISBN : UCR:31210005542863

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The Atlas of Australian Birds by Margaret Blakers,S. J. J. F. Davies,Pauline N. Reilly Pdf