Bird Lore

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1940
Category : Birds
ISBN : UOM:39015001475634

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Bird Lore by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Birds
ISBN : PRNC:32101074883925

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Bird-lore by Anonim Pdf

Vols. 5-28 include its educational leaflets.

Author : Mark V. Barrow, Jr.
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780691234656

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A Passion for Birds by Mark V. Barrow, Jr. Pdf

In the decades following the Civil War--as industrialization, urbanization, and economic expansion increasingly reshaped the landscape--many Americans began seeking adventure and aesthetic gratification through avian pursuits. By the turn of the century, hundreds of thousands of middle-and upper-class devotees were rushing to join Audubon societies, purchase field guides, and keep records of the species they encountered in the wild. Mark Barrow vividly reconstructs this story not only through the experiences of birdwatchers, collectors, conservationists, and taxidermists, but also through those of a relatively new breed of bird enthusiast: the technically oriented ornithologist. In exploring how ornithologists struggled to forge a discipline and profession amidst an explosion of popular interest in natural history, A Passion for Birds provides the first book-length history of American ornithology from the death of John James Audubon to the Second World War. Barrow shows how efforts to form a scientific community distinct from popular birders met with only partial success. The founding of the American Ornithologists' Union in 1883 and the subsequent expansion of formal educational and employment opportunities in ornithology marked important milestones in this campaign. Yet by the middle of the twentieth century, when ornithology had finally achieved the status of a modern profession, its practitioners remained dependent on the services of birdwatchers and other amateur enthusiasts. Environmental issues also loom large in Barrow's account as he traces areas of both cooperation and conflict between ornithologists and wildlife conservationists. Recounting a colorful story based on the interactions among a wide variety of bird-lovers, this book will interest historians of science, environmental historians, ornithologists, birdwatchers, and anyone curious about the historical roots of today's birding boom.

Author : Rachel Warren Chadd,Marianne Taylor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781472922878

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Birds: Myth, Lore and Legend by Rachel Warren Chadd,Marianne Taylor Pdf

The stories, myths and legends associated with more than 80 kinds of birds from around the world. Why are owls regarded either as wise or as harbingers of doom? What gave rise to the fanciful belief that storks bring babies? Why is the eagle associated with victory or the hummingbird with paradise? The answers are here in this engaging book. By re-telling the many legends, beliefs, proverbs and predictions associated with more than 80 birds from many nations, it brings into focus the close – and often ancient – links between humans and these remarkable feathered descendants of dinosaurs. Discover, for instance: - Why the cockerel features on many church spires - The one sacred bird that symbolises life and peace in most cultures - How to dispel bad luck if you see a certain black-and-white bird - The South American 'devil bird' once thought to be a dragon Birds: Myth, Lore and Legend draws on historical accounts and scientific literature to reveal how colourful tales or superstitions were shaped by human imagination based on each bird's behaviour or appearance. It offers a fresh and enchanting perspective on birds across the world.

Author : Graeme Gibson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1526633671

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The Bedside Book of Birds by Graeme Gibson Pdf

Author : Ira N. Gabrielson,Stanley G. Jewett
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-20
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780557686490

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Birds of Oregon by Ira N. Gabrielson,Stanley G. Jewett Pdf

From Foreward: Lovers of the great out-of-doors, as well as those scientifically inclined, are to be felicitated upon the publication of The Birds of Oregon by Gabrielson and Jewett. For forty years these men patiently and painstakingly assembled the material for this imposing and delightful book. They brought to the task a wealth of experience and of scientific knowledge. They covered the state from the Columbia to Goose Lake and from the Pacific Ocean to the Snake River. By personal contact they know Oregon from sea level to the summit of Mt. Hood. They transferred from nature's book to the printed page some of nature's most interesting and beautiful expressions.

Author : Quintero Toro, Camilo
Publisher : Ediciones Uniandes-Universidad de los Andes
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789586957960

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Birds of empire, birds of nation : a history of science, economy, and conservation in United States-Colombia relations by Quintero Toro, Camilo Pdf

This book reveals the history behind the trade of Colombian birds as a means of comprehending the scientific, economic and environmental relations between the United States and Colombia from the 1880s to the 1960s. Through the study of the feather trade, scientific expeditions, scientific communities and nature conservation, the author brings to light how international relations and national agendas shaped the study and perception of nature in both countries during those years.

Author : United States. Bureau of Biological Survey,Arthur Holmes Howell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1924
Category : Birds
ISBN : UOM:39015067352677

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Birds of Alabama by United States. Bureau of Biological Survey,Arthur Holmes Howell Pdf

Author : Douglas Carlson
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780292752856

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Roger Tory Peterson by Douglas Carlson Pdf

Beginning with his 1934 Field Guide to the Birds, Roger Tory Peterson introduced literally millions of people to the pleasures of observing birds in the wild. His field guide, which has gone through five editions and sold more than four million copies, fostered an appreciation for the natural world that set the stage for the contemporary environmental movement. When Rachel Carson's Silent Spring sounded a warning about the threat to birds and their habitats in the 1960s, the Peterson field guides had already prepared the public and the scientific community to heed the warning and fight to save habitat and protect endangered species—a result that Peterson wholeheartedly approved. In this authoritative, highly readable biography of Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996), Douglas Carlson creates a fascinating portrait of the complex, often conflicted man behind the brand name. He describes how Peterson's obsession with birds began in boyhood and continued throughout a multifaceted career as a painter, writer, educator, environmentalist, and photographer. Carlson traces Peterson's long struggle to become both an accomplished bird artist and a scientific naturalist—competing goals that drove Peterson to work to the point of exhaustion and that also deprived him of many aspects of a normal personal life. Carlson also records Peterson's many lasting achievements, from the phenomenal success of the field guides, to the bird paintings that brought him renown as "the twentieth century's Audubon," to the establishment of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute to carry on his work in conservation and education.

Author : Robert W. Cherny,Mary Ann Irwin,Ann Marie Wilson
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780803235038

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California Women and Politics by Robert W. Cherny,Mary Ann Irwin,Ann Marie Wilson Pdf

In 1911 as progressivism moved toward its zenith, the state of California granted women the right to vote. However, women?s political involvement in California?s public life did not begin with suffrage, nor did it end there. ø Across the state, women had been deeply involved in politics long before suffrage, and?although their tactics and objectives changed?they remained deeply involved thereafter. California Women and Politics examines the wide array of women?s public activism from the 1850s to 1929?including the temperance movement, moral reform, conservation,øtrade unionism, settlement work, philanthropy, wartime volunteerism, and more?and reveals unexpected contours to women?s politics in California. The contributors consider not only white middle-class women?s organizing but also the politics of working-class women and women of color, emphasizing that there was not one monolithic ?women?s agenda,? but rather a multiplicity of women?s voices demanding recognition for a variety of causes.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Birds
ISBN : CORNELL:31924090318548

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CPSU/UH Avian History Report by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1610750314

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Arkansas Birds, Thier Distribution and Abundance (c) by Anonim Pdf

Arkansas Birds fills a space too long empty on the shelves of ornithologists and students alike, of naturalists, wildlife and conservation groups, bird and garden club enthusiasts, artists, and those dedicated people who may be all of these. The authors have drawn upon a wide range of sources, from prehistoric Indian sites to present-day field observation, to cover ever species of wild bird recorded in Arkansas. Accounts of such extinct species as the Carolina Parakeet keep us from taking for granted even the Northern Bobwhite and other common modern species. Early chapters introduce the reader to the habitats favored by various species; full descriptions are accompanied by line drawings and color photos. Arkansas Birds serves both as a quick reference and a general historical review. A discussion of the Bald Eagle traces its history from bones found in Indian burials, through Audubon's early observations, to modern population declines and successful observation efforts. This attractive and accessible volume is a guide long-awaited by both the professional student of birds and the amateur with a backyard feeder.--Jacket.

Author : Carolyn Merchant
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136653155

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Earthcare by Carolyn Merchant Pdf

Written by one of the leading thinkers in environmentalism, Earthcare brings together Merchant's existing work on the topic of women and the environment as well as updated and new essays. Earthcare looks at age-old historical associations of women with nature, beginning with Eve and continuing through to environmental activists of today, women's commitment to environmental conservation, and the problematic assumptions of women as caregivers and men as dominating nature.

Author : Frank M. Chapman
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781465542755

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Bird-Lore by Frank M. Chapman Pdf

Author : Daniel J. Philippon
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 082032759X

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Conserving Words by Daniel J. Philippon Pdf

Conserving Words looks at five authors of seminal works of nature writing who also founded or revitalized important environmental organizations: Theodore Roosevelt and the Boone and Crockett Club, Mabel Osgood Wright and the National Audubon Society, John Muir and the Sierra Club, Aldo Leopold and the Wilderness Society, and Edward Abbey and Earth First! These writers used powerfully evocative and galvanizing metaphors for nature, metaphors that Daniel J. Philippon calls “conserving” words: frontier (Roosevelt), garden (Wright), park (Muir), wilderness (Leopold), and utopia (Abbey). Integrating literature, history, biography, and philosophy, this ambitious study explores how “conserving” words enabled narratives to convey environmental values as they explained how human beings should interact with the nonhuman world.