Bring Back The Birds

Author : American Bird Conservancy
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1680512110

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Bringing Back the Birds by American Bird Conservancy Pdf

Foreword by Jonathan Franzen Original poem by Margaret Atwood With species ranging from tiny iridescent-green hummingbirds to giant, gangly flightless rheas, the Americas feature an astonishing array of birds that rely upon the region's tremendous diversity of habitats. That reliance may be very localized or it may reach across continents: Swainson's Thrushes travel from South America all the way to Alaska, while certain grebes spend their entire lives on a single lake. Treasured songbirds feed at northern backyard feeders yet often arrive from points far to the south. The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) works across the Americas with a goal to have birds routinely prioritized in all land-use and policy decision-making. Bringing Back the Birds showcases these efforts, alongside the stunning photography of Owen Deutsch and eloquent essays from renowned experts in the field: Peter P. Marra, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center; researchers Kimberly and Kenn Kaufman; John W. Fitzpatrick, Cornell Lab of Ornithology; and Mike Parr, EJ Williams, and Clare Nielsenof ABC.

Author : Matt Sewell
Publisher : Random House
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781473583481

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Save Our Birds by Matt Sewell Pdf

The Banksy of The Bird World shares simple wisdom to help the birds we love to thrive. Bestselling author and illustrator, Matt Sewell, is back with his most inspirational book yet. Save Our Birds is a celebration of our endangered birds and call to arms for bird-lovers of all ages to help protect them. Matt has created new, beautiful watercolour artworks of Britain's most loved birds, and their habitats, all of which are sadly on the Red List - the respected, international guide to endangered species. Sewell provides a wealth of practical advice on how we can protect them from extinction. Explore cities, coastlands, woodlands and farms, leaving no habitat unexplored around the British Isles. From bird-friendly window boxes to community projects, discover the steps you can take, actions both big and small, to save our birds.

Author : Steve N. G. Howell,Kirk Zufelt
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780691175010

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Oceanic Birds of the World by Steve N. G. Howell,Kirk Zufelt Pdf

A state-of-the-art photographic field guide to the world's oceanic birds Oceanic birds are among the most remarkable but least known of all birds, living at sea, far from the sight of most people. They offer unusual identification challenges—many species look similar and it can be difficult to get good views of fast-flying birds from a moving boat. The first field guide to the world's oceanic birds in more than two decades, this exciting and authoritative book draws on decades of firsthand experience on the open seas. It features clear text filled with original insights and new information and more than 2,200 carefully chosen color images that bring the ocean and its remarkable winged inhabitants to life. Never before have oceanic birds been presented in such an accessible and comprehensive way. The introduction discusses the many recent developments in seabird taxonomy, which are incorporated into the species accounts, and these accounts are arranged into groups that aid field identification. Each group and species complex has an introductory overview of its identification challenges, illustrated with clear comparative photos. The text describes flight manner, plumage variation related to age and molt, seasonal occurrence patterns, migration routes, and many other features. The result is an indispensable guide for exploring birding's last great frontier. A comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible guide to oceanic birds Covers more than 270 species Includes more than 2,200 color photos with concise captions noting key features Features careful species comparisons, overviews of the latest taxonomy, tips on how to observe and ID birds at sea, and much more

Author : Elizabeth Gehrman
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780807010785

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Rare Birds by Elizabeth Gehrman Pdf

The inspiring story of David Wingate, a living legend among birders, who brought the Bermuda petrel back from presumed extinction Rare Birds is a tale of obsession, of hope, of fighting for redemption against incredible odds. It is the story of how Bermuda’s David Wingate changed the world—or at least a little slice of it—despite the many voices telling him he was crazy to try. This tiny island in the middle of the North Atlantic was once the breeding ground for millions of Bermuda petrels. Also known as cahows, the graceful and acrobatic birds fly almost nonstop most of their lives, drinking seawater and sleeping on the wing. But shortly after humans arrived here, more than three centuries ago, the cahows had vanished, eaten into extinction by the country’s first settlers. Then, in the early 1900s, tantalizing hints of the cahows’ continued existence began to emerge. In 1951, an American ornithologist and a Bermudian naturalist mounted a last-ditch effort to find the birds that had come to seem little more than a legend, bringing a teenage Wingate—already a noted birder—along for the ride. When the stunned scientists pulled a blinking, docile cahow from deep within a rocky cliffside, it made headlines around the world—and told Wingate what he was put on this earth to do. Starting with just seven nesting pairs of the birds, Wingate would devote his life to giving the cahows the chance they needed in their centuries-long struggle for survival — battling hurricanes, invasive species, DDT, the American military, and personal tragedy along the way. It took six decades of obsessive dedication, but the cahow, still among the rarest of seabirds, has reached the hundred-pair mark and continues its nail-biting climb to repopulation. And Wingate has seen his dream fulfilled as the birds returned to Nonsuch, an island habitat he hand-restored for them plant-by-plant in anticipation of this day. His passion for resuscitating this “Lazarus species” has made him an icon among birders, and his story is an inspiring celebration of the resilience of nature, the power of persistence, and the value of going your own way.

Author : Susan Stockdale
Publisher : Holiday House
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781682635919

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Bring On the Birds by Susan Stockdale Pdf

Brightly colored, richly textured illustrations and an energetic rhyming text introduce young readers to birds and their unique qualities. Birds come in all sorts of interesting shapes, sizes, and colors—and many of them can do amazing things as well. From the Blue-footed Booby to the Red-billed Oxpecker, the breadth of bird life depicted in this stunning book will captivate young ornithologists. Susan Stockdale's bold colors and crisp, clean lines capture the reader's attention and introduce us to a remarkable world filled with distinctive creatures. An afterword identifies each animal and tells a little bit about it and where it lives.

Author : Jon Young
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780547451251

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What the Robin Knows by Jon Young Pdf

How understanding bird language and behavior can help us to see more wildlife.

Author : Fenton Johnson
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780813166612

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The Man Who Loved Birds by Fenton Johnson Pdf

Having taken great risks—to immigrate to America, to take monastic vows—Bengali physician Meena Chatterjee and Brother Flavian are each seeking safety and security when they encounter Johnny Faye, a Vietnam vet, free spirit, and expert marijuana farmer. Amid the fields and forests of a Trappist monastery, Johnny Faye patiently cultivates Meena's and Flavian's capacity for faith, transforming all they thought they knew about duty and desire. In turn they offer him an experience of civilization other than war and chaos. But Johnny Faye's law-breaking sets him against a district attorney for whom the law is a tool for ambition rather than justice. Their confrontation leads to a harrowing reckoning that ensnares Dr. Chatterjee and Brother Flavian, who must make a life-or-death choice between an act of justice that may precipitate their ruin or a betrayal that offers salvation. Inspired by the real-life state police kidnapping and murder of a legendary storyteller and petty criminal, The Man Who Loved Birds engages pressing contemporary issues through a timeless narrative of ill-fated romance. Celebrated author Fenton Johnson has woven a seamless, haunting fable exploring the eternal conflicts between free will and destiny, politics and nature, the power of law and the power of love.

Author : Derek Gow
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781645021339

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Birds, Beasts and Bedlam by Derek Gow Pdf

‘Gow reinvents what it means to be a guardian of the countryside.’—The Guardian ‘Gow has a fire in his belly. We need more like him.’—BBC Wildlife magazine Birds, Beasts and Bedlam recounts the adventures of farmer-turned-rewilder Derek Gow, who is saving Britain’s much-loved but dangerously threatened species, from the water vole to beaver, wildcat to white stork, and tree frog to glow worm. Derek tells us all about the realities of rewilding; how he reared delicate roe deer and a sofa-loving wild boar piglet, moved a raging bison bull across the country, got bitten by a Scottish wildcat, returned honking skeins of graylag geese to the land and water that was once theirs, and restored the white stork to the Knepp Estate with Charlie Burrell and Isabella Tree. Derek’s first book, Bringing Back the Beaver, was a riotously funny and subversive account of his single-handed reintroduction of the beaver in Britain. Birds, Beasts and Bedlam, a natural successor to Gerald Durrell’s A Zoo in My Luggage, tells the story of Derek’s rewilding journey and his work to save many more species by transforming his Devon farm into a wildlife breeding center. He now houses beavers, white storks, water voles, lynx, wildcats, and harvest mice, with the aim of releasing them into the wild one day. Tearing down fences literally and metaphorically, Derek Gow is the one person with the character and strength of will to defy authority, bend the rules—and save our wildlife. ‘The radical rewilder.’—The Times ‘Derek Gow wants his farm to be a breeding colony, a seedbed for a denuded island.’—The New Yorker

Author : Helen Macdonald
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780735235519

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Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SILVER MEDALIST for the National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History Literature From the bestselling author of H is for Hawk, a brilliant and insightful work about our relationship to the natural world Our world is a fascinating place, teeming not only with natural wonders that defy description, but complex interactions that create layers of meaning. Helen Macdonald is gifted with a special lens that seems to peer right through it all, and she shares her insights--at times startling, nostalgic, weighty, or simply entertaining--in this masterful collection of essays. From reflections on science fiction to the true story of an Iranian refugee's flight to the UK, Macdonald has a truly omnivorous taste when it comes to observations of both the banal and sublime. Peppered throughout are reminisces of her own life, from her strange childhood in an estate owned by the Theosophical Society to watching total eclipses of the sun, visits to Uzbek solar power plants, eccentric English country shows, and desert hunting camps in the Gulf States. These essays move from personal experiences into wider meditations about love and loss and how we build the world around us. Whether more journalistic in tone, or literary--even formally experimental--each piece is generous, lyrical, and speaks to one another. Macdonald creates a strong thematic undertow that quietly takes the reader along piece to piece and sets them down, finally, at a place they've never been before.

Author : Russell Greenberg,Jamie Reaser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1995-10-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0788157418

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Bring Back the Birds by Russell Greenberg,Jamie Reaser Pdf

Your favorite songbirds are disappearing from our forests & meadows at alarming rates. The environmental threats to birds are many. Their breeding habitats are turning into subdivisions. The forests where they winter in Central & South Amer. are being cut. This book includes profiles of 159 species, highlighting their food & habitat needs in both wintering & breeding grounds. Plus, the migratory routes these birds fly are clearly mapped. You will find all the information you need to work for recovery in the following ways: beginning at home; assisting researchers; & taking political action. Also contains exquisite B&W portraits by noted bird artists.

Author : Charles Robert Bree
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Birds
ISBN : NYPL:33433011016445

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A History of the Birds of Europe, Not Observed in the British Isles by Charles Robert Bree Pdf

Author : Christopher M. Perrins,David Attenborough,Norman Arlott
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0292755325

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New Generation Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe by Christopher M. Perrins,David Attenborough,Norman Arlott Pdf

Identifies 429 species, describes the life, physical structure, and behavior of birds, and discusses breeding, feeding, migration, nests, eggs, and territories.

Author : Charles Robert Bree
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783382302962

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A History of the Birds of Europe by Charles Robert Bree Pdf

Reprint of the original. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Author : Deborah M. Finch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Bird populations
ISBN : MINN:31951D030011078

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Status and Management of Neotropical Migratory Birds by Deborah M. Finch Pdf

Author : Alistair MacLeod
Publisher : New Canadian Library
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781551995458

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As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Stories by Alistair MacLeod Pdf

The superbly crafted stories collected in Alistair MacLeod’s As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Stories depict men and women acting out their “own peculiar mortality” against the haunting landscape of Cape Breton Island. In a voice at once elegiac and life-affirming, MacLeod describes a vital present inhabited by the unquiet spirits of a Highland past, invoking memory and myth to celebrate the continuity of the generations even in the midst of unremitting change. His second collection, As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Stories confirms MacLeod’s international reputation as a storyteller of rare talent and inspiration.