Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Birds
ISBN : STANFORD:36105008331972
The Auk
Anonim
The Auk
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The Great Auk
Errol Fuller
Author : Errol Fuller
Publisher : Bunker Hill Publishing, Inc.
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1593730039
The Great Auk by Errol Fuller Pdf
A seabird whose extinction was entirely the work of humankind, the last two recorded great auk's were killed on June 3, 1844. This book pays homage to this incredible species.
The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk
Jan Thornhill
Author : Jan Thornhill
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781554989928
The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk by Jan Thornhill Pdf
For hundreds of thousands of years, Great Auks thrived. And then they were gone ... For hundreds of thousands of years Great Auks thrived in the icy seas of the North Atlantic, bobbing on the waves, diving for fish and struggling up onto rocky shores to mate and hatch their fluffy chicks. But by 1844, not a single one of these magnificent birds was alive. In this stunningly illustrated non-fiction picture book, award-winning author and illustrator Jan Thornhill tells the tragic story of these birds that “weighed as much as a sack of potatoes and stood as tall as a preteen’s waist.” Their demise came about in part because of their anatomy. They could swim swiftly underwater, but their small wings meant they couldn’t fly and their feet were so far back on their bodies, they couldn’t walk very well. Still the birds managed to escape their predators much of the time ... until humans became seafarers. Great Auks were pursued first by Vikings, then by Inuit, Beothuk and finally European hunters. Their numbers rapidly dwindled. They became collectors’ items — their skins were stuffed for museums, to be displayed along with their beautiful eggs. (There are some amazing stories about these stuffed auks — one was stolen from a German museum during WWII by Russian soldiers; another was flown to Iceland and given a red-carpet welcome at the airport.) Although undeniably tragic, the final demise of the Great Auk led to the birth of the conservation movement. Laws were eventually passed to prevent the killing of birds during the nesting season, and similar laws were later extended to other wildlife species. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.3 Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
Who Killed the Great Auk?
Jeremy Gaskell
Author : Jeremy Gaskell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0198564783
Who Killed the Great Auk? by Jeremy Gaskell Pdf
"Who Killed the Great Auk? takes us on a tour of some of the wildest and most remote communities on earth. We travel with Audubon to Labrador, sail to the remote Scottish island of St. Kilda, experience the hardship of life in the Newfoundland colonies, and follow the peregrinations of intrepid naturalists as they put to sea in search of the very last of the Great Auks."--Jacket.
Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1118 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Ornithology
ISBN : UIUC:30112009231843
Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club by Anonim Pdf
Miscellaneous Circular
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 820 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UIUC:30112048315854
Miscellaneous Circular by Anonim Pdf
The Great Auk
John Henry Gurney
Author : John Henry Gurney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Auks
ISBN : HARVARD:32044107161481
The Great Auk by John Henry Gurney Pdf
Report of the Assistant Director and of the Curators of the U.S. National Museum
United States National Museum
Author : United States National Museum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Science
ISBN : MSU:31293008364444
Report of the Assistant Director and of the Curators of the U.S. National Museum by United States National Museum Pdf
Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents
Author : Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1126 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Science
ISBN : BSB:BSB11546796
Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution by Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents Pdf
Report on the Progress and Condition of the United States National Museum
United States National Museum
Author : United States National Museum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1136 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Science
ISBN : UCAL:$B523394
Report on the Progress and Condition of the United States National Museum by United States National Museum Pdf
An Account of the Decline of the Great Auk, According to One Who Saw It
Jessie Greengrass
Author : Jessie Greengrass
Publisher : JM Originals
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473610866
An Account of the Decline of the Great Auk, According to One Who Saw It by Jessie Greengrass Pdf
WINNER OF THE EDGE HILL SHORT STORY PRIZE 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES/PFD YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2016 'Greengrass is undoubtedly that rare thing, a genuinely new and assured voice in prose. Her work is precise, properly moving, quirky and heartfelt' A. L. Kennedy The twelve stories in this startling collection range over centuries and across the world. There are stories about those who are lonely, or estranged, or out of time. There are hauntings, both literal and metaphorical; and acts of cruelty and neglect but also of penance. Some stories concern themselves with the present, and the mundane circumstances in which people find themselves: a woman who feels stuck in her life imagines herself in different jobs - as a lighthouse keeper in Wales, or as a guard against polar bears in a research station in the Arctic. Some stories concern themselves with the past: a sixteenth-century alchemist and doctor, whose arrogance blinds him to people's dissatisfaction with their lives until he experiences it himself. Finally, in the title story, a sailor gives his account - violent, occasionally funny and certainly tragic - of the decline of the Great Auk.
Great Auk Islands; a field biologist in the Arctic
Tim Birkhead
Author : Tim Birkhead
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781408137840
Great Auk Islands; a field biologist in the Arctic by Tim Birkhead Pdf
A book for professional and amateur ornithologists, students in ecology and animal behaviour. The Arctic is one of the world's last great wildernesses: a place of outstanding beauty, history and extraordinary wildlife in which seabirds form an important component of a rich, marine environment. Like many other remote regions, it is under threat from human activities, but to protect it we need to understand it. That understanding can come only through scientific research and the central threat of this book is to examine how such research is actually done. It describes the business of conducting biological studies on seabirds in remote parts of eastern Canada. Several themes are engagingly interwoven: the sheer beauty of the Arctic environment, the intriguing biology of its wildlife, and the discovery and exploitation of enormous seabird colonies, including the destruction of the Great Auk. Tim Birkhead describes in personal detail the different facets of research and brings to life both the difficulties and the excitement of working in the Arctic. What is it like setting up a camp for four months on a remote and uninhabited island not far from the North Pole? How does it feel to commute daily by inflatable boat amidst icebergs to study-areas located on towering cliffs, set between ice-blue glaciers? What do you do when a Polar bear decides that you have invaded its Arctic home? Why are the seabird colonies in the high Arctic so enormous? What do we know about lifestyle of the extinct Great Auk? In 1992 Canada's legendary cod fishery was finally destroyed - what are the consequences of this for other wildlife? These are just a few of the questions dealt with in this book. Our future as a species depends upon science and the understanding it brings of the world we live in. The work of scientists often appears obscure, but in this book, Tim Birkhead has used his experience of seven summers in the Arctic to write an accessible and straightforward account of how research is actually done in the field. The text is enriched by David Quinn's illustrations, and by numerous photographs in both black and white, and colour.
The Auk
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Birds
ISBN : UCD:31175003523688
The Auk by Anonim Pdf
The Great Auk, or Garefowl
Symington Grieve
Author : Symington Grieve
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781108081474
The Great Auk, or Garefowl by Symington Grieve Pdf
This 1885 work collects together information on the extinct great auk, including its distribution, various names, and physical remains.
Annual Report
Smithsonian Institution
Author : Smithsonian Institution
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1236 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044092759240