The Eastern Curlew

Author : Harry Sadler
Publisher : Affirm Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-31
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781925712995

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The Eastern Curlew by Harry Sadler Pdf

Every year around August, large flocks of Eastern Curlews leave their breeding grounds in the Arctic and embark on a perilous 10,000km journey to the coast of Australia. The birds cannot swim; if they become exhausted and fall into the ocean, they die. But it?s a journey they have taken for tens of thousands of years, tracing invisible flyways in the sky in what is one of the most spectacular mass migrations in the animal kingdom. Following the Eastern Curlew along its migratory path, award-winning nature writer Harry Saddler explores how these incredible birds have impressed themselves on the cultures of the countries they fly through, the threat to their survival posed by development, and the remarkable ways these birds and humankind may be entwined. The Eastern Curlew is a delightful and vivid portrait of a fascinating natural phenomenon.

Author : Harry Curlew
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1925870839

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The Eastern Curlew by Harry Curlew Pdf

Every year around July, large flocks of Eastern Curlews leave their breeding grounds in the Arctic and embark on a perilous 10,000 kilometre journey to the coast of Australia. The birds cannot swim; if they become exhausted and fall into the ocean, they die. But it's a journey they have made for tens of thousands of years, tracing invisible flyways in the sky in what is one of the most spectacular mass migrations in the animal kingdom. Following the eastern curlew along its migratory path, award-winning nature writer Harry Saddler explores how these incredible birds have impressed themselves on the cultures of the countries they fly through, the threat to their survival posed by development, and the complex ways these birds may be entwined with humankind. The Eastern Curlew is a delightful and vivid portrait of a fascinating natural phenomenon.

Author : Harry Saddler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-31
Category : Birds
ISBN : 1925584216

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The Eastern Curlew by Harry Saddler Pdf

Every year around August, large flocks of Eastern Curlews leave their breeding grounds in the Arctic and embark on a perilous 10,000km journey to the coast of Australia. The birds cannot swim; if they become exhausted and fall into the ocean, they die. But it's a journey they have taken for tens of thousands of years, tracing invisible flyways in the sky in what is one of the most spectacular mass migrations in the animal kingdom.Following the Eastern Curlew along its migratory path, award-winning nature writer Harry Saddler explores how these incredible birds have impressed themselves on the cultures of the countries they fly through, the threat to their survival posed by development, and the remarkable ways these birds and humankind may be entwined. THE EASTERN CURLEW is a delightful and vivid portrait of a fascinating natural phenomenon.

Author : Katrina Logan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0980616298

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The Call of the Far Eastern Curlew by Katrina Logan Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556030608921

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Colville National Forest (N.F.), East Curlew Creek Analysis Area by Anonim Pdf

Author : Andrew Darby
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781643135779

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Flight Lines by Andrew Darby Pdf

A trans-world journey with an extraorindary shorebird—from Australia's southern ocean to the Arctic and back—that explores the mysteries of the natural world and its power to heal. As the sun lowered and turned Gulf St Vincent fiery, they each called a high-pitched 'peeooowiii!', flashed their black wing-pits, spread their tail skirts and took flight... In a luminous new boook, Andrew Darby follows the odysseys of two seemingly-humble Grey Plovers, little-known migratory shorebirds, as they take previously uncharted ultramarathon flights from the southern coast of Australia to Arctic breeding grounds. On these death-defying flights they dodge predators, typhoons, exhaustion, and countless other dangers before they can breed...and then survive the jrouney all over again and return south to their feeding grounds. But the greatest threat to these, and other long-distance migrants on the flyway, is China's "dragon economy," which is engulfing their vital Yellow Sea staging spots. In Flight Lines, we meet the dedicated people of all nationalities and backgrounds working to save these intrepid birds, from Russia to Alaska, from the rim of the Arctic Sea to the coasts of the Southern Ocean. Out of their hard-won science Darby finds hope for the birds—an unexpected bright light for our times. But his journey to understand these marvellous birds almost ends when he is suddenly diagnosed with an incurable cancer. Then he finds science coming to his rescue too, as his own story and the journey of these little birds intersect in an unexpected and beautiful way.

Author : Sue Taylor
Publisher : National Library Australia
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780642277657

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John Gould's Extinct and Endangered Birds of Australia by Sue Taylor Pdf

In 1838, John Gould, the 'father of Australian ornithology' visited Australia with the intention of gathering material for his great work on Australian birds. In the resulting publication, The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes (1848), and the accompanying Supplement (1869), Gould named, for the first time, no fewer than 32 Australian bird species. Gould's words about the Norfolk Island Kaka were prophetic-the last bird of its kind died in a cage in London in 1851. Since then, a number of other species illustrated in The Birds of Australia have become extinct and others are now facing extinction. John Gould's Extinct and Endangered Birds of Australia features 59 plates of birds from Gould's eight-volume work, birds that today are threatened or that no longer exist. Featuring exquisite full-colour lithographs reproduced from the National Library of Australia's copy of The Birds of Australia, this book gives an insight into the history of each bird's European discovery, as well as its subsequent fortunes or misfortunes.

Author : Harry Saddler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : 0369375602

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Questions Raised by Quolls by Harry Saddler Pdf

When Harry Saddler first encountered a quoll while camping as a boy, he was struck by the beauty of the timid creature who had emerged from the bush, sniffing for dinner. As Harry frantically snapped a photo, the agile-spotted quoll stole his fruitcake and disappeared into the undergrowth. That blurry photo records the only time Harry would see a quoll in the wild. After years of habitat destruction, the species is now on the brink of extinction and Harry, contemplating fatherhood, aches for the absence of all the species lost to children born today. Questions Raised By Quolls is an eloquent examination of extinction and conservation set against the backdrop of global climate change. From his own family lineage, Harry reveals how the prosperity of the human race runs parallel with the decline of the natural world. Evocative and challenging, this eulogy to lost species will force you to question your place in the vast interconnected web of life.

Author : Daryl McPhee
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781486307234

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Environmental History and Ecology of Moreton Bay by Daryl McPhee Pdf

The south-east Queensland region is currently experiencing the most rapid urbanisation in Australia. This growth in human population, industry and infrastructure puts pressure on the unique and diverse natural environment of Moreton Bay. Much loved by locals and holiday-goers, Moreton Bay is also an important biogeographic region because its coral reefs, seagrass beds, mangroves and saltmarshes provide a supportive environment for both tropical and temperate species. The bay supports a large number of species of global conservation significance, including marine turtles, dugongs, dolphins, whales and migratory shorebirds, which use the area for feeding or breeding. Environmental History and Ecology of Moreton Bay provides an interdisciplinary examination of Moreton Bay, increasing understanding of existing and emerging pressures on the region and how these may be mitigated and managed. With chapters on the bay's human uses by Aboriginal peoples and later settlers, its geology, water quality, marine habitats and animal communities, and commercial and recreational fisheries, this book will be of value to students in the marine sciences, environmental consultants, policy-makers and recreational fishers.

Author : Mary Colwell
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780008241063

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Curlew Moon by Mary Colwell Pdf

‘Focuses a razor light on the plight of one of our most iconic birds. Inspirational!’ Tim Birkhead Curlews are Britain’s largest wading bird, known for their evocative calls which embody wild places; they provoke a range of emotions that many have expressed in poetry, art and music.

Author : Ted Floyd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781426220036

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How to Know the Birds by Ted Floyd Pdf

"In this elegant narrative, celebrated naturalist Ted Floyd guides you through a year of becoming a better birder. Choosing 200 top avian species to teach key lessons, Floyd introduces a new, holistic approach to bird watching and shows how to use the tools of the 21st century to appreciate the natural world we inhabit together whether city, country or suburbs." -- From book jacket.

Author : Andrew Geering,Lindsay Agnew,Sandra Harding
Publisher : Csiro
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0643092269

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Shorebirds of Australia by Andrew Geering,Lindsay Agnew,Sandra Harding Pdf

Brings together the latest information about the behavior and biology of waders, and how they are distributed on the Australian coast. Describes and illustrates more than 50 species, and provides an essential resource for ornithologists and professionals making decisions about conservation and land use practices.

Author : Clive Finlayson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781408137314

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Avian survivors by Clive Finlayson Pdf

Using a fresh approach that classifies birds according to their bioclimatic characteristics, Clive Finlayson views the history and distribution of Palearctic birds from a radical new angle. History and chance events play a central role in a story that has its origins before the asteroid impact that finished off the dinosaurs. In this book, Finlayson shows that the avifauna of the Palearctic long predates the glaciations of the last two million years, and had established itself gradually during the turbulent times of the Miocene and Pliocene, the lifting of Tibet and the drying of the continents having a major influence on these birds. Those that made it to the start of the glaciations were equipped to deal with whatever the climate could throw at them. They were the avian survivors, and they are still here with us today. Packed with figures and with a rich colour section, Avian Survivors tells the definitive story of the birds of the Palearctic, across space and time.

Author : Royal Society of Tasmania
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015035505927

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Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings and Report by Royal Society of Tasmania Pdf

Vols.for 1878,1879,1881,1884 contain "List of fellows and members."

Author : Royal Society of Tasmania
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044106281777

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Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania by Royal Society of Tasmania Pdf