The Peregrine Returns

Author : Mary Hennen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780226465562

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Peregrine falcons have their share of claims to fame. With a diving speed of over two hundred miles per hour, these birds of prey are the fastest animals on earth or in the sky, and they are now well known for adapting from life on rocky cliffs to a different kind of mountain: modern skyscrapers. But adaptability only helps so much. In 1951, there were no peregrines left in Illinois, for instance, and it looked as if the species would be wiped out entirely in North America. Today, however, peregrines are flourishing. In The Peregrine Returns, Mary Hennen gives wings to this extraordinary conservation success story. Drawing on the beautiful watercolors of Field Museum artist-in-residence Peggy Macnamara and photos by Field Museum research assistant Stephanie Ware, as well as her own decades of work with peregrines, Hennen uses a program in Chicago as a case study for the peregrines’ journey from their devastating decline to the discovery of its cause (a thinning of eggshells caused by a by-product of DDT), through to recovery, revealing how the urban landscape has played an essential role in enabling falcons to return to the wild—and how people are now learning to live in close proximity to these captivating raptors. Both a model for conservation programs across the country and an eye-opening look at the many creatures with which we share our homes, this richly illustrated story is an inspiring example of how urban architecture can serve not only our cities’ human inhabitants, but also their wild ones.

Author : Mary Hennen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780226465425

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"Published in Association with the Field Museum."

Author : Tom J. Cade,William A. Burnham,Pat Burnham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Nature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114348704

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Return of the Peregrine by Tom J. Cade,William A. Burnham,Pat Burnham Pdf

The book is intended for a non-scientific audience but does contain previously unpublished information, tables, and graphs plus an extensive literature cited section and a bibliography for Eastern and Midwestern Peregrine restoration publications from 1971-2000.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0153231211

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Return of the Peregrine Falcon by Anonim Pdf

Author : Derek Ratcliffe
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781408136836

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The Peregrine Falcon by Derek Ratcliffe Pdf

The first edition of The Peregrine Falcon was widely recognised as a classic of its kind, documenting not only the species' biology but also the sad tale of its decline due to the impact of pesticides. This extensively revised and enlarged second edition takes full account of important new developments in the story of this bird during the intervening 12 years. It reports one of the few notable successes in wildlife conservation: the full restoration of British and Irish Peregrine populations, and their appreciable recovery in other countries where numbers had also been greatly reduced by the impact of organochlorine pesticides. The pattern of increase in Britain has been extremely varied, from districts where numbers are now far higher than at any time in recorded history, to others where the bird is now at its lowest ebb. The examination of the reasons for these differences helps us to understand the most recent developments in the Peregrine saga. Particular attention has been paid to the recent major advances in our knowledge of Peregrine biology, such as its movements, population turnover, food and nesting habits. Many of the tables and figures have been revised and brought up to date so that this volume, like its predecessor, is once again by far the most detailed and readable reference on this most evocative of birds. Donald Watson's colour paintings, monochrome washes and line drawings, and the original photographs, illustrate the book as before. Cover illustration by Donald Watson.

Author : Andrew G. Gosler,Jeff A. Johnson,Ian Newton,William A. Burnham,Kurt K. Burnham
Publisher : Museum Tusculanum Press
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9788763539005

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The History and Range Expansion of Peregrine Falcons in the Thule Area, Northwest Greenland by Andrew G. Gosler,Jeff A. Johnson,Ian Newton,William A. Burnham,Kurt K. Burnham Pdf

This book covers the discovery and history of the most northern breeding population of Peregrine Falcons in the world, near Thule Air Base in northwest Greenland (75.9–77.6° N). Although the region was explored by scientific expeditions as early as 1818, Peregrines were not documented in the area until the 1930s. By the early 1990s the population had become well established, with a warming climate enabling Peregrines from further south to expand their breeding range northward. Here Burnham and his co-authors present their comprehensive findings on the biology and ecology of this population based on thirteen years of research from 1993 to 2005.

Author : Marie Laure
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666707632

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Return from Exile by Marie Laure Pdf

A true story of two women speaking from self-imposed exile. Separated by seven centuries and an ocean, their stories intersect when Marie Laure makes a solo pilgrimage. She wants to understand why Julian of Norwich lived from age fifty in a cell, an anchorage, attached to a church during the Black Death plague. Her own so-called anchorage is a river porch attached to a Florida townhouse. How had she ended up in quasi-exile? Trying to make sense of it, she writes, just as Julian wrote to understand what had happened in a near-death experience. Alone in Julian’s anchorage, Marie confronts words etched in stone: “Thou art enough for me.” The words nag at her. Truth is, she could not say those words. Why had she come? Her handwritten words, “For my heart to heal,” speak across time when read aloud in the anchorage by a priest. Upon returning home, a global pandemic shutters the world, throwing everyone into exile, creating distance and longing for reunion. This second book in Marie Laure’s Serendipity Series continues to follow explorers of serendipitous moments on the continuum of shared spiritual stories.

Author : Scott Weidensaul
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006-10-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781429931922

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Return to Wild America by Scott Weidensaul Pdf

In 1953, birding guru Roger Tory Peterson and noted British naturalist James Fisher set out on what became a legendary journey-a one hundred day trek over 30,000 miles around North America. They traveled from Newfoundland to Florida, deep into the heart of Mexico, through the Southwest, the Pacific Northwest, and into Alaska's Pribilof Islands. Two years later, Wild America, their classic account of the trip, was published. On the eve of that book's fiftieth anniversary, naturalist Scott Weidensaul retraces Peterson and Fisher's steps to tell the story of wild America today. How has the continent's natural landscape changed over the past fifty years? How have the wildlife, the rivers, and the rugged, untouched terrain fared? The journey takes Weidensaul to the coastal communities of Newfoundland, where he examines the devastating impact of the Atlantic cod fishery's collapse on the ecosystem; to Florida, where he charts the virtual extinction of the great wading bird colonies that Peterson and Fisher once documented; to the Mexican tropics of Xilitla, which have become a growing center of ecotourism since Fisher and Peterson's exposition. And perhaps most surprising of all, Weidensaul finds that much of what Peterson and Fisher discovered remains untouched by the industrial developments of the last fifty years. Poised to become a classic in its own right, Return to Wild America is a sweeping survey of the natural soul of North America today.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Law
ISBN : PSU:000063505887

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The Endangered Species Act and the Roles of States, Tribes, and Local Governments by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556030599682

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Peregrine Falcon Restoration in the Eastern United States, Draft Environmental Assessment (EA). by Anonim Pdf

Author : James T. Harris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Nature
ISBN : UCSC:32106007481739

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The Peregrine Falcon in Greenland by James T. Harris Pdf

Author : Olga Petri,Michael Guida
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000885859

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Winged Worlds by Olga Petri,Michael Guida Pdf

This edited collection explores our often-surprising modes of co-inhabiting the cultural and aerial worlds of birds. It focuses on our encounters with non-captive birds and the cultural geographies of feathered flight. This book offers a timely contribution to the more-than-human geographies of flight, space and territory. The chapters support an ethics of attention as a new basis for the conservation and cultivation of aerial habitats. Contributions adopt an interdisciplinary approach to the patterns of intrusion and escape that shape our encounters with birds and unsettle our traditionally terrestrial concepts of space. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of our shared lives with birds, ranging from scientific observation to the social media-enabled spectacle of co-habitation and spatial competition. Written in a thought-provoking style, this book seeks to address a dearth of critical perspectives on the cultural geographies of flight and its implications for the ways in which we understand common spaces around and above us in the context of any effort at conservation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Birds
ISBN : CORNELL:31924090314752

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The Peregrine Fund's Western Operation Report by Anonim Pdf

Author : William A. Burnham,William G. Mattox
Publisher : Museum Tusculanum Press
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Science
ISBN : 8763511622

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Biology of the Peregrine and Gyrfalcon in Greenland by William A. Burnham,William G. Mattox Pdf

A ten year study began in 1972 in West Greenland to investigate the breeding biology of the peregrine falcon. Data on nesting gyrfalcons were also collected. Thirty-four peregrine nesting sites were examined in the 6050 km2 inland study area near Søndre Strømfjord. Limited research also centered in Disko Bugt and Frederikshåb. Peregrines were found nesting predominantly on high, south-facing cliffs, which overlooked large areas. The mean minimum distance between peregrine eyries was 7.7 km for the inland area (1972 and 1973) and 55 km for the coast (1974). Approximately 60 percent of the inland nesting sites were occupied each year. A ten-year average production of 1.90 young per occupied site and 2.78 young per successful site was determined. Lapland longspurs, snow buntings, wheatears, and redpolls comprised 90 percent of the peregrines diet. Raven nests and prey availability may be the most significant factor affecting falcon density. Addled peregrine eggs, eggshell fragments, and peregrine prey species were collected. Whole eggs averaged 14.3 ppm wet weight (305 ppm lipid weight ) DDE, while eggshell measurements showed a 16 percent thinning compared with pre-1940 eggs from Greenland. Prey species carried low levels of DDE. The peregrine population appears to be at a near critical contamination level, and a small increase in DDE level could contribute to a population decline. No indication of a decline has been observed during the study, and the population appears stable. The project banded 185 peregrines, from which 8 recoveries occurred. The recoveries suggest peregrines migrate south to winter in South America.

Author : David Nobbs
Publisher : Random House
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473519398

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The Return Of Reginald Perrin by David Nobbs Pdf

This hilarious sequel to The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin follows his absurd trials and tribulations as he finds himself swept to fame and fortune.