The Snow Geece

Author : William Fiennes
Publisher : Pan Macmillan Adult
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-25
Category : Snow goose
ISBN : 1447275446

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The Snow Geece by William Fiennes Pdf

A beautiful and bestselling meditation on the meaning of home Winner of the Hawthornden Prize Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year One winter, after an enforced period of quiet, William Fiennes finds himself restless and yearning for adventure. Inspired by his reading about the migratory patterns of birds, he flies to Texas to find the million-strong flocks of snow geese and to follow them on their spring flight thousands of miles north to breeding grounds on the Arctic tundra. This mesmerizing book, already a classic, captures their journey with wisdom, humility and endless curiosity. It is a meditation on freedom of movement, on seeing the world anew, and on the joy of returning -- indefinably changed.

Author : Paul Gallico
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307789075

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Snow Goose by Paul Gallico Pdf

The moving wartime story of friendship and heroism, set against the dramatic backdrop of the World War II Battle of Dunkirk In the marshes of Essex, one of the last wild places left in England, a disfigured artist lives alone in an abandoned lighthouse. Shunned by society, he spends his days painting scenes of the coast and the birds that migrate to the meadowlands every winter. His days are solitary until one November afternoon, a young girl from a nearby village comes to his door carrying a wounded snow goose in her arms. The unlikely pair develop a friendship that deepens over the ensuing years, waiting together for the arrival of the birds every autumn. In 1940, with England at war, the birds depart early from the shores. The man, too, is called away by his duty as an Englishman to help evacuate the soldiers stranded on the beaches of Dunkirk. A moving tale of love, war, bravery, and sacrifice.

Author : Deborah King
Publisher : Orchard Books (NY)
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0531300889

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The Flight of the Snow Geese by Deborah King Pdf

Follows a flock of snow geese as they fly from their Arctic nesting ground to the New Mexico desert where they spend the winter.

Author : Juliet Waldron
Publisher : BWL Publishing Inc.
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781772994551

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Fly Away Snow Goose by Juliet Waldron Pdf

Yaotl and Sascho splashed along the shores of the behchà, spears hefted, watching for the flash of fin to rise to the surface and sparkle in the sunlight. Tender feelings, barely discovered, flushed their faces. Waving their spears they laughed and teased one another with sprays of newly melted ice water. In the distance, the warning about the kw'ahtıı sounds, but on this fatal day it goes unheard; Yaotl and Sascho fall into the hands of the Indian Agents. Transport to Fort Providence residential school is only the beginning of their ordeal, for the teachers believe it is their sworn duty to “kill the Indian inside.” All attempts at escape are severely punished, but Yaotl and Sascho, along with two others, will try, beginning a journey of 900 Kilometers along the Mackenzie River. Like wild geese, brave hearts together, they are homeward bound.

Author : Fred Cooke,Robert F. Rockwell,David B. Lank
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0198540647

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The Snow Geese of La Pérouse Bay by Fred Cooke,Robert F. Rockwell,David B. Lank Pdf

This unique title evaluates the results from one of the most significant long-term studies of birds in the late twentieth century. The authors evaluate the working of natural selection on Snow Goose plumage colour, seasonal timing of breeding, clutch size, egg size and body size.With information gathered over 26 years on 40,000 individually marked adult geese, 45,000 nests and more than 110,000 goslings at one colony in northern Manitoba, this work is a landmark in avian biology and population genetics.

Author : Anne Renaud
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Caribou hunting
ISBN : 1894965825

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Missuk's Snow Geese by Anne Renaud Pdf

In the far North a young girl named Missuk dreams of carving snow geese out of soapstone. Her father has promised to teach her when he returns from his hunt. But a fierce storm strikes. Fortunately, Missuk's special snow geese are waiting to guide him home.

Author : Paul A. Johnsgard
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1979-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0803275528

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Song of the North Wind by Paul A. Johnsgard Pdf

For centuries the snow goose has signified the passing seasons to the Indians?its white feathers a symbol of the breadth of life and a reminder of the roles the birds played as messengers between heaven and earth. The importance of the geese in these roles is attested by their prominence in Indian lore and myth. ø As a boy growing up in North Dakota, Paul A. Johnsgard measured his winters not by conventional time units, but in the days it took for the snow geese to return from their wintering grounds to Lake Traverse. In this book he recounts the story of one year in the life of a pair of snow geese-the incubation and breeding of the young in the Arctic, their hazardous migration to winter quarters near the Gulf of Mexico, and the spring migration back to the Arctic.

Author : Eric Rohmann,BookSource Staff
Publisher : Turtleback
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0606284303

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My Friend Rabbit and the Snow Geese by Eric Rohmann,BookSource Staff Pdf

On the first day of winter, the Gibble Goose Girls sulk when the snow has made their favorite outdoor activities impossible, so it's up to Rabbit and Mouse to prove that the cold season has its own charms. Simultaneous.

Author : Guy Baldassarre
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 1183 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781421408088

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Ducks, Geese, and Swans of North America by Guy Baldassarre Pdf

The best-selling and authoritative reference book on waterfowl has been fully revised and updated by one of the world’s most respected waterfowl biologists. Honorable Mention for the PROSE Award for Excellence, Multivolume/Science of the Association of American Publishers Ducks, Geese, and Swans of North America has been hailed as a classic since the first edition was published in 1942. A must-have for professional biologists, birders, waterfowl hunters, decoy collectors, and wildlife managers, this fully revised and updated edition provides definitive information on the continent's forty-six species. Maps of both winter and breeding ranges are presented with stunning images by top waterfowl photographers and the acclaimed original artwork of Robert W. (Bob) Hines. Originally authored by F. H. Kortright and later revised by Frank Bellrose, this latest edition, which has been meticulously updated by renowned waterfowl biologist Guy Baldassarre, continues the legacy of esteemed authors. Each species account contains in-depth sections on: • identification • distribution • migration behavior • habitat • population status • breeding biology • rearing of young • recruitment and survival • food habits and feeding ecology • molts and plumages • conservation and management To facilitate identification, the species accounts also include detailed illustrations of wings. An appendix contains comparative illustrations of ducklings, goslings, and cygnets. This edition of Ducks, Geese, and Swans consists of two volumes, printed in full color, and packaged in a slipcase, along with a CD containing references and additional maps.

Author : Mary Burns
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Anser
ISBN : 0774805757

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The Private Eye by Mary Burns Pdf

In The Private Eye we learn about snow geese through the eyes of Native people, scientists, artists, hunters, and farmers. Yup'ik Eskimo Charles Hunt harvests snow geese along the Yukon River delta each fall, continuing a subsistence way of life that has existed for millennia. Russian, Canadian, and US scientists track the movements of the geese each spring and fall, banding, sexing, counting, and precisely monitoring the activities of these beautiful birds. Robert Bateman provides an artist's view of nature and relates how his curiosity led him to join a camp set up at a remote nesting site. Mary Burns also talks to hunters, joining a party of them as they wait for their snow geese decoys to lure the real thing into a Westham Island field in the Fraser delta. To complete the experience she prepares snow geese for supper. As well, Burns travels around the Skagit River delta during a population survey and meets a dairy farmer who describes both the wild flocks that converge on his fields each spring and the snow geese he raises in pens. The Private Eye suggests that by acknowledging our many and varied connections with the natural world, we will have a better understanding of the human place in it.

Author : Victor E. Villaseñor
Publisher : Waterside Productions
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1958848646

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Snow Goose Global Thanksgiving by Victor E. Villaseñor Pdf

A Vision of World Harmony and Peace and Abundance for All We need a celebration for Worldwide Peace and Harmony - a day to rally around-a day of fun and joy. Snow Goose Global Thanksgiving inspires us to take our U. S. celebration of Thanksgiving and go global with it, inviting all the people of the world to put aside their disappointments, anger, hatred, prejudice, for just one day and totally concentrate all of their Heartfelt Gratitude and Energy to the Commitment of Worldwide Thanksgiving for all of the "good" things we have, forgetting all the "bad" things and, also, giving Soul-felt Forgiveness for all the wrongs done on earth in thought or action, personal or institutional. "Everyone would say they want world peace, but how do you manifest it? What Victor Villaseñor has done is simple and genius, by taking our traditional Thanksgiving holiday and going global with it. May each year bring hundreds of communities around the world into this practice of gratitude and fellowship, ushering in 5,000 years of Peace, Harmony and Abundance for All!" - Myra Westphall, editor and nature enthusiast

Author : William Fiennes
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780307369116

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The Snow Geese by William Fiennes Pdf

In a debut of great delicacy and distinction, a young nature philosopher describes his journey as he follows the northern migration of the snow goose and reflects on the powerful attraction of home. Every spring, millions of geese embark on an arduous three-thousand-mile homeward journey from their winter quarters in the southern United States to their breeding grounds in the Canadian Arctic. One year William Fiennes, recovering from a long illness, decided to go with them. Intrigued by what he’d read about the birds’ extraordinary annual journey, he was also desperate to escape the depression that had dogged his convalescence, and the belief that at age twenty-six, his life had ground to a halt. Part memoir, part nature study, part travelogue, the story of Fiennes’s journey is not just about geese. It’s about homecoming: the birds on their long trip home, the pull of nostalgia, the urge to leave home and the even stronger urge to return. Fiennes is a gifted natural writer with a distinctive voice that is deeply thoughtful, wry and keenly observant. His book vibrates with ideas, with stories and anecdotes, with humankind as well as wild fowl. The joy of being alive, being on the move and – above all – going home are poignantly captured in this intelligent, exuberant book.

Author : Emily Hawkins
Publisher : Dutton Children's Books
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-21
Category : Snow goose
ISBN : 1551683296

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The Little Snow Goose by Emily Hawkins Pdf

What's a friendly fox to do when he finds a lonely goose egg? Deep in the snowy North, an unlikely friendship hatches and grows. Sparkling fun and a warm family tale await nature lovers of all ages in this adorably illustrated, beautifully embossed book. Full color.

Author : Bruce D. J. Batt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Nature
ISBN : CORNELL:31924101519258

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Arctic Ecosystems in Peril by Bruce D. J. Batt Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Candlewick Press (MA)
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015066879449

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Beauty and the Beast by Anonim Pdf

Exquisite paintings and a lush retelling bring a treasured classic to new life. Includes blank gift card and envelope. Full color. Consumable.