The Wood Duck And The Mandarin

Author : Lawton L. Shurtleff,Christopher Savage
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1996-11-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520918835

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The Wood Duck and the Mandarin by Lawton L. Shurtleff,Christopher Savage Pdf

This is a story of conservation told through the natural histories of two of the world's most fascinating birds, the Wood Duck of North America and the Mandarin of Asia. The only two species in their genus (Aix), these Northern Wood Ducks are native to different continents but have long been kept together in captivity. Now, for the first time in history, they are also flying side by side in the wild in a small area of northern California. This rare circumstance has given Lawton L. Shurtleff and Christopher Savage the opportunity to observe the Northern Wood Ducks' close relationship and is the starting point of this informative and beautifully rendered book. The opening chapters tell how the Wood Duck and the Mandarin came to inhabit the Pacific Flyway and explain their extraordinary similarities. Subsequent chapters discuss the distinctive histories of the two species and describe the birds throughout the seasons in their native flyways. The Mandarins' place in Asian art and literature is the subject of Chapter Five. The final chapter illuminates the successful work done to protect the North American Wood Duck, which has made a remarkable recovery from near extinction, and the beginning efforts to protect the Mandarin, whose existence in East Asia is seriously threatened. Stunning full-color photographs by renowned wildlife photographers, along with photographs by the authors, capture the exquisite beauty of these much revered birds. Detailed maps show the Wood Ducks' territory in North America and the Mandarins' territory in East Asia and Great Britain. Three appendices--plans for building nestboxes, instructions for banding birds, and lists of books and conservation organizations--and a thorough index are valuable resources in a book that will delight bird-lovers and general readers alike.

Author : Bao Phi
Publisher : Capstone Editions
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781684463381

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Hello, Mandarin Duck! by Bao Phi Pdf

Author : Katherine Paterson,Stephanie S. Tolan,Steve Liebman
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Musicals
ISBN : 0573626685

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The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks by Katherine Paterson,Stephanie S. Tolan,Steve Liebman Pdf

Author : Christopher Lever
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781408189887

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The Mandarin Duck by Christopher Lever Pdf

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Mandarin Duck, one of the largest and best-studied is in southern England. The Mandarin Duck is a small and (in the case of the males) spectacularly colourful species of waterfowl. Widely kept in aviaries around the world, populations often escaped to form wild colonies. Although declining and nowadays surprisingly hard to find, Britain's wild Mandarin population is probably more numerous than that of the duck's true home, China and the Russian Far East, where it is now endangered. This Poyser monograph is a detailed account of this beautiful duck's lifestyle and biology, with particular emphasis on invasive populations in Britain and overseas. It is a superb addition to the long-running and acclaimed Poyser series.

Author : Kenn Kaufman
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0618159886

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Lives of North American Birds by Kenn Kaufman Pdf

The bestselling natural history of birds, lavishly illustrated with 600 colorphotos, is now available for the first time in flexi binding.

Author : Anjie Cho
Publisher : Ryland Peters & Small
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-06
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781782497738

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Holistic Spaces by Anjie Cho Pdf

Transform your home into a calm, balanced and harmonious oasis using architect Anjie Cho's helpful advice, drawing on her background in green design and feng shui. You don't have to get rid of all your possessions and become an ascetic to change your space and discover the benefits that living in a considered, organic way can bring. The easy suggestions in Holistic Spaces show you how to implement the principles of feng shui and green design in your home. Written for the way we live today, as we move toward a more mindful approach to health, diet and the way that we choose the objects in our homes, this is the perfect guide to help you to clear and refresh your living environment. Learn how to make every room in your home serve its highest purpose, create eco-friendly spaces, bring nature indoors, choose colours for maximum impact, select a space for meditation practice, and overall, create a peaceful and organic home. From the bedroom to the home office, these intuitive, straightforward tips will teach you to how improve your spaces to boost the flow of energy through your life.

Author : Bette Midler
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780593176764

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The Tale of the Mandarin Duck by Bette Midler Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Inspired by the real-life rainbow-colored Mandarin Duck who appeared in New York’s Central Park in 2018, this modern fable by Bette Midler celebrates the connections people make with each other and the world around them. How do you get people to appreciate what is right in front of them? In The Tale of the Mandarin Duck, it takes a mysterious, beautiful duck and a clear-eyed kid to point out the obvious! Bette Midler’s distinctive voice joins striking photos of the real duck by Michiko Kakutani and charming black-and-white drawings by Joana Avillez. This book will have readers of all ages coming back to visit the fantastical interpretation of New York City and its odd ducks—both feathered and human. An afterword by Ms. Kakutani adds details to the facts behind this one-of-a-kind story of the Mandarin Duck.

Author : Carolyn Relei
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0486259471

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Bird Designs Stained Glass Pattern Book by Carolyn Relei Pdf

More than 70 realistic, royalty-free vignettes of birds in their natural habitats include mandarin ducks, Canadian geese, pelicans, swans, and other species. From the dainty hummingbird to the majestic bald eagle, these versatile full- and half-page stained glass patterns can be easily adapted to other crafts projects. Captions identify each image.

Author : Frank Chapman Bellrose,Daniel J. Holm
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015032592449

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Ecology and Management of the Wood Duck by Frank Chapman Bellrose,Daniel J. Holm Pdf

Reference on the wood duck includes basic biology, life history, population characteristics, and research and management techniques.

Author : Paul Johnsgard
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781609621094

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The North American Perching and Dabbling Ducks by Paul Johnsgard Pdf

This volume, the fourth in a series of books that collectively update and expand P.A. Johnsgard's 1975 The Waterfowl of North America, summarizes research findings on this economically and ecologically important group of waterfowl. The volume includes the mostly tropical perching duck tribe Cairinini, of which two species, the muscovy duck and the wood duck, are representatives. Both species are adapted for foraging on the water surface, mostly on plant materials, but typically perch in trees and nest in elevated tree cavities or other elevated recesses. This volume also includes the dabbling, or surface-feeding, duck tribe Anatini, a large assemblage of duck species that mainly forage on the water surface but nest on the ground, or only very rarely in elevated locations. Of this tribe, 12 species that regularly breed in North America are included, among them such familiar species as mallards, wigeons, pintails, and teal. Descriptive accounts of the distributions, populations, ecologies, social-sexual behaviors, and breeding biology of all these species are provided, together with distribution maps. Five additional Eurasian and West Indian species have been reported several times in North America; these have been included with more abbreviated accounts, but all 17 species are illustrated by drawings, photographs, or both. The text includes about 84,000 words and contains more than 1,000 references. There are also 12 distribution maps, 21 drawings, 28 photographic plates, and 58 anatomical or behavioral sketches.

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780744070040

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Bird, New Edition by DK Pdf

The diversity and drama of the bird world brought to breathtaking life in an encyclopedic new edition Unrivaled in scope for a single-volume reference work, this photographic guide to every bird order and family profiles more than 1,400 species, pictured in their native environment by photographers around the globe. Authoritative, comprehensive, and completely up to date, this reference was produced and revised by a team of expert contributors and in partnership with the leading avian authorities Birdlife International and Audubon. Bird's photographic catalog showcases birds from hummingbirds to monkey-eating eagles, each with a photograph, description, three-color distribution map, and data file. Organized in taxonomic order, the catalog has detailed introductions to every bird order. The perching birds alone, making the largest order, occupy 158 pages; and most of their families, such as larks or tanagers, also have their own introductions. Nearly 100 further pages focus in vivid detail on bird biology--their flight, anatomy, feeding, communication, breeding, habitat, migrations, life cycles, and the many habitats they live in. All this, and special features on the world's most impressive birdwatching locations, make this "A must-have reference for every bird enthusiast" (BBC Wildlife Magazine).

Author : Richard Edwards
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789888028658

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The Heart of Ma Yuan by Richard Edwards Pdf

"Ma Yuan emerges as an artist who captures the reality of season, time, and mood in a dazzlingly abbreviated style that is nonetheless utterly convincing in its rendering of the natural world.---Maxwell K. Hearn Metropolitan Museum of Art ichard Edwards and Ma Yuan have something in common: both are deeply committed to the work of art and the medium of ink painting. And like Ma Yuan's brushwork, Edwards's prose couples formal restraint with expressive power. This book is a major contribution to the literature on the art of ink painting at the Southern Song court.---Robert Sharf University of California, Berkeley Ma Yuan, one of China's best-known artists, was a key figure in the period widely celebrated as the golden era of Chinese landscape painting. The Heart of Ma Yuan offers a careful discussion of Ma Yuan's painting as it emerged within the sophisticated artistic environment of Hangzhou in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. Beautifully illustrated with more than 300 illustrations from leading museums and private collections around the world, the book includes discussions of Ma Yuan's family of six generations of skillful painters, his many patrons, and his distinctive style in engaging Confucian, Taoist and Buddhist genres and his superb landscapes, including animals, flowers, and detailed studies of water. Widely noted for his own keen eye and masterful stylistic analysis, Richard Edwards cultivates the art of looking for a broad readership, from general art lovers to specialists in art history. As a Western scholar exploring the significance of a highly refined Eastern culture, he draws on natural history, poetry, and relevant contemporary writing as well as the work of other artists.

Author : Janet Kear
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0198610092

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Ducks, Geese, and Swans: Species accounts (Cairina to Mergus) by Janet Kear Pdf

Author : F.J. Sudow
Publisher : Рипол Классик
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : History
ISBN : 9785878174428

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The Reliable Pheasant Standard by F.J. Sudow Pdf

A Practical Guide On The Culture, Breeding, Rearing, Trapping, Preserving, Crossmating, Protecting Stocking, Hunting, Propagating, Etc. Of Pheasants, Game Birds, Ornamental Land And Water Fowl, Singing Birds, Etc. Third edition, enlarged profusely illustrated colored plates.

Author : Randi Minetor
Publisher : Wellfleet
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024-09-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781577153740

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The Complete Language of Birds by Randi Minetor Pdf

The Complete Language of Birds offers stunningly illustrated profiles of nearly 400 bird species, covering both their physical and mystical qualities.