Whose Bird

Author : Daisy Bird
Publisher : Tundra Books
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781774882689

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Whose Poo? by Daisy Bird Pdf

For fans of Everyone Poops, a hilariously fresh take on POO! A trip to the zoo turns into a very silly discussion about poo, as two siblings wonder what sort of poo each and every creature would do. One day, Daddy Rat announces to his baby rats that he'll be taking them to the zoo . . . but only if they're good, which means no talking about poo! And yet, before the family can even leave the house, the two rascally siblings can't help but wonder . . . what sort of poo would an astronaut do? Shiny, silver, space-age poo! Rocket-powered, weightless poo, and it spins round and round like a planet does, too! Head chefs, balloon sellers, blue whales . . . everyone and everything must have a unique poo, and the siblings simply have to stop and imagine each and every one (much to the chagrin of Daddy Rat, who is getting increasingly irritated with all the poo talk). Once the rats finally reach the zoo, things escalate, because of course each and every animal in the zoo must do a special kind of poo! Finally, Daddy Rat has simply had enough, and is forced to sit down and explain the facts to his curious kids. And when he thinks he may have gotten through to his youngsters, he encounters a surprising (and smelly) twist which will have little rats everywhere laughing out loud!

Author : Bo Beolens,Michael Watkins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Nature
ISBN : 030010359X

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Whose Bird? by Bo Beolens,Michael Watkins Pdf

Is Bonaparte's Gull named after Napoleon Bonaparte? Is the Pallas' Sandgrouse named for the same individual as the Pallas' Warbler? This entertaining book provides for the first time a mini-biography of every person after whom a bird has been named in the English vernacular--some 1,400 individuals. Featuring 150 illustrations, Whose Bird? is arranged in the style of an encyclopedia with entries indexed both by relevant individual and by bird. The book concentrates on the people--heroes, romantics, fanatics, and many others. Entries explain who the people were, when and where they traveled, what else they did and were famous for, with whom they were connected, what they wrote and published, and how birds came to be named after them. Filled with fascinating stories about the lives and times of naturalists over the centuries, this accessible reference volume will intrigue readers at every level of interest in ornithology.

Author : Pete Dunne
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780811748483

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The Art of Bird Identification by Pete Dunne Pdf

How to get good, then better, then even better at identifying birds in the field-and have fun doing it.

Author : United States. Bird Banding Laboratory
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Bird banding
ISBN : CORNELL:31924090305172

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North American Bird Banding Manual by United States. Bird Banding Laboratory Pdf

Author : Roger J. Lederer
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780226675053

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The Art of the Bird by Roger J. Lederer Pdf

The human history of depicting birds dates to as many as 40,000 years ago, when Paleolithic artists took to cave walls to capture winged and other beasts. But the art form has reached its peak in the last four hundred years. In The Art of the Bird, devout birder and ornithologist Roger J. Lederer celebrates this heyday of avian illustration in forty artists’ profiles, beginning with the work of Flemish painter Frans Snyders in the early 1600s and continuing through to contemporary artists like Elizabeth Butterworth, famed for her portraits of macaws. Stretching its wings across time, taxa, geography, and artistic style—from the celebrated realism of American conservation icon John James Audubon, to Elizabeth Gould’s nineteenth-century renderings of museum specimens from the Himalayas, to Swedish artist and ornithologist Lars Jonsson’s ethereal watercolors—this book is feathered with art and artists as diverse and beautiful as their subjects. A soaring exploration of our fascination with the avian form, The Art of the Bird is a testament to the ways in which the intense observation inherent in both art and science reveals the mysteries of the natural world.

Author : Malcolm Andrew
Publisher : Associated University Presses
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0918016738

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Two Early Renaissance Bird Poems by Malcolm Andrew Pdf

This volume presents annotated texts of two poems that have not appeared in a previous critical edition. They are specimens of noncourtly minor poetry; the bird convention which links them is formulaic rather than experimental, their mode is predictable, their outlook decidedly conventional. A publication of the Renaissance English Text Society.

Author : Rodney Stotts,Kate Pipkin
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781642831740

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Bird Brother by Rodney Stotts,Kate Pipkin Pdf

In Bird Brother, Rodney Stotts shares his unlikely journey to becoming a conservationist and one of America's few Black master falconers. Rodney grew up in Washington, D.C. during the crack epidemic, with guns, drugs, and the threat of incarceration affecting the lives of everyone he knew. He was no exception, but he was also employed by the newly founded Earth Conservation Corps, helping to restore and conserve the polluted Anacostia River. This work eventually sent his life in a different direction, as he began to train to become a master falconer and to develop his own raptor education program and sanctuary. Eye-opening, witty, and moving, Bird Brother is a testament to the healing power of nature, and a reminder that no matter how much heartbreak we've endured, we still have the capacity to give back to our communities and follow our dreams.

Author : Ian Fraser,Jeannie Gray
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781486311644

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Australian Bird Names by Ian Fraser,Jeannie Gray Pdf

This second edition of Australian Bird Names is a completely updated checklist of Australian birds and the meanings behind their common and scientific names, which may be useful, useless or downright misleading! For each species, the authors examine the many-and-varied common names and full scientific name, with derivation, translation and a guide to pronunciation. Stories behind the name are included, as well as relevant aspects of biology, conservation and history. Original descriptions, translated by the authors, have been sourced for many species. As well as being a book about names, this is a book about the history of the ever-developing understanding of birds, about the people who contributed to this understanding and, most of all, about the birds themselves. This second edition has been revised to follow current taxonomy and understanding of the relationships between families, genera and species. It contains new taxa, updated text and new vagrants and will be interesting reading for anyone with a love of birds, words or the history of Australian biology and bird-watching.

Author : James A. Jobling
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781408133262

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Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names by James A. Jobling Pdf

A comprehensive dictionary of the meaning and derivation of scientific bird names. Many scientific bird names describe a bird's habits, habitat, distribution or a plumage feature, while others are named after their discoverers or in honour of prominent ornithologists. This extraordinary work of reference lists the generic and specific name for almost every species of bird in the world and gives its meaning and derivation. In the case of eponyms brief biographical details are provided for each of the personalities commemorated in the scientific names. This fascinating book is an outstanding source of information which will both educate and inform, and may even help to understand birds better.

Author : Bo Beolens,Michael Watkins
Publisher : Christopher Helm Publishers, Incorporated
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Birds
ISBN : 0713666471

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Whose Bird? by Bo Beolens,Michael Watkins Pdf

Birders often wonder about the people commemorated in the names of many of our familiar bird species. Was Bonaparte's Gull named after Napoleon? Was the Pallas who named Pallas' Warbler the same individual as the discoverer of Pallas' Sandgrouse, and if so did he discover the two birds at the same time, on the same journey? Who was the Lady Amherst who gave her name to one of the world's most spectacular yet secretive pheasants? This book answers these questions and many more by presenting a potted biography of every individual who has given their name to a species of bird.The biographies detail the life and work of the individual involved, often revealing fascinating insights about the nature of bird study and exploration in the centuries gone by. 2235 birds and 1124 individuals are covered in the texts, and all available details are given for the handful of names which could not be traced. This reference is illustrated throughout with portraits of the individuals concerned and line drawings of the birds that bear their names.

Author : Pete Dunne
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0395906865

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Pete Dunne on Bird Watching by Pete Dunne Pdf

Pete Dunne has taught birding to beginners for years, but he has never found the right book to help them get started. Now the popular birding author identifies the skills and tools available to people with any amount of interest, great or small, in bird watching. Beginning with backyard birding and moving through a quick but comprehensive survey of tools of the trade, Dunne outlines ten basic, simple steps in bird identification that can make a birder out of the most casual of observers. He goes on to show beginning birders how to use their skills to explore new horizons through birding by ear, birding by telescope, and finding and identifying rare or difficult birds. Written in the lively, authoritative style that has made Dunne one of the most popular writers in this field today, Pete Dunne on Bird Watching will inspire in readers both a growing passion for birding and a lifelong respect for the natural world and its inhabitants.

Author : Gary W. Kaiser
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780774859813

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The Inner Bird by Gary W. Kaiser Pdf

Birds are among the most successful vertebrates on Earth. An important part of our natural environment and deeply embedded in our culture, birds are studied by more professional ornithologists and enjoyed by more amateur enthusiasts than ever before. However, both amateurs and professionals typically focus on birds' behaviour and appearance and only superficially understand the characteristics that make birds so unique. The Inner Bird introduces readers to the avian skeleton, then moves beyond anatomy to discuss the relationships between birds and dinosaurs and other early ancestors. Gary Kaiser examines the challenges scientists face in understanding avian evolution - even recent advances in biomolecular genetics have failed to provide a clear evolutionary story. Using examples from recently discovered fossils of birds and near-birds, Kaiser describes an avian history based on the gradual abandonment of dinosaur-like characteristics, and the related acquisition of avian characteristics such as sophisticated flight techniques and the production of large eggs. Such developments have enabled modern birds to invade the oceans and to exploit habitats that excluded dinosaurs for millions of years. While ornithology is a complex discipline that draws on many fields, it is nevertheless burdened with obsolete assumptions and archaic terminology. The Inner Bird offers modern interpretations for some of those ideas and links them to more current research. It should help anyone interested in birds to bridge the gap between long-dead fossils and the challenges faced by living species.

Author : Edith M. Patch
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781794808188

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Bird Stories (Esprios Classics) by Edith M. Patch Pdf

Author : Shirley Jackson
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781551999494

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The Bird's Nest by Shirley Jackson Pdf

A brilliant, haunting exploration of madness. Elizabeth is, to all appearances, an ordinary, even unremarkable girl. She works an ordinary job, lives with her aunt, and sustains herself with the money she inherited from her aunt. It’s not until chronic pain leads her to a psychiatrist that it becomes clear that there isn’t only one Elizabeth – there are four distinct personalities at work, each with their own attitudes and goals. Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Beneficial insects
ISBN : CORNELL:31924068415078

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Economic Entomology by Anonim Pdf