Wild Birds

Author : Kirsten A. Greer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 1469649829

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Red Coats and Wild Birds by Kirsten A. Greer Pdf

During the nineteenth century, Britain maintained a complex network of garrisons to manage its global empire. While these bases helped the British project power and secure trade routes, they served more than just a strategic purpose. During their tours abroad, many British officers engaged in formal and informal scientific research. In this ambitious history of ornithology and empire, Kirsten A. Greer tracks British officers as they moved around the world, just as migratory birds traversed borders from season to season. Greer examines the lives, writings, and collections of a number of ornithologist-officers, arguing that the transnational encounters between military men and birds simultaneously shaped military strategy, ideas about race and masculinity, and conceptions of the British Empire. Collecting specimens and tracking migratory bird patterns enabled these men to map the British Empire and the world and therefore to exert imagined control over it. Through its examination of the influence of bird watching on military science and soldiers' contributions to ornithology, Red Coats and Wild Birds remaps empire, nature, and scientific inquiry in the nineteenth-century world.

Author : Wendelin Van Draanen
Publisher : Ember
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101940471

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Wild Bird by Wendelin Van Draanen Pdf

From the award-winning author of The Running Dream and Flipped comes a remarkable portrait of a girl who has hit rock bottom but begins a climb back to herself at a wilderness survival camp. 3:47 a.m. That’s when they come for Wren Clemmens. She’s hustled out of her house and into a waiting car, then a plane, and then taken on a forced march into the desert. This is what happens to kids who’ve gone so far off the rails, their parents don’t know what to do with them anymore. This is wilderness therapy camp. Eight weeks of survivalist camping in the desert. Eight weeks to turn your life around. Yeah, right. The Wren who arrives in the Utah desert is angry and bitter, and blaming everyone but herself. But angry can’t put up a tent. And bitter won’t start a fire. Wren’s going to have to admit she needs help if she’s going to survive. "I read Wild Bird in one long, mesmerized gulp. Wren will break your heart—and then mend it." —Nancy Werlin, National Book Award finalist for The Rules of Survival "Van Draanen’s Wren is real and relatable, and readers will root for her." —VOYA, starred review

Author : Paul J. Baicich,Margaret A. Barker,Carrol L. Henderson
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781623492113

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Feeding Wild Birds in America by Paul J. Baicich,Margaret A. Barker,Carrol L. Henderson Pdf

Today, according to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, more than fifty million Americans feed birds around their homes, and over the last sixty years, billions of pounds of birdseed have filled millions of feeders in backyards everywhere. Feeding Wild Birds in America tells why and how a modest act of provision has become such a pervasive, popular, and often passionate aspect of people’s lives. Each chapter provides details on one or more bird-feeding development or trend including the “discovery” of seeds, the invention of different kinds of feeders, and the creation of new companies. Also woven into the book are the worlds of education, publishing, commerce, professional ornithology, and citizen science, all of which have embraced bird feeding at different times and from different perspectives. The authors take a decade-by-decade approach starting in the late nineteenth century, providing a historical overview in each chapter before covering topical developments (such as hummingbird feeding and birdbaths). On the one hand, they show that the story of bird feeding is one of entrepreneurial invention; on the other hand, they reveal how Americans, through a seemingly simple practice, have come to value the natural world.

Author : Jim Carpenter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 1935622617

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The Joy of Bird Feeding by Jim Carpenter Pdf

Carpenter offers practical tips and solutions to attracting and identifying birds. He offers suggestions for the best foods for the birds you want to see, and even tells you how to deter unwanted guests to feeding stations. You'll also learn how to properly store bird food, and how to prevent window strikes.

Author : Emily Strelow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1644282003

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The Wild Birds by Emily Strelow Pdf

Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Fiction Finalist for the Foreword INDIES 2018 Award for Best Fiction Cast adrift in 1870s San Francisco after the death of her mother, a girl named Olive disguises herself as a boy and works as a lighthouse keeper's assistant on the Farallon Islands to escape the dangers of a world unkind to young women. In 1941, nomad Victor scours the Sierras searching for refuge from a home to which he never belonged. And in the present day, precocious fifteen year-old Lily struggles, despite her willfulness, to find a place for herself amongst the small town attitudes of Burning Hills, Oregon. Living alone with her hardscrabble mother Alice compounds the problem--though their unique relationship to the natural world ties them together, Alice keeps an awful secret from her daughter, one that threatens to ignite the tension growing between them. Emily Strelow's mesmerizing debut stitches together a sprawling saga of the feral Northwest across farmlands and deserts and generations: an American mosaic alive with birdsong and gunsmoke, held together by a silver box of eggshells--a long-ago gift from a mother to her daughter. Written with grace, grit, and an acute knowledge of how the past insists upon itself, The Wild Birds is a radiant and human story about the shelters we find and make along our crooked paths home.

Author : Kenneth Burrell,Michael Burrell
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781771643658

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Best Places to Bird in Ontario by Kenneth Burrell,Michael Burrell Pdf

An insider’s guide to the best birding in Ontario, featuring thirty highly recommended sites. It’s no secret: Ontario’s rich natural landscape and diverse wildlife provides some of the most exceptional birdwatching Canada has to offer, attracting thousands of bird-lovers each year. In this user-friendly guidebook, local experts Mike and Ken Burrell show us why. Outlining thirty of their personal favorite spots at which to enjoy the province’s birding, they take readers on an avian tour from Point Pelee to Moosonee, Rainy River to Cornwall. Along the way, they draw from their extensive experience as professional birding guides and field biologists to share insider tips for spotting more than three hundred unique species, advice for exactly when and where to go for the best results, and helpful hints for finding rarely seen birds. Finally, they provide detailed instructions for accessing and enjoying each of the highly recommended sites. Ranging from beloved classics to remote hidden gems, many of these locales are within driving distance of Toronto, Hamilton, or Ottawa; some are even accessible on foot; and each is as spectacular as the last. With clear maps, beautiful color photos, and a wealth of useful information, Best Places to Bird in Ontario is an invaluable resource that will delight first-time and experienced birders alike.

Author : Carter T. Atkinson,Nancy J. Thomas,D. Bruce Hunter
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780813804576

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Parasitic Diseases of Wild Birds by Carter T. Atkinson,Nancy J. Thomas,D. Bruce Hunter Pdf

Parasitic Diseases of Wild Birds provides thorough coverage of major parasite groups affecting wild bird species. Broken into four sections covering protozoa, helminths, leeches, and arthropod parasites, this volume provides reviews of the history, disease, epizootiology, pathology, and population impacts caused by parasitic disease. Taking a unique approach that focuses on the effects of the parasites on the host, Parasitic Diseases of Wild Birds fills a unique niche in animal health literature.

Author : Joanne Ryder
Publisher : Harpercollins Childrens Books
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780060277383

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Wild Birds by Joanne Ryder Pdf

The birds that glide through the sky, hop through the grass, and sing on the fence gradually come to feed from a child's hand.

Author : Andy Bezener,Ken De Smet
Publisher : Lone Pine Media BC
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1774510456

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Manitoba Birds by Andy Bezener,Ken De Smet Pdf

Manitoba's 145 most commonly seen birds are profiled in this beautifully illustrated book. Each account includes a description of the bird's key features for quick identification in the field, as well as the bird's song, habitat, nesting and feeding habits and best locations for viewing. Ken De Smet, of the Manitoba Wildlife branch, is a biologist specializing in endangered species.

Author : Nancy J. Thomas,D. Bruce Hunter,Carter T. Atkinson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-09
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780470344361

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Infectious Diseases of Wild Birds by Nancy J. Thomas,D. Bruce Hunter,Carter T. Atkinson Pdf

Free-living birds encounter multiple health hazards brought on by viruses, bacteria, and fungi, some which in turn can significantly impact other animal populations and human health. Newly emerging diseases and new zoonotic forms of older diseases have brought increased global attention to the health of wild bird populations. Recognition and management of these diseases is a high priority for all those involved with wildlife. Infectious Diseases of Wild Birds provides biologists, wildlife managers, wildlife and veterinary health professionals and students with the most comprehensive reference on infectious viral, bacterial and fungal diseases affecting wild birds. Bringing together contributions from an international team of experts, the book offers the most complete information on these diseases, their history, causative agents, significance and population impact. Focusing on more than just treatment, special emphasis is given to disease processes, recognition and epidemiology.

Author : Jennifer C. Owen,Dana M. Hawley,Kathryn P. Huyvaert
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191063305

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Infectious Disease Ecology of Wild Birds by Jennifer C. Owen,Dana M. Hawley,Kathryn P. Huyvaert Pdf

Birds are the most diverse group of land vertebrates and have evolved to exploit almost every terrestrial niche on earth. They also serve as a natural reservoir for an array of different pathogens that pose serious health risks to human and domestic animal populations, including West Nile virus, highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses, Newcastle Disease virus, and numerous enteric pathogens. Avian diseases are also critically important to the conservation of endemic bird species in many places around the world. This accessible textbook focuses on the dynamics of infectious diseases for wild avian hosts across every level of ecological hierarchy, from the way pathogens interact with the physiology and behavior of individual hosts, the evolutionary and ecological dynamics of the host-parasite interactions occurring within populations, up to the complex biotic and abiotic interactions occurring within biological communities and ecosystems. Parasite-bird interactions are also increasingly occurring in rapidly changing global environments - thus, their ecology is also changing - and this shapes the complex ways by which parasites influence the inter-connected health of birds, humans, and shared ecosystems. Given the key role of birds in ecological communities more broadly, and as the primary host to so many zoonotic pathogens, an understanding of the ecological and evolutionary principles underlying the maintenance, amplification, transmission, and dispersal of these infectious agents is crucial to understanding how to mitigate the negative global impacts of the ever-increasing number of emerging infectious diseases. Although the topics and principles discussed in this book relate to birds, they have a far wider relevance and can also be applied to non-avian, wildlife host-pathogen systems. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that understanding of disease ecology in wild animal populations is paramount to global health. Infectious Disease Ecology of Wild Birds is suitable for both senior undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in avian disease ecology, ecoimmunology, ecology, and conservation. It will also appeal to the many professional parasitologists, ecoimmunologists, ornithologists, behavioural ecologists, conservation biologists, and wildlife biologists requiring a concise overview of the topic.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Bird attracting
ISBN : MINN:31951D01169113I

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Backyard Bird Feeding by Anonim Pdf

Author : Carrol L. Henderson
Publisher : Minnesota's Bookstore
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Bird attracting
ISBN : MINN:31951P00559881J

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Wild about Birds by Carrol L. Henderson Pdf

Although there is an abundance of information that is particularly useful to Minnesota residents, "Wild about birds" provides comprehensive species coverage for most states east of the Rocky Mountains and for provinces of central and eastern Canada. To gather information, Carrol Henderson visited three dozen families, mostly in Minnesota homes, to view their grounds and bird feeding arrangements and to photograph the birds and other wildlife at their feeders.

Author : Les Line,Kimball Garrett,Kenn Kaufman
Publisher : ABRAMS
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Nature
ISBN : CORNELL:31924090291414

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The Audubon Society Book of Water Birds by Les Line,Kimball Garrett,Kenn Kaufman Pdf

"A Chanticleer Press edition." Includes index. 211 color photorgraphs and text explore the lifestyles and habitats of water birds all over the world.

Author : Alfred G. Martin
Publisher : Alan C Hood
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Nature
ISBN : PSU:000019932040

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Hand-taming Wild Birds at the Feeder by Alfred G. Martin Pdf

Many species of wild birds can become your friends and feed from your hand. In this engaging book. Al Martin explains the techniques he developed over more than fifty years to gain the trust of wild birds. Many of Al's visitors, young and old alike, experienced the thrill of birds landing on them to receive the food they had been trained to expect! And readers of this book may look forward to similar experiences.