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Author : Lee A. Vedder
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780873282178
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (821 download)
Download or read book John James Audubon and The Birds of America written by Lee A. Vedder and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Author : John James Audubon
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
ISBN 13 : 0486841790
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (868 download)
Download or read book Treasury of Audubon Birds written by John James Audubon and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2020-04-15 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring the snowy egret, wild turkey, brown pelican, screech owl, and many others, this new collection gathers 130 select plates from Audubon's octavo edition. Includes an informative introduction to the artist and his work.
Author : Kenn Kaufman
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618159888
Total Pages : 708 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (598 download)
Download or read book Lives of North American Birds written by Kenn Kaufman and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1996 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling natural history of birds, lavishly illustrated with 600 colorphotos, is now available for the first time in flexi binding.
Author : Katie Fallon
Publisher : University Press of New England
ISBN 13 : 151260030X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (126 download)
Download or read book Vulture written by Katie Fallon and published by University Press of New England. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turkey vultures, the most widely distributed and abundant scavenging birds of prey on the planet, are found from central Canada to the southern tip of Argentina, and nearly everywhere in between. In the United States we sometimes call them buzzards; in parts of Mexico the name is aura cabecirroja, in Uruguay jote cabeza colorada, and in Ecuador gallinazo aura. A huge bird, the turkey vulture is a familiar sight from culture to culture, in both hemispheres. But despite being ubiquitous and recognizable, the turkey vulture has never had a book of literary nonfiction devoted to it - until Vulture. Floating on six-foot wings, turkey vultures use their keen senses of smell and sight to locate carrion. Unlike their cousin the black vulture, turkey vultures do not kill weak or dying animals; instead, they cleanse, purify, and renew the environment by clearing it of decaying carcasses, thus slowing the spread of such dangerous pathogens as anthrax, rabies, and botulism. The beauty, grace, and important role of these birds in the ecosystem notwithstanding, turkey vultures are maligned and underappreciated; they have been accused of spreading disease and killing livestock, neither of which has ever been substantiated. Although turkey vultures are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which makes harming them a federal offense, the birds still face persecution. They've been killed because of their looks, their odor, and their presence in proximity to humans. Even the federal government occasionally sanctions "roost dispersals," which involve the harassment and sometimes the murder of communally roosting vultures during the cold winter months. Vulture follows a year in the life of a typical North American turkey vulture. By incorporating information from scientific papers and articles, as well as interviews with world-renowned raptor and vulture experts, author Katie Fallon examines all aspects of the bird's natural history: breeding, incubating eggs, raising chicks, migrating, and roosting. After reading this book you will never look at a vulture in the same way again.
Author : John James Audubon
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The Birds of America written by John James Audubon and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition has 65 new images, making a total of 500. The original configurations were altered so that there is only one species per plate. The text is a revision of the Ornithological Biography, rearranged according to Audubon's Synopsis of the Birds of North America (1839).
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book Audubon Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thom van Dooren
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1861899998
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (618 download)
Download or read book Vulture written by Thom van Dooren and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simply because they are large scavenging birds, vultures are often viewed as harbingers of death. But, as Thom van Dooren shows in this cultural and natural history, that dominant association leaves us with a very one-dimensional understanding of a group of actually rather fascinating and diverse creatures. Vulture offers an enlightening new history of this much-misunderstood bird. Vultures vary in type and size, and while some have a diet mainly of bone, others are actually almost completely vegetarian. Most interesting, despite its notorious association with death, the vulture very rarely, if ever, kills for itself. In different cultural mythologies, vultures play a role in disposing of the dead and officiating over human sacrifices, but they have often been viewed as courageous and noble creatures as well—believed to be indispensable in the containment of waste and disease and even to be world creators and divine mothers. Van Dooren explores these many histories, from some of the earliest-known Neolithic sites in which vultures are thought to have consumed the dead to contemporary efforts to reintroduce the bearded vulture into the Alps. Highlighting the rich diversity of vultures and the many ways in which people have understood and lived with them, Vulture invites a new appreciation and wonder for these incredible birds.
Author : American Museum of Natural History
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 700 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The American Museum Journal written by American Museum of Natural History and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book Audubon written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John James Audubon
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803225318
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)
Download or read book John James Audubon's Journal Of 1826 written by John James Audubon and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John James Audubon, an early American naturalist and painter, produced one of the greatest works of natural history and art of the nineteenth century, The Birds of America. As the record of the interior story of the making of this monumental work, his journal of 1826 is one of the richest documents in the history of American culture. ø The first accurate transcription of Audubon?s 1826 journal, this edition corrects many of the errors, both intentional and unintentional, found in previous editions. Such errors have obscured the figure of Audubon as a man struggling to realize his professional and artistic dreams. When Audubon embarked for Liverpool from New Orleans in 1826, he carried with him more than 250 of his watercolor drawings in a heavy case, a packet of letters of introduction, and many a good reason to believe that he was a fool to be gambling his family?s fortunes on so risky and grandiose a venture. These journal entries, conveying with energy and emotion Audubon?s experience of risking everything on a dream??Oh, America, Wife, Children and acquaintances, Farewell!??document an American icon?s transformation from a beleaguered backwoods artist and naturalist to the man who would become America?s premier ornithologist, illustrator of birds, and nature essayist.
Author : Brian K. Wheeler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780691116440
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (164 download)
Download or read book A Photographic Guide to North American Raptors written by Brian K. Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Orlando, Fla.: Academic, 1995.
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Publisher : Geological Survey (USGS)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases written by and published by Geological Survey (USGS). This book was released on 1999 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Hutchings' Illustrated California Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John James Audubon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Audubon and His Journals written by John James Audubon and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Forest Service
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Cavity-nesting Birds of North American Forests written by United States. Forest Service and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1997-04-07 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
Author : Richard A. Bradley
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520315316
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Common Spiders of North America written by Richard A. Bradley and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spiders are among the most diverse groups of terrestrial invertebrates, yet they are among the least studied and understood. This first comprehensive guide to all 68 spider families in North America beautifully illustrates 469 of the most commonly encountered species. Group keys enable identification by web type and other observable details, and species descriptions include identification tips, typical habitat, geographic distribution, and behavioral notes. A concise illustrated introduction to spider biology and anatomy explains spider relationships. This book is a critical resource for curious naturalists who want to understand this ubiquitous and ecologically critical component of our biosphere.
