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Author : Joseph J. McCoy
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Download or read book The Hunt for the Whooping Cranes; a Natural History Detective Story written by Joseph J. McCoy and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joseph J. McCoy
Publisher : Paul S Eriksson
ISBN 13 : 9780839735007
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (35 download)
Download or read book The Hunt for the Whooping Cranes written by Joseph J. McCoy and published by Paul S Eriksson. This book was released on 1996 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conservationists embark on a desperate hunt to find the last of the whooping cranes' nesting grounds.
Author : Kathleen Kaska
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813042763
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)
Download or read book The Man Who Saved the Whooping Crane written by Kathleen Kaska and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2012-09-16 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of people know a little bit about efforts to save the whooping crane, thanks to the movie Fly Away Home and annual news stories about ultralight planes leading migratory flocks. But few realize that in the spring of 1941, the population of these magnificent birds--pure white with black wingtips, standing five feet tall with a seven-foot wingspan--had reached an all-time low of fifteen. Written off as a species destined for extinction, the whooping crane has made a slow but unbelievable comeback over the last seven decades. This recovery would have been impossible if not for the efforts of Robert Porter Allen, an ornithologist with the National Audubon Society, whose courageous eight-year crusade to find the only remaining whooping crane nesting site in North America garnered nationwide media coverage. His search and his impassioned lectures about overdevelopment, habitat loss, and unregulated hunting triggered a media blitz that had thousands of citizens on the lookout for the birds during their migratory trips. Allen's tireless efforts changed the course of U.S. environmental history and helped lead to the passage of the Endangered Species Act in 1973. Though few people remember him today, his life reads like an Indiana Jones story, full of danger and adventure, failure and success. His amazing story deserves to be told.
Author : Paul A. Johnsgard
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803238282
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Sandhill and Whooping Cranes written by Paul A. Johnsgard and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Driving west from Lincoln to Grand Island, Nebraska, Paul A. Johnsgard remarks, is like driving backward in time. "I suspect," he says, "that the migrating cranes of a preice age period some ten million years ago would fully understand every nuance of the crane conversation going on today along the Platte."
Author : Paul A. Johnsgard
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 1607324377
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (73 download)
Download or read book A Chorus of Cranes written by Paul A. Johnsgard and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2020-01-27 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the natural history, biology, and conservation issues faced by cranes in North America, featuring beautiful photos. Accompanied by the stunning photography of Thomas D. Mangelsen, A Chorus of Cranes details the natural history, biology, and conservation issues surrounding the abundant sandhill crane and the endangered whooping crane in North America. Author Paul A. Johnsgard, one of the leading authorities on cranes and crane biology, describes the fascinating social behaviors, beautiful natural habitats, and grueling seasonal migrations that have stirred the hearts of people as far back as medieval times and garnered the crane a place in folklore and mythology across continents. Johnsgard has substantially updated and significantly expanded his 1991 work Crane Music, incorporating new information on the biology and status of these two North American cranes and providing abbreviated summaries on the other thirteen crane species of the world. The stories of these birds and their contrasting fates provide an instructive and moving history of bird conservation in North America. A Chorus of Cranes is a gorgeous and invaluable resource for crane enthusiasts, birders, natural historians, and conservationists alike. The University Press of Colorado gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the Iain Nicholson Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary, Audubon Nebraska, Ron and Judy Parks, Wagon Tongue Creek Farm, and the Trull Foundation toward the publication of this book. “In this glorious book, Paul Johnsgard and Tom Mangelsen have captured the very essence of these ancient birds—their beauty, grace of movement, and fascinating lives. It is a must for crane lovers, birders, and all who love the natural world.” —Jane Goodall “Johnsgard is the world’s leading synthesizer of our knowledge of birds and the presenter of such varied and complex information to both professional and lay audiences. He has made an enormous contribution to our planet . . . In his latest book, A Chorus of Cranes, the splendor of Johnsgard’s lyrical style is matched by incomparable images from one of the world’s best-known photographers, and fellow Nebraskan, Tom Mangelsen.” —George Archibald, Co-Founder and Senior Conservationist, International Crane Foundation
Author : Paul A. Johnsgard
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803275935
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (759 download)
Download or read book Crane Music written by Paul A. Johnsgard and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1998-02-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graced with illustrations by the author, Crane Music introduces the two North American crane species. The sandhill, most often seen, is within easy reach of bird-watchers in the center of the continent. Less visible is the whooping crane, struggling back from near extinction. Paul Johnsgard follows these elegant birds through a year’s cycle, describing their seasonal migrations, natural habitats, breeding biology, call patterns—angelic to the bird-lover’s ear—and fascinating dancing.The largest and most spectacular migratory concentration of cranes happens each spring when the Platte River valley becomes the staging ground for an amazing gathering of four hundred thousand to five hundred thousand sandhills en route from the South to the Arctic tundra. Johnsgard describes this incredible event as well as memorable personal encounters with the cranes. His knowledge of them transcends natural history, covering their importance in religion and mythology.
Author : Zena Sutherland
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226780573
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)
Download or read book The Best in Children's Books written by Zena Sutherland and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews 1,400 books for children chosen as the best published during the years 1966-1972.
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Total Pages : 1462 pages
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Download or read book School Library Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 1462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Olin Sewall Pettingill
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483263118
Total Pages : 547 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (832 download)
Download or read book Ornithology in Laboratory and Field written by Olin Sewall Pettingill and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-02 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ornithology in Laboratory and Field is intended as an aid to ornithological study at the college or university level. Students who lack the background knowledge usually acquired during a course in general zoology or biology should keep it handy for ready reference a standard elementary text on the subject. This book contains extensive material for purely informational reading, possibly enough to supplant the need of an additional textbook. Its principal purpose still complies with the title of its predecessors for it is essentially a manual to guide and assist the student in direct observations. All twenty sections, except the last (""The Origin, Evolution, and Decrease of Birds""), suggest methods and provide instructions for studies; and all conclude with an extensive list of references, frequently annotated, for further information. The twenty sections of the book can be taken up in almost any order and some may be omitted without affecting the instructional value of the others. A feature of this new edition is an introduction to birds and ornithology, intended for reading at the beginning of a course. The purpose is twofold: to show the significance of birds for study and to give an overall preview of ornithology, the subject, with emphasis on its wide scope, how it is studied, and some of the continuing and exciting opportunities that it offers for investigation.
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Total Pages : 654 pages
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Download or read book The Booklist and Subscription Books Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 1382 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Booklist written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 1382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 552 pages
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Total Pages : 542 pages
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Total Pages : 2008 pages
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Total Pages : 1394 pages
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Total Pages : 940 pages
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