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Download or read book Will We Lose Our Songbirds? written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Silence of the Songbirds by : Bridget Joan Stutchbury
Download or read book Silence of the Songbirds written by Bridget Joan Stutchbury and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Migratory songbirds are disappearing at an alarming rate. By some estimates we have already lost half the songbirds that filled the skies 40 years ago. The author demonstrates why this decline should concern us all. She examines the most threatening factors to these animals: pesticides, the destruction of vital habitat, coffee plantations, bright lights and the structures of our cities and global warming.
Book Synopsis Silence of the Songbirds by : Bridget Stutchbury
Download or read book Silence of the Songbirds written by Bridget Stutchbury and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wood thrush, Kentucky warbler, the Eastern kingbird-migratory songbirds are disappearing at a frightening rate. By some estimates, we may already have lost almost half of the songbirds that filled the skies only forty years ago. Renowned biologist Bridget Stutchbury convincingly argues that songbirds truly are the "canaries in the coal mine"-except the coal mine looks a lot like Earth and we are the hapless excavators. Following the birds on their six-thousand-mile migratory journey, Stutchbury leads us on an ecological field trip to explore firsthand the major threats to songbirds: pesticides, still a major concern decades after Rachel Carson first raised the alarm; the destruction of vital habitat, from the boreal forests of Canada to the diminishing continuous forests of the United States to the grasslands of Argentina; coffee plantations, which push birds out of their forest refuges so we can have our morning fix; the bright lights and structures in our cities, which prove a minefield for migrating birds; and global warming. We could well wake up in the near future and hear no songbirds singing. But we won't just be missing their cheery calls, we'll be missing a vital part of our ecosystem. Without songbirds, our forests would face uncontrolled insect infestations, and our trees, flowers, and gardens would lose a crucial element in their reproductive cycle. As Stutchbury shows, saving songbirds means protecting our ecosystem and ultimately ourselves.
Book Synopsis Silence Of The Songbirds by : Bridget Stutchbury
Download or read book Silence Of The Songbirds written by Bridget Stutchbury and published by HarperCollins Canada. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Migratory songbirds are disappearing at a frightening rate. By some estimates, we may have already lost almost half the songbirds that filled the skies only 40 years ago. Following the birds on their 10,000-kilometre migratory journey, Bridget Stutchbury looks at the most threatening factors in their extinction, from pesticides, still a major concern decades after Rachel Carson first raised the alarm, to the destruction of vital habitat; from the bright lights and structures in our cities—which are a minefield for migrating birds—to climate change. We may well wake up in the near future and hear no songbirds singing. We won’t only be missing their cheery calls, we’ll be missing a vital part of our ecosystem.
Book Synopsis Silence of the Songbirds by : Bridget Stutchbury
Download or read book Silence of the Songbirds written by Bridget Stutchbury and published by . This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Songbirds are not merely beautiful to behold -- they are an important part of our ecosystem. Without songbirds, our forests would face more insect infestations and our trees and flowers would lose a crucial link in their reproductive cycle. Yet migratory songbirds are disappearing at a frightening rate. Stutchbury leads us on an ecological field trip to explore firsthand the lives of songbirds and the major threats they face. Pesticides are still a major concern decades after Rachel Carson fist raised the alarm. Vital habitat for birds continues to be destroyed. Sun-grown coffee plantations push birds out of their tropical forest refuges. She not only talks about these problems, but describes the steps we can take to save songbirds and the environment. Illus.
Book Synopsis How to Know the Birds by : Ted Floyd
Download or read book How to Know the Birds written by Ted Floyd and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this elegant narrative, celebrated naturalist Ted Floyd guides you through a year of becoming a better birder. Choosing 200 top avian species to teach key lessons, Floyd introduces a new, holistic approach to bird watching and shows how to use the tools of the 21st century to appreciate the natural world we inhabit together whether city, country or suburbs." -- From book jacket.
Download or read book Songbird Journeys written by Miyoko Chu and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the remarkable lives of migratory birds and answers such questions about songbirds as where do they go, how do they get there, and what do they do in the places that they inhabit throughout the year.
Book Synopsis Taming the Temperature by : Tayler M. Scherr
Download or read book Taming the Temperature written by Tayler M. Scherr and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The climate is changing at a rapid, unprecedented pace with some of the warmest years on record having occurred since 2001. Further, human-induced rapid environmental change (HIREC) – or the alteration of an organisms’ environment at a pace too rapid for organisms to track evolutionarily – is an increasing problem for many ecosystems and can lead to species declines if they fail to adapt quickly enough. Although much research has begun to focus on the effects of HIREC, few ecosystems are plagued by a single form of HIREC, particularly given the widespread effects of climate change. Therefore, a better understanding of the individual, additive, and/or synergistic effects of multiple forms of HIREC and how species may be able to plastically respond to modulate the effects will better inform management and conservation efforts under multiple stressors. We examined what habitat characteristics most affected temperature at the nest site. We then assessed to what extent the three sagebrush-obligate songbirds spanning a range of body sizes selected nest sites on the basis of temperature in an arid ecosystem in western Wyoming at two spatial scales. We further investigated whether a known nest predation-risk gradient and ambient conditions modulated temperature-based choices. The two smaller-bodied species, the Brewer’s Sparrow and the Sagebrush Sparrow, selected nest sites that were warmer and less variable relative what was available on average, whereas Sage Thrashers generally did not select nest sites on the basis of temperature. When ambient temperatures were higher during the nestsite prospecting period, however, both Brewer’s Sparrows and Sage Thrashers dampened selection for warmer nest sites in a context-dependent manner. None of the three species altered nest-site selection with respect to temperature in response to either temperature variability or our index of nest predation risk. Collectively, our results suggest that nest site selection may be one method by which birds are able to modulate temperature moving forward, albeit the degree to which this is possible will be dependent on the rate and extent of on-going climate change. This work highlights the importance of maintaining habitat heterogeneity across landscapes to maintain diverse microrefugia for organisms. Moreover, it is critical to prescribe species-specific management prescriptions whenever possible, as our results demonstrated that although sagebrush-obligate songbirds are often managed similarly, here we found species-specific patterns of nest-site selection. An important next step is to determine how temperature and habitat loss may work independently, additively, and/or synergistically to effect reproductive fitness metrics directly or indirectly. Songbirds may be able to further modulate temperature at the nest site via parental care during the incubation and nestling periods, but the extent to which this occurs is largely unknown. Given the outlook for extreme weather and increased variability, developing a more thorough understanding of how multiple stressors may affect fitness outcomes will allow managers to develop recommendations to benefits the physiological needs of avian species. This work thus far has demonstrated the importance of considerations at a species-specific level, and further research to determine if that pattern carries through to reproductive fitness outcomes is critical to better mitigate the potential effects of habitat loss and extreme weather moving forward.
Book Synopsis The Summer of Dead Birds by : Ali Liebegott
Download or read book The Summer of Dead Birds written by Ali Liebegott and published by Amethyst Editions. This book was released on 2019 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A queer poet documents depression and grief in this autobiographical novel-in-verse.
Book Synopsis Welcome to Subirdia by : John M. Marzluff
Download or read book Welcome to Subirdia written by John M. Marzluff and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Subirdia presents a surprising discovery: the suburbs of many large cities support incredible biological diversity. Populations and communities of a great variety of birds, as well as other creatures, are adapting to the conditions of our increasingly developed world. In this fascinating and optimistic book, John Marzluff reveals how our own actions affect the birds and animals that live in our cities and towns, and he provides ten specific strategies everyone can use to make human environments friendlier for our natural neighbors. Over many years of research and fieldwork, Marzluff and student assistants have closely followed the lives of thousands of tagged birds seeking food, mates, and shelter in cities and surrounding areas. From tiny Pacific wrens to grand pileated woodpeckers, diverse species now compatibly share human surroundings. By practicing careful stewardship with the biological riches in our cities and towns, Marzluff explains, we can foster a new relationship between humans and other living creatures—one that honors and enhances our mutual destiny.
Book Synopsis The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel) by : Suzanne Collins
Download or read book The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel) written by Suzanne Collins and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 747 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ambition will fuel him. Competition will drive him. But power has its price. It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined - every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute . . . and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.
Book Synopsis Saving Migrant Birds by : John Faaborg
Download or read book Saving Migrant Birds written by John Faaborg and published by Univ of TX + ORM. This book was released on 2014-02-19 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Rigorous and well defended . . . Faaborg makes many fresh and, in some cases, provocative points regarding management guidelines for migrant birds.” —Kenneth Able, Great Plains Research In the 1980s, numerous scientific surveys documented both declining bird populations, especially among Neotropical songbirds that winter in the tropics, and the loss of tropical rain forest habitat. Drawing the seemingly obvious conclusion, scientists and environmental activists linked songbird declines to loss of tropical habitats and alerted the world to an impending ecological catastrophe. Their warnings led to the establishment of the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Program, also known as Partners in Flight, the self-proclaimed largest conservation effort in history. Looking back over more than a decade of efforts to save migrant birds, John Faaborg offers the first serious evaluation of the state of songbird populations today, the effectiveness of conservation programs such as Partners in Flight, and the reliability and completeness of scientific research on migrant birds. Taking neither an alarmist nor a complacent approach, he shows that many factors besides habitat loss affect bird populations and that Neotropical migrants as a group are not declining dramatically, though some species adapt to habitat alteration more successfully than others. Faaborg’s state-of-the-art survey thus clarifies the kinds of information we will need and the conservation efforts we should undertake to ensure the long-term survival of Neotropical migrant birds. “Presents a carefully and closely reasoned argument about the magnitude of the conservation problems facing migrant birds, how we can reduce these problems, and how current conservation efforts have enormous value even if there is no immediate crisis.” —Scott K. Robinson, Professor and Head, Department of Animal Biology, University of Illinois
Book Synopsis Managing Habitat for Grassland Birds by : David W. Sample
Download or read book Managing Habitat for Grassland Birds written by David W. Sample and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Gifts of the Crow by : John Marzluff
Download or read book Gifts of the Crow written by John Marzluff and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers insight into crows' ability to make tools and respond to environmental challenges, explaining how they engage in human-like behaviors, from giving gifts and seeking revenge to playing and experiencing dreams.
Download or read book Cat Wars written by Peter P. Marra and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why our cats are a danger to species diversity and human health In 1894, a lighthouse keeper named David Lyall arrived on Stephens Island off New Zealand with a cat named Tibbles. In just over a year, the Stephens Island Wren, a rare bird endemic to the island, was rendered extinct. Mounting scientific evidence confirms what many conservationists have suspected for some time—that in the United States alone, free-ranging cats are killing birds and other animals by the billions. Equally alarming are the little-known but potentially devastating public health consequences of rabies and parasitic Toxoplasma passing from cats to humans at rising rates. Cat Wars tells the story of the threats free-ranging cats pose to biodiversity and public health throughout the world, and sheds new light on the controversies surrounding the management of the explosion of these cat populations. This compelling book traces the historical and cultural ties between humans and cats from early domestication to the current boom in pet ownership, along the way accessibly explaining the science of extinction, population modeling, and feline diseases. It charts the developments that have led to our present impasse—from Stan Temple's breakthrough studies on cat predation in Wisconsin to cat-eradication programs underway in Australia today. It describes how a small but vocal minority of cat advocates has campaigned successfully for no action in much the same way that special interest groups have stymied attempts to curtail smoking and climate change. Cat Wars paints a revealing picture of a complex global problem—and proposes solutions that foresee a time when wildlife and humans are no longer vulnerable to the impacts of free-ranging cats.
Book Synopsis The Bird-Friendly City by : Timothy Beatley
Download or read book The Bird-Friendly City written by Timothy Beatley and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2020-11-05 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does a bird experience a city? A backyard? A park? As the world has become more urban, noisier from increased traffic, and brighter from streetlights and office buildings, it has also become more dangerous for countless species of birds. Warblers become disoriented by nighttime lights and collide with buildings. Ground-feeding sparrows fall prey to feral cats. Hawks and other birds-of-prey are sickened by rat poison. These name just a few of the myriad hazards. How do our cities need to change in order to reduce the threats, often created unintentionally, that have resulted in nearly three billion birds lost in North America alone since the 1970s? In The Bird-Friendly City, Timothy Beatley, a longtime advocate for intertwining the built and natural environments, takes readers on a global tour of cities that are reinventing the status quo with birds in mind. Efforts span a fascinating breadth of approaches: public education, urban planning and design, habitat restoration, architecture, art, civil disobedience, and more. Beatley shares empowering examples, including: advocates for “catios,” enclosed outdoor spaces that allow cats to enjoy backyards without being able to catch birds; a public relations campaign for vultures; and innovations in building design that balance aesthetics with preventing bird strikes. Through these changes and the others Beatley describes, it is possible to make our urban environments more welcoming to many bird species. Readers will come away motivated to implement and advocate for bird-friendly changes, with inspiring examples to draw from. Whether birds are migrating and need a temporary shelter or are taking up permanent residence in a backyard, when the environment is safer for birds, humans are happier as well.
Book Synopsis Lost Among the Birds by : Neil Hayward
Download or read book Lost Among the Birds written by Neil Hayward and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author becomes a bird watcher, and sets record for number of birds counted.