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Author : Richard Vaughan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Stone Curlew written by Richard Vaughan and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Karen Manton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780369373717
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (737 download)
Download or read book The Curlew's Eye written by Karen Manton and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As soon as Greta, her husband Joel, and their three sons arrive at the rural Top End property where Joel grew up, she is filled with a sense of unease. There's the dam filled with poisoned water, the burned-out family home on the hill, the crude white stones marking the burial sites of his sister and mother, the irresistible pull and authority of the land itself. And, who is the mysterious girl living in a forlorn hut near the creek? Struggling in the intense humidity of the "buildup" as she plants a garden and helps Joel build a tourist cabin, Greta knows she is an outsider, both to the town and to the land. Using her camera, she tries to make the invisible visible. As she gets drawn into the silent mystery of Joel's family and the secrets of his past, memories from her own beach childhood down south stir in unexpected and sometimes frightening ways. Threading through Greta's experiences is the eerie cry of the curlew like the voice of the land itself, calling her to piece together the grief of the people and the place where she is living, and glimpses of her own past she has pushed aside.
Author : Christie Nieman
Publisher : Macmillan Publishers Aus.
ISBN 13 : 1743518137
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (435 download)
Download or read book As Stars Fall written by Christie Nieman and published by Macmillan Publishers Aus.. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In north-eastern Victoria, bush-covered hills erupt into flames. A Bush Stone-curlew escapes the fire but a woman studying the endangered bird does not. When Robin's parents split up after the fire, her mother drags her from the country to a new life in the ugly city. Robin misses her dog, her best-friend, the cows, trees, creek, bushland and, especially, the birds. Robin is a self-confessed, signed-up, card-carrying bird-nerd. Just like her dad. On the first day at her new school, Robin meets Delia. She's freaky, a bit of a workaholic, and definitely not good for Robin's image. Delia's older brother Seth has given up school to prowl the city streets. He is angry at everything, but mostly at the fire that killed his mother. When the Bush Stone-curlew turns up in the city parklands next to Seth and Delia's house the three teenagers become inextricably linked. Soon their lives are circling tighter and tighter around each other, and the curlew.
Author : David Callahan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472962230
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)
Download or read book Where to Watch Birds in East Anglia written by David Callahan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-12 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive site guide to three of Britain's most bird-rich counties – Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. East Anglia – the jewel in the crown of British birding. The counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire represent the most popular region for birders and naturalists to visit in the British Isles, whether to see wintering flocks of geese and waders, rare vagrants, scarce breeding birds such as cranes and bitterns, or just to soak up the countryside, be it fen, broad, coastal dune, breckland, heath or down. This new book by David Callahan is the definitive guide to the birding highlights of the region. It contains a comprehensive review of all the major sites, and many lesser-known ones, with maps, notes on access, and information on target species and when to visit. Where to Watch Birds in East Anglia is indispensable for any birder heading to this bird-rich corner of England.
Author : Andrew Darby
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1643135775
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)
Download or read book Flight Lines written by Andrew Darby and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A trans-world journey with an extraorindary shorebird—from Australia's southern ocean to the Arctic and back—that explores the mysteries of the natural world and its power to heal. As the sun lowered and turned Gulf St Vincent fiery, they each called a high-pitched 'peeooowiii!', flashed their black wing-pits, spread their tail skirts and took flight... In a luminous new boook, Andrew Darby follows the odysseys of two seemingly-humble Grey Plovers, little-known migratory shorebirds, as they take previously uncharted ultramarathon flights from the southern coast of Australia to Arctic breeding grounds. On these death-defying flights they dodge predators, typhoons, exhaustion, and countless other dangers before they can breed...and then survive the jrouney all over again and return south to their feeding grounds. But the greatest threat to these, and other long-distance migrants on the flyway, is China's "dragon economy," which is engulfing their vital Yellow Sea staging spots. In Flight Lines, we meet the dedicated people of all nationalities and backgrounds working to save these intrepid birds, from Russia to Alaska, from the rim of the Arctic Sea to the coasts of the Southern Ocean. Out of their hard-won science Darby finds hope for the birds—an unexpected bright light for our times. But his journey to understand these marvellous birds almost ends when he is suddenly diagnosed with an incurable cancer. Then he finds science coming to his rescue too, as his own story and the journey of these little birds intersect in an unexpected and beautiful way.
Author : Simon Barnes
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1681776952
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (817 download)
Download or read book The Meaning of Birds written by Simon Barnes and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of our most eloquent nature writers offers a passionate and informative celebration of birds and their ability to help us understand the world we live in. As well as exploring how birds achieve the miracle of flight; why birds sing; what they tell us about the seasons of the year and what their presence tells us about the places they inhabit, The Meaning of Birds muses on the uses of feathers, the drama of raptors, the slaughter of pheasants, the infidelities of geese, and the strangeness of feeling sentimental about blue tits while enjoying a chicken sandwich.From the mocking-birds of the Galapagos who guided Charles Darwin toward his evolutionary theory, to the changing patterns of migration that alert us to the reality of contemporary climate change, Simon Barnes explores both the intrinsic wonder of what it is to be a bird—and the myriad ways in which birds can help us understand the meaning of life.
Author : Celia Barker Lottridge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (521 download)
Download or read book Ticket to Curlew written by Celia Barker Lottridge and published by . This book was released on with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1915 eleven-year-old Sam and his father arrive in an undeveloped part of western Canada and begin to plan a new farm for the family waiting back in Iowa.
Author : Ted Floyd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1426220030
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (262 download)
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.
Author : Edmund Selous
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Bird Watching written by Edmund Selous and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stan C. Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781987592887
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (928 download)
Download or read book Bridgers 1: the Lure of Infinity written by Stan C. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-15 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some worlds are better left alone. Infinity Fowler has been fighting all her life. As a child, she had to fight for survival. Then she fought professionally. But when humans obtained the technology to bridge to alternate versions of Earth, she saw a chance for a new life. She signed up to become a bridger--an elite fighter and survival expert who protects tourists bridging to alternate worlds. Desmond Weaver is a tourist making a last-ditch effort to complete his PhD in evolutionary biology. He has booked the excursion of a lifetime, a data collection mission to a vastly different version of Earth. If he fails, his career will be over. Infinity is Desmond's assigned trainer and bridger. She is one of the best, willing to die protecting tourists. And also willing to kill. When it's time to bridge, Desmond and his two college roommates feel well prepared. But they aren't. Naked and weaponless, on an extraordinary world teeming with lethal predators, the team becomes entangled in a life-and-death struggle more terrifying than anything they could ever have imagined.
Author : Graham Pizzey
Publisher : Gardners Books
ISBN 13 : 9780207199356
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)
Download or read book The Field Guide to Birds of Australia written by Graham Pizzey and published by Gardners Books. This book was released on 2007-01 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pizzey's guide contains essential information on 778 species of birds, with 250 full-colour plates, including more than 2500 individual portraits, specially painted for this book, and 700 distribution maps.
Author : R. E. Johnstone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Western Australian Birds: Non-passerines (emu to dollarbird) written by R. E. Johnstone and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First of two volumes covering all species of birds recorded from Western Australia and its offshore islands including Ashmore Reef, Christmas and Cocos Keeling Islands. An indispensable reference for ornithologists, scientists and amateur naturalists. 45 colour plates by commissioned WA artists and 30 colour egg plates. 60 text figures, 158 maps. A large format, deluxe casebound edition.
Author : Mary Colwell
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008241066
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (82 download)
Download or read book Curlew Moon written by Mary Colwell and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Focuses a razor light on the plight of one of our most iconic birds. Inspirational!’ Tim Birkhead Curlews are Britain’s largest wading bird, known for their evocative calls which embody wild places; they provoke a range of emotions that many have expressed in poetry, art and music.
Author : Keith Betton
Publisher : Helm
ISBN 13 : 1472985400
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)
Download or read book Where to Watch Birds in Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight written by Keith Betton and published by Helm. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revised and expanded edition of this book, the definitive birdwatching site guide for Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Author : Gillian Gilbert
Publisher : Pelagic Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9781907807220
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)
Download or read book Bird Monitoring Methods written by Gillian Gilbert and published by Pelagic Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published by the RSPB in 1998, this book is a practical guide to surveying and monitoring techniques for use in the breeding season - in assessing breeding success as well as population levels - and during the winter. It gives instructions for more than 120 UK bird species, mainly those of conservation concern. Methods used in the UK's main national bird monitoring schemes are also outlined with advice on how to participate in them. In addition, the publication provides advice on the reliability of the methods, sampling, statistics and species protection. An essential reference for all involved in bird monitoring programmes. This is a reprint edition of 1901930033 published in 1998.
Author : T. H. White
Publisher : HarperCollins Children's Modern Classics
ISBN 13 : 9780008523343
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (233 download)
Download or read book The Sword in the Stone written by T. H. White and published by HarperCollins Children's Modern Classics. This book was released on 2022-03-17 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautiful HarperCollins Children's Modern Classics edition is perfect for every bookshelf.
Author : Ilaria Fozzi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781784271794
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (717 download)
Download or read book Where to Watch Birds in Sardinia written by Ilaria Fozzi and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sardinia is in the middle of the western Mediterranean between Europe and Africa. Its location on the Mediterranean flyway makes it an important refuelling stop for migrating birds - especially on its extensive wetlands. A popular destination for birders and naturalists, Sardinia has a great diversity of fauna and flora, along with rich cultural and historical attractions. Where to Watch Birds in Sardinia, written by two ornithologists with extensive experience of Sardinian birding, provides detailed information on the 43 key birding sites in Sardinia. For each site the target species are highlighted, along with information on habitat, when to visit, other wildlife, facilities, access, how long you'll need, the photographic opportunities and recommendations for your visit. A map of each site helps with planning and navigation to the site. Often described as a micro-continent for the variety of its ecosystems, Sardinia has mountains, forests, lowlands, gorges, wetlands, long sandy beaches and rocky shores. It is home to around 300 bird species, 41 mammals, 18 reptiles and 8 amphibians as well as a hugely diverse invertebrate fauna. Owing to its geographical isolation, altitudinal variation and limited human presence, Sardinia has retained many habitats that are favourable for the development and preservation of a large number of endemic plants, accounting for 10 per cent of the island's flora and including several orchid species. Sardinia's 'must-see' birds include Greater Flamingo, Eleonora's Falcon, Purple Swamphen, Little Bustard, Audouin's Gull, Marmora's Warbler, Corsican Finch, Griffon Vulture and Barbary Partridge. In spring, April and May are the best months for migration, while for the autumn migration the best period stretches from the end of August to the end of October. Wetlands are the most important sites in springtime, with many species stopping for some days before going north. During the breeding season these areas are very important for Greater Flamingo, Audouin's Gull, Little Tern and several other species of waders, gulls and terns. The breeding season is also a good time to see 'special' resident species like the Little Bustard in display or to hear the flight call of the Corsican Finch. In winter, large concentrations of ducks and gulls are found on the island, with the occasional vagrant from Siberia or North America.
