Catégorie :: Livres anglais (6020 livres)

Songbirds 2000 Calendar
de (Ed. Tide-Mark Pr Ltd) Isbn : 1559494700
12.91 €
Songbirds 2000 features a chorus of songsters more often heard than seen. Picturing a panoply of singers in brilliant color and sharp detail, this calendar includes many long-distance neotropical travelers, which are among North Americas most endangered birds. The calendars text describes each birds size, range, habitat, voice and nesting habits. Sales benefit the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, an international center for bird study and conservation. Wall hanging, 11 by 14 inches,

Non renseigné
de James A., Kushlan, James A., Kahl, M. Philip Hancock(Ed. Academic Press) Isbn : 0123227305
81.78 €
Some of the world's largest and most spectacular birds are to be found among this group of wading birds. Tragically, they also include many of the world's most endangered species, as changes in land use erode their wetland habitats. Some like the White Stork have lived alongside humans for hundreds of years and are well known from numerous studies. Others, like the Storm's stork and ibises of West Africa, South-East Asia and South America live so secluded a life in the remote corners of the globe that they will probably be extinct before even the most basic details of their biology are known. In this monograph, three authors and two artists have combined their skills to capture what is known of this group of wading birds. The text opens with general chapters on taxonomy and feeding, breedi...

Birds: A Guide to the Literature
de Melanie Ann Miller(Ed. Scholarly Title) Isbn : 0824087100
87.4 €
Some 1942 books and 49 periodicals about birds are listed in this annotated bibliography. The intended audience is not stated but is obviously amateur birders and the public libraries that serve them. Both adult's and children's books are covered; all titles are in English, and most have appeared since 1960. The entries are arranged by subjects and/or geographic areas and subarranged alphabetically by author/title. Each includes basic bibliographic data and a brief description. Thoughtful choice of titles and accurate, clear descriptions make this a most useful reference guide and selection tool, but the price will surely be a problem for many potential purchasers. Paul B. Cors, Univ. of Wyoming Lib., LaramieCopyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Snow Geese: Grandeur and Calamity on an Arctic Landscape
de Bruce Batt PH.D.(Ed. Globe Pequot Press) Isbn : 1572231823
17.06 €
Snow Geese : Grandeur and Calamity on an Arctic Landscape chronicles the fascinating life of the lesser snow goose, from Gulf Coast marshes through the farmlands of the U.S. and Canadian Great Plains to Arctic breeding areas. Snow goose populations have grown dramatically since the mid 20th century ; today the lesser snow goose is the most abundant Arctic-nesting goose in the world. Its abundance has wrought serious and long-term degradation on the Arctic habitats upon which the geese depend for sustenance. The degradation threatens the future of the snow goose and all the other species of resident and migratory wildlife that share these habitats. Snow Geese : Grandeur and Calamity on an Arctic Landscape is intended to help the reader understand the causes and consequences of these changes...

A Field Guide to Feeder Birds: Eastern and Central North America
de Roger Tory Peterson(Ed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Isbn : 061805944X
9.46 €
Slim and affordable, FEEDER BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA features Roger Tory Peterson's classic art in a larger format designed especially for the eighty million North Americans who watch and feed birds. This easy-to-use, at-a-glance guide simplifies identification by including only the birds that frequent feeders. And to make it even more convenient, the most commonly seen birds come first, followed by those that are harder to identify or that rarely visit feeders. Range maps, descriptions of birds and foods that attract them, and illustrations are on facing pages, so identification is fast and easy. The brand-new introduction covers important bird-feeding topics, including types of feeders and where to place them, birdbaths, kinds of food and when to feed, plantings that attract birds,...

Sky Phenomena: A Guide to Naked-Eye Observation of the Stars : With Sections on Poetry in Astronomy, Constellation Mythology, and the Southern Hemis
de Norman Davidson(Ed. Lindisfarne Books) Isbn : 0940262568
18.96 €
Sky Phenomena leads the student/reader from the stars as seen from earth, through the sun, moon, and planets, to the Copernican revolution, comets and meteors, and the Southern Hemisphere sky. The text includes mythological and historical aspects of the subject and has numerous exercises for the student. The final chapter is a unique collection of poetry related to the stars from ancient India to modern times. Appendices include future astronomical events, technical data, materials and publications, and a comprehensive glossary of astronomical terms. Sky Phenomena is an unusual and practical guide to the sky as we see it-with the naked eye. The author leads us from the appearance of the stars as seen from Earth, through the Sun, Moon, and planets, to a deeper understanding of the Copernica...

Orioles, Blackbirds, and Their Kin: A Natural History
de Alexander F. Skutch(Ed. University of Arizona Press) Isbn : 0816515840
49.4 €
Skutch has spent a lifetime researching tropical birds in Costa Rica: his descriptions of cowbirds, meadowlarks, and others common to both South and North America provides a very scientific treatise on these species. This is the first book devoted exclusively to the icterids, and does a fine job of blending observation with natural history for college-level readers.

Orioles, Blackbirds, and Their Kin: A Natural History
de Alexander F. Skutch(Ed. University of Arizona Press) Isbn : 0816516014
21.8 €
Skutch has spent a lifetime researching tropical birds in Costa Rica: his descriptions of cowbirds, meadowlarks, and others common to both South and North America provides a very scientific treatise on these species. This is the first book devoted exclusively to the icterids, and does a fine job of blending observation with natural history for college-level readers.

Trogons, Laughing Falcons, and Other Neotropical Birds
de Alexander F. Skutch(Ed. Texas A M University Press) Isbn : 0890968500
28.46 €
Skutch (A Naturalist Amid Tropical Splendor, 1987, etc.) has had the chance, the curiosity, and the resolvefor over 70 yearsto observe the habits of little-known tropical birds, and the gleanings here add random, intelligent insights to our stock of avian wonder. Now 94 years old, Skutch has spent most of his life in the tropics observing animals, and for the most part birds. This collection of essays concentrates on bird behavior that runs counter to form: raptors that nurse-maid small birds of other species, birds that make their home in the nests of arboreal termites or treetop vespiaries, the hunting peculiarities of the swallow-tailed kite (it gathers insects with its feet). He covers courtship activities of long-tailed hermits and adorable coquettes, the nesting ways of snowy-breast,...

Skuas and Jaegers: A Guide to the Skuas and Jaegers of the World
de Klaus Malling Olsen, Hans Larsson(Ed. Yale University Press) Isbn : 0300072694
47.5 €
Skuas are a wide-ranging group of seabirds ; some are found as far south as the Antarctic and others in the Arctic regions of the world. They are one of the most challenging groups of birds to identify because of variation in plumage according to the age of a given bird and conditions for identifying them. This book-the first complete guide to the skuas of the world-was designed to enable species identification and correct aging of these birds.