Catégorie :: Livres anglais (6020 livres)

Peterson First Guide to Birds of North America
de Roger Tory Peterson(Ed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Isbn : 0395906660
7.56 €
Peterson First Guides are the first books the beginning naturalist needs. Condensed versions of the famous Peterson Field Guides, the First Guides focus on the animals, plants, and other natural things you are most likely to see. They make it fun to get into the field and easy to progress to the full-fledged Peterson Guides.

Peterson First Guide to Birds of North America
de Roger Tory Peterson(Ed. Houghton Mifflin Juvenile Books) Isbn : 0395406846
4.7 €
Peterson First Guides are the first books the beginning naturalist needs. Condensed versions of the famous Peterson Field Guides, the First Guides focus on the animals, plants, and other natural things you are most likely to see. They make it fun to get into the field and easy to progress to the full-fledged Peterson Guides.

Thrushes
de Peter Clement, Ren Hathway, Clive Byers(Ed. Helm) Isbn : 0713639407
59.06 €
Peter Clement is a member of the British Birds Rarities Committee and the author of Finches and Sparrows (Princeton). Currently emplyed by English Nature, his work includes designing sites of international importance for birds. Ren Hathway was 1994 "Bird Illustrator of the Year." His work has appeared in numerous books, magazines, and journals. Clive Byers is one of Britain's leading bird illustrators. His work has appeared in many books, including Handbook to the Birds of the World. Jan Wilczur has provided artwork for many prestigious publications, including A Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia (Princeton).

The Feather Quest
de Pete Dunne(Ed. Dutton) Isbn : 0525933921
23.76 €
Pete Dunne seems destined to be the next dean and spokesperson for American birding--not only through his books Hawks in Flight ( LJ 3/1/88) and Tales of a Low-Rent Birder (Rutgers Univ. Pr., 1986), but as a regular on the birding lecture circuit, positions as director of the prestigious Cape May Bird Observatory and New Jersey Audubon Society, as a nature columnist for various newspapers, and as organizer of the first World Series of Birding. In The Feather Quest , he and his wife live out the birder's dream of following the birds and the seasons around the United States. Such a voyage has not been reported on so mellifluously since Roger Tory Peterson published Wild America in 1935. In prose that reads as smoothly as the best of John McPhee, Dunne muses on birds, on the 22 birding hot sp...

The Feather Quest: A North American Birder's Year
de Pete Dunne(Ed. Mariner Books) Isbn : 0395927900
20.86 €
Pete Dunne seems destined to be the next dean and spokesperson for American birding--not only through his books Hawks in Flight ( LJ 3/1/88) and Tales of a Low-Rent Birder (Rutgers Univ. Pr., 1986), but as a regular on the birding lecture circuit, positions as director of the prestigious Cape May Bird Observatory and New Jersey Audubon Society, as a nature columnist for various newspapers, and as organizer of the first World Series of Birding. In The Feather Quest , he and his wife live out the birder's dream of following the birds and the seasons around the United States. Such a voyage has not been reported on so mellifluously since Roger Tory Peterson published Wild America in 1935. In prose that reads as smoothly as the best of John McPhee, Dunne muses on birds, on the 22 birding hot sp...

Small-Headed Flycatcher.: Seen Yesterday. He Didn't Leave His Name. and Other Stories
de Pete Dunne(Ed. University of Texas Press) Isbn : 0292715994
23.76 €
Pete Dunne has been watching birds since he was seven years old. But not just watching--deeply absorbing every nuance of color, markings, shape, flight, and song ; all the subtle clues that can identify a bird barely glimpsed among the highest branches in fading twilight. With the same skill, he has been observing and writing about birding and birders for over twenty years, using humor, sentiment, occasional sarcasm, and unashamed passion for his chosen profession to explore why birdwatching is...

Small-Headed Flycatcher: Seen Yesterday. He Didn't Leave His Name. and Other Stories
de Pete Dunne(Ed. University of Texas Press) Isbn : 0292716001
18.96 €
Pete Dunne has been watching birds since he was seven years old. But not just watching--deeply absorbing every nuance of color, markings, shape, flight, and song ; all the subtle clues that can identify a bird barely glimpsed among the highest branches in fading twilight. With the same skill, he has been observing and writing about birding and birders for over twenty years, using humor, sentiment, occasional sarcasm, and unashamed passion for his chosen profession to explore why birdwatching is...

Peregrine Falcon: Stories Of The Blue Meanie
de James H. Enderson(Ed. University of Texas Press) Isbn : 0292706243
33.26 €
Peregrine Falcon A leading expert on the peregrine falcon tells the story of the birds' dramatic decline and spectacular recovery.

Pennsylvania Birds: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species
de James Kavanagh(Ed. Waterford Press Ltd) Isbn : 1583550097
6.6 €
Pennsylvania Birds, An Introduction to Familiar Species, is a must-have, reference guide for beginners and experts alike. Whether you're on a nature hike or in your own backyard, you'll want to take along a copy of this indispensable guide. The Pocket Naturalist(tm) series is an introduction to common plants and animals and natural phenomena. Each pocket-sized, folding guide highlights up to 150 species and most feature a map highlighting prominent sanctuaries and outstanding natural attractions. Each is laminated for durability.

Penguins: Living in Two Worlds
de Lloyd Spencer Davis, Martin Renner(Ed. Poyser) Isbn : 0300102771
42.76 €
Penguins are the world's most easily recognized--and perhaps most appealing--group of birds. Flightless, penguins spend the vast majority of their lives swimming in the sea, yet they cannot shake off their evolutionary past: they are warm-blooded air breathers, and they must return to land to lay their eggs. Thus penguins face the challenges of balancing two worlds-the land for breeding, the sea for feeding. This engaging book offers a complete and up-to-date overview of all the world's penguin species as well as new insights into their dual lives. The book shows that the diversity of penguin species, and in fact all aspects of their biology, can be explained largely according to the distance they travel for food. Exploring penguin colonies, social behavior, evolution, ecology, conservatio...