Catégorie :: Livres anglais (6020 livres)

Birds
de Reader's Digest(Ed. Reader's Digest Association) Isbn : 0762100362
16.1 €
Meticulous, specially drawn full-color illustrations of the most abundant, wide-ranging, and conspicuous birds-nearly 650 species in all-depicted in natural settings. At-a-glance identification capsules pinpoint behavior patterns, field characteristics, coloring, habitats, and more.

Snowmelt Timberdoodles: and Other Excursions
de Herschel Raney(Ed. iUniverse) Isbn : 0595267084
34.46 €
Memory is the electric skeleton for the visual life.Here are trips into marshes and swamps, forests and stream valleys and the associations triggered from such simple experiences. Whether we go to forget or to remember, these are the traces of one walker #8217 ; s year among insects and birds, through the seasons in the Mississippi and Arkansas River Valleys. Neither biography nor diary, it is at times personal narrative and at times just the moment conveyed as purely as possible. We are sometimes only what we have seen and who we recall in the seeing. It is the joy of going, even for an hour. This is the come-back-and-tell-it part. Among dogs, armadillos, songbirds and children, sometimes it is best just to be humble and stay out of the way. Sometimes you laugh and write it down.

National Geographic Guide to Birding Hot Spots of the United States
de Mel White(Ed. National Geographic) Isbn : 079225483X
20.86 €
Mel White, a contributing editor to National Geographic Traveler, has been a birder for forty years and is the author of the American Birding Association A Birder's Guide to Arkansas, among other books. Paul Lehman, an ornithologist and avian mapping expert, was chief mapping consultant for the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America and the National Geographic Atlas to the Birds of North America. Jonathan Alderfer, chief consultant for the National Geographic Birding Program, is a respected field ornithologist and one of America's foremost birding artists.

Private Lives of Garden Birds: How to Understand the Everyday Behavior of the Birds in Your Backyard
de Calvin Simonds(Ed. Globe Pequot Pr) Isbn : 0871063158
12.3 €
Meet your backyard birds with this wonderfully readable and very popular book about bird behavior. A bird behaviorist and naturalist writes about the lives of ten familiar birds found in the gardens and backyards of North America. Read why chickadees are the birds most likely to feed from your hand and much more. 11 line drawings.

Veedor the Condor
de B. L. Walker(Ed. Bliss Books) Isbn : 0964895900
11.4 €
Meet Veedor, the world's only free-flying, captive Andean condor and learn interesting facts about this endangered species. Explore Veedor's world and the human family that has protected and loved him from the very start. From dancing onstage to performing in educational programs, Veedor's life is dedicated to helping raise awareness for condors the world over. With any luck, many of his cousins will be able to roam the skies freely and carry on for generations to come. Journey through hardships and triumphs as Veedor becomes a majestic ambassador for condors in the wild. This book is filled with amazing photographs and fun information for both children and adults.

Parrots in the City: One Bird's Struggle for a Place on the Planet
de Mattie Sue Athan, Jon-Mark Davey, JoAnn Davey(Ed. Booklocker Inc.,US) Isbn : 159113563X
15.16 €
Mattie Sue Athan has won numerous awards for her parrot behavior work. This is her first conservation book. Jon-Mark and JoAnn Davey have years of experience rescuing wild monk/Quaker parrot babies that would have died when their nests were destroyed because of conflicts with human land use.

Birds of Sri Lanka: A Photographic Guide
de Gehan De Sliva Wijeyeratne, Deepal Warakagoda, T. S. U. de Zylva(Ed. New Holland Publishers Ltd) Isbn : 1859745113
9.44 €
Matthew Oates got hooked on British butterflies at the age of nine. He works as a nature conservation advisor for the National Trust, has made several appearances on TV and radio, and has published a number of studies and articles on butterflies and other aspects of wildlife conservation. He lives in the Cotswolds with his wife and four children.

The Technology of Bobwhite Management: The Theory Behind the Practice
de Fred S. Guthery(Ed. Iowa State University Press) Isbn : 0813808936
66.49 €
Material represents a compendium of more than two decades of research in association with Texas Tech University, Texas A&M University Kingsville, and Oklahoma State University. Some material was previously published in The Journal of Wildlife Management and the Proceedings of the National Bobwhite Quail Symposium.

Massachusetts Birds: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species
de James Kavanagh(Ed. Waterford Press Ltd) Isbn : 1583551522
6.6 €
Massachusetts 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.

Maryland Dc Birds: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species
de James Kavanagh(Ed. Waterford Press Ltd) Isbn : 1583551514
6.6 €
Maryland DC 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.