Catégorie :: Livres anglais (6020 livres)

[(Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America)] [ By (author) Klaus Malling Olsen, Illustrated by Hans Larsson ] [September, 2004]
de Klaus Malling Olsen(Ed. Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd) Isbn : 069111997X
278.8 €
The gulls are a large family of seabirds, familiar and distinctive as a group, but one of the most challenging to separate at the species level, especially in their various stages of immature plumage. This guide offers the most comprehensive treatment ever published on the gulls of North America, Europe, and Asia. Klaus Malling Olsen and Hans Larsson treat a total of forty-three species--each depicted in considerable detail, with a full description of every plumage and racial variation. The text...

Gulls of North America, Europe, and Asia
de Klaus Malling Olsen(Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 0691113270
44.83 €
The gulls are a large family of seabirds, familiar and distinctive as a group, but one of the most challenging to separate at the species level, especially in their various stages of immature plumage. This guide offers the most comprehensive treatment ever published on the gulls of Europe, Asia, and North America. Klaus Malling Olsen and Hans Larsson treat a total of forty-three species--each depicted in considerable detail, with a full description of every plumage and racial variation. The text is complemented not only by superb color paintings by Larsson, but also by 800 color photographs. Gulls explore a variety of habitats, consume a wide range of food, and are often extremely abundant. They are also great wanderers, with several American species often appearing in Western Europe and v...

El Gran Desconocido: The Redtailed Hawk
de Beatriz E. Candil Garcia(Ed. Trafford Publishing) Isbn : 1412024242
64.57 €
The Great Unknown: The Redtailed Hawk, written by Beatriz E. Candil Garcia is the most complete work ever to be written about North America's most widespread raptor. The Great Unknown is a thorough and detailed look at one of the most beautiful birds of prey in the world, a very special raptor. For many decades, the Redtail has been our companion, watching us from its position on a telegraph pole alongside the highway or soaring beautifully high above our heads on thermals. Aspiring apprentice falconers have pursued their dreams of becoming a master of this sport by working with this noble and relatively easy to train raptor. The Redtail is without doubt one of the most versatile birds of prey and this detailed book takes you through the life and training of this remarkable bird. The Great...

Great Auk
de Errol Fuller(Ed. Harry N. Abrams, Inc.) Isbn : 0810963914
71.26 €
The great auk, or "penguin of the north," is nearly as well known in the annals of extinction as the dodo and passenger pigeon. A flightless bird, it lived in large colonies--a habit that was apparently necessary to its survival. Native to a narrow range of islands near the Arctic circle, the birds were easy prey, hunted for their meat, eggs, oil, and feathers. Nearing extinction, the auks became valuable to collectors for their eggs and skin, and the last birds were collected in 1844. Fuller, who has written two other books on extinct birds, documents the auk's decline, including a grueling account of the killing of the last two. He offers many reprints of fine artwork depicting the birds plus hundreds of photographs of stuffed specimens, skeletons, eggs, artwork, and collectibles. Fuller...

Who Killed the Great Auk?
de Jeremy Gaskell(Ed. OUP Oxford) Isbn : 0198564783
73.83 €
The Great Auk is one of the world's most famous extinct birds. This curious seabird was flightless, stood upright like a human, and sported an enormous beak. In this fascinating book, Jeremy A. Gaskell takes the reader on a tour of some of the wildest and coldest places on earth as he tries to uncover the facts behind its disappearance, and the reasons why attempts to save it were in vain.

The Goshawk
de T. H. White(Ed. The Lyons Press) Isbn : 1558214356
14.2 €
The Goshawk chronicles a concentrated duel between the author and a great hawk. It is the journal of an intense clash of wills - during the bird's training - in which the pride and endurance of the wild raptor are worn down by the insistent willpower of the falconer. The story is by turns comic and tragic - and it is all-absorbing. (5 1/2 X 8 1/4, 222 pages, diagrams)

The Golden Eagle
de John A. Love, Jeff Watson(Ed. Shire Publications) Isbn : 074780091X
2.96 €
The Golden Eagle is the first comprehensive monograph on this majestic bird in over 40 years, and covers all aspects of this spectacular and popular species' biology and ecology. Jeff Watson has worked on eagles in Scotland for over 15 years and his studies provide the foundation for a treatment which also includes the most up-to-date information from work in North America, continental Europe, and throughout the world. This global view allows fascinating insight into the species' relationships...

The Golden Eagle
de Jeff Watson(Ed. Academic Press) Isbn : 0856610992
75.22 €
The Golden Eagle is the first comprehensive monograph on this majestic bird in over 40 years, and covers all aspects of this spectacular and popular species' biology and ecology. Jeff Watson has worked on eagles in Scotland for over 15 years and his studies provide the foundation for a treatment which also includes the most up-to-date information from work in North America, continental Europe, and throughout the world. This global view allows fascinating insight into the species' relationships with a variety of habitats. Key Features: Explores factors limiting Golden Eagle numbers and breeding performance Reviews eagle predation on livestock Addresses conservation issues and the species' fortune in the past and present

Mama Poc â€' Ecologists Account of the Extinction of a Species
de La Anne Bastille(Ed. W. W. Norton Co.) Isbn : 0393308006
21.25 €
The giant grebe bird ( poc in Mayan) is now extinct: confined to Lake Atitlan in the Guatemalan highlands and probably never numbering more than 300, it has succumbed to both human (the development of the lake as a resort) and natural (an earthquake that permanently lowered water levels and destroyed breeding habitat) influences. The author first saw the birds in 1960; in 1964 she began the campaign to save them that won her the name "Mama Poc" and is chronicled in this memoir; while she failed, it was not from lack of support in either Guatemala City or the local villages, nor lack of personal conviction and knowledge. This is a tragic story, sensitively recounted, with implications far beyond one species and one lake. LaBastille also wrote Woodswoman ( LJ 5/1/76) and Beyond Black Bear La...

Mama Poc: An Ecologist's Account of the Extinction of a Species
de Anne LaBastille(Ed. WW Norton Co) Isbn : 0393028305
16.66 €
The giant grebe bird ( poc in Mayan) is now extinct: confined to Lake Atitlan in the Guatemalan highlands and probably never numbering more than 300, it has succumbed to both human (the development of the lake as a resort) and natural (an earthquake that permanently lowered water levels and destroyed breeding habitat) influences. The author first saw the birds in 1960; in 1964 she began the campaign to save them that won her the name "Mama Poc" and is chronicled in this memoir; while she failed, it was not from lack of support in either Guatemala City or the local villages, nor lack of personal conviction and knowledge. This is a tragic story, sensitively recounted, with implications far beyond one species and one lake. LaBastille also wrote Woodswoman ( LJ 5/1/76) and Beyond Black Bear La...