Ocean Birds of the Nearshore Pacific
Author | : Rich Stallcup |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Marine animals |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Rich Stallcup |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Marine animals |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Steve N. G. Howell |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2019-08-20 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0691175012 |
A state-of-the-art photographic field guide to the world's oceanic birds Oceanic birds are among the most remarkable but least known of all birds, living at sea, far from the sight of most people. They offer unusual identification challenges—many species look similar and it can be difficult to get good views of fast-flying birds from a moving boat. The first field guide to the world's oceanic birds in more than two decades, this exciting and authoritative book draws on decades of firsthand experience on the open seas. It features clear text filled with original insights and new information and more than 2,200 carefully chosen color images that bring the ocean and its remarkable winged inhabitants to life. Never before have oceanic birds been presented in such an accessible and comprehensive way. The introduction discusses the many recent developments in seabird taxonomy, which are incorporated into the species accounts, and these accounts are arranged into groups that aid field identification. Each group and species complex has an introductory overview of its identification challenges, illustrated with clear comparative photos. The text describes flight manner, plumage variation related to age and molt, seasonal occurrence patterns, migration routes, and many other features. The result is an indispensable guide for exploring birding's last great frontier. A comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible guide to oceanic birds Covers more than 270 species Includes more than 2,200 color photos with concise captions noting key features Features careful species comparisons, overviews of the latest taxonomy, tips on how to observe and ID birds at sea, and much more
Author | : Robert J. Shallenberger |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 122 |
Release | : 2009-10-27 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0824844246 |
Honorable Mention, 2011 Ka Palapala Po‘okela Award of Excellence in Natural Science, Hawai‘i Book Publishers Association More than 300 species of seabirds range across the world’s oceans. In excess of 14 million birds, representing nearly two dozen species, make their home in the Hawaiian islands. These are na manu kai, the birds of the sea. More than 135 color photographs illustrate this beautiful book showcasing the seabirds of Hawai‘i—from the far eastern tip of the Big Island to the recently created Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. The monument encompasses the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and the surrounding waters, which together form the second largest marine wildlife reserve in the world. In addition to his spectacular photographs, the author shares the lessons he has learned during the many years spent with his camera in seabird colonies, providing an engaging personal perspective on life with seabirds. Naturalists, wildlife biologists, birders, and others (including older children) who share an interest in the natural world and appreciate fine wildlife photography, will find this book a handy and informative resource on Hawai‘i’s birds of the sea as well as a delightful experience for the eye.138 color illus.
Author | : Adam Nicolson |
Publisher | : Henry Holt and Company |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2018-02-06 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1250134196 |
Life itself could never have been sustainable without seabirds. As Adam Nicolson writes: "They are bringers of fertility, the deliverers of life from ocean to land." A global tragedy is unfolding. Even as we are coming to understand them, the number of seabirds on our planet is in freefall, dropping by nearly 70% in the last sixty years, a billion fewer now than there were in 1950. Of the ten birds in this book, seven are in decline, at least in part of their range. Extinction stalks the ocean and there is a danger that the grand cry of the seabird colony, rolling around the bays and headlands of high latitudes, will this century become little but a memory. Seabirds have always entranced the human imagination and NYT best-selling author Adam Nicolson has been in love with them all his life: for their mastery of wind and ocean, their aerial beauty and the unmatched wildness of the coasts and islands where every summer they return to breed. The seabird’s cry comes from an elemental layer in the story of the world. Over the last couple of decades, modern science has begun to understand their epic voyages, their astonishing abilities to navigate for tens of thousands of miles on featureless seas, their ability to smell their way towards fish and home. Only the poets in the past would have thought of seabirds as creatures riding the ripples and currents of the entire planet, but that is what the scientists are seeing now today.
Author | : Michael Brooke |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2020-09 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0691210322 |
Seabirds evoke the spirit of the earth's wildest places. They spend large portions of their lives at sea, often far from land, and nest on remote islands that humans rarely visit. Thanks to increasingly sophisticated and miniaturized devices that can track their every movement and behavior, it is now possible to observe the mysterious lives of these remarkable creatures as never before. This book takes you on a breathtaking journey around the globe to provide an extraordinary up-close look at the activities of seabirds. Featuring stunning illustrations by renowned artist Bruce Pearson, Far from Land reveals that seabirds are not the aimless wind-tossed wanderers they may appear to be, and explains the observational innovations that are driving this exciting area of research.
Author | : Peter Harrison |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1991-09-16 |
Genre | : Birds |
ISBN | : 9780395602911 |
This is the definitive book on the seabirds of the world, describing virtually all the known species. Illustrated in color.
Author | : Caroline Fox |
Publisher | : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1771601620 |
At Sea with the Marine Birds of the Raincoast tells the stories of conservation scientist Caroline Fox and the marine birds she studies as she sails along the Northwest Coast.
Author | : Ronald Mathias Lockley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780715357132 |
Comprehensive account, including many Arctic and Antarctic species.
Author | : Peter Harrison |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780691015514 |
Describes over five hundred species of sea birds from around the world, and includes information on distinguishing characteristics and behavior
Author | : Jennifer Ackerman |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2019-05-07 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0143134183 |
From the bestselling author of The Genius of Birds, the revised and reissued edition of her beloved book of essays describing her forays along the Delaware shore For three years, Jennifer Ackerman lived in the small coastal town of Lewes, Delaware, in the sort of blue-water, white-sand landscape that draws summer crowds up and down the eastern seaboard. Birds by the Shore is a book about discovering the natural life at the ocean's edge: the habits of shorebirds and seabirds, the movement of sand and water, the wealth of creatures that survive amid storm and surf. Against this landscape's rhythms, Ackerman revisits her own history--her mother's death, her father's illness and her hopes to have children of her own. This portrait of life at the ocean's edge will be relished by anyone who has walked a beach at sunset, or watched a hawk hover over a winter marsh, and felt part of the natural world. With a quiet passion and friendly, generous intelligence, it explores the way that landscape shapes our thoughts and perceptions and shows that home ground is often where we feel the deepest response to the planet.