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Author | : Helen L. Wilbur |
Publisher | : Science Alphabet |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781534111400 |
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"Following the alphabet, poetry and sidebar text explore all aspects of bird life, from identification to habitat to how to be a bird watcher. Includes a glossary"--
Author | : Chris Maynard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781940984230 |
Download Feathers, Form & Function Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
An exposition on feathers- their form, function, varieties, and physiology, accompanied by the author's stunning artwork made from feathers.
Author | : John McKim |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
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Clear step-by-step illustrations of tying techniques--plus illustrations of left-handed tiers. . . The explanation of feathers -- dry versus wet, structure, types, markings, etc.
Author | : Kirk Wallace Johnson |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2018-04-24 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1101981628 |
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As heard on NPR's This American Life “Absorbing . . . Though it's non-fiction, The Feather Thief contains many of the elements of a classic thriller.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air “One of the most peculiar and memorable true-crime books ever.” —Christian Science Monitor A rollicking true-crime adventure and a captivating journey into an underground world of fanatical fly-tiers and plume peddlers, for readers of The Stranger in the Woods, The Lost City of Z, and The Orchid Thief. On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twenty-year-old American flautist Edwin Rist boarded a train for a suburban outpost of the British Museum of Natural History. Home to one of the largest ornithological collections in the world, the Tring museum was full of rare bird specimens whose gorgeous feathers were worth staggering amounts of money to the men who shared Edwin's obsession: the Victorian art of salmon fly-tying. Once inside the museum, the champion fly-tier grabbed hundreds of bird skins—some collected 150 years earlier by a contemporary of Darwin's, Alfred Russel Wallace, who'd risked everything to gather them—and escaped into the darkness. Two years later, Kirk Wallace Johnson was waist high in a river in northern New Mexico when his fly-fishing guide told him about the heist. He was soon consumed by the strange case of the feather thief. What would possess a person to steal dead birds? Had Edwin paid the price for his crime? What became of the missing skins? In his search for answers, Johnson was catapulted into a years-long, worldwide investigation. The gripping story of a bizarre and shocking crime, and one man's relentless pursuit of justice, The Feather Thief is also a fascinating exploration of obsession, and man's destructive instinct to harvest the beauty of nature.
Author | : Noah Strycker |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2014-03-20 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0698152735 |
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"[Strycker] thinks like a biologist but writes like a poet." -- Wall Street Journal An entertaining and profound look at the lives of birds, illuminating their surprising world—and deep connection with humanity. Birds are highly intelligent animals, yet their intelligence is dramatically different from our own and has been little understood. As we learn more about the secrets of bird life, we are unlocking fascinating insights into memory, relationships, game theory, and the nature of intelligence itself. The Thing with Feathers explores the astonishing homing abilities of pigeons, the good deeds of fairy-wrens, the influential flocking abilities of starlings, the deft artistry of bowerbirds, the extraordinary memories of nutcrackers, the lifelong loves of albatrosses, and other mysteries—revealing why birds do what they do, and offering a glimpse into our own nature. Drawing deep from personal experience, cutting-edge science, and colorful history, Noah Strycker spins captivating stories about the birds in our midst and shares the startlingly intimate coexistence of birds and humans. With humor, style, and grace, he shows how our view of the world is often, and remarkably, through the experience of birds. You’ve never read a book about birds like this one.
Author | : John Updike |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2012-09-18 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0679645764 |
Download Pigeon Feathers Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
When this classic collection of stories first appeared—in 1962, on the author’s thirtieth birthday—Arthur Mizener wrote in The New York Times Book Review: “Updike is a romantic [and] like all American romantics, that is, he has an irresistible impulse to go in memory home again in order to find himself. . . . The precise recollection of his own family-love, parental and marital, is vital to him; it is the matter in which the saving truth is incarnate. . . . Pigeon Feathers is not just a book of very brilliant short stories; it is a demonstration of how the most gifted writer of his generation is coming to maturity; it shows us that Mr. Updike’s fine verbal talent is no longer pirouetting, however gracefully, out of a simple delight in motion, but is beginning to serve his deepest insight.”
Author | : Corey Ford |
Publisher | : Wilderness Adventures Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9781885106216 |
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Corey Ford, one of America's finest and most loved outdoor writers, was also a dedicated wingshooter. Every fall he and his English setters, Tober and Cider, would hunt the hills and thickets of New Hampshire for grouse and woodcock. Corey also frequented the heart of quail country in North Carolina. There he would spend several weeks each winter pursuing the gentleman bobwhite quail. Here is a collection of his best wingshooting stories, many of them previously unpublished. Written with a sense of humor, The Trickiest Thing in Feathers is a definitive collection of lost bird hunting classics.
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Total Pages | : 548 |
Release | : 1880 |
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Author | : Christian Foth |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2020-03-11 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3030272230 |
Download The Evolution of Feathers Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Feathers are one of the most unique characteristics of modern birds and represent the most complex and colourful type of skin derivate within vertebrates, while also fulfilling various biological roles, including flight, thermal insulation, display, and sensory function. For years it was generally assumed that the origin of flight was the main driving force for the evolution of feathers. However, various discoveries of dinosaur species with filamentous body coverings, made over the past 20 years, have fundamentally challenged this idea and produced new evolutionary scenarios for the origin of feathers. This book is devoted to the origin and evolution of feathers, and highlights the impact of palaeontology on this research field by reviewing a number of spectacular fossil discoveries that document the increasing morphological complexity along the evolutionary path to modern birds. Also featuring chapters on fossil feather colours, feather development and its genetic control, the book offers a timely and comprehensive overview of this popular research topic.
Author | : Felix Flügel |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1226 |
Release | : 1858 |
Genre | : English language |
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