Traveling with the Birds
Author | : Rudyerd Boulton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : Birds |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Rudyerd Boulton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : Birds |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Les Beletsky |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1426206402 |
Illustrated with 30-40 photographs and artwork and a map, this book helps you discover where the birds are whether in Mexico and southern Europe or in the distant, mythic Galapagos, Korea, and Antarctica.
Author | : Yossi Leshem |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Aircraft accidents |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Melissa Mayntz |
Publisher | : Hardie Grant Publishing |
Total Pages | : 191 |
Release | : 2020-05-14 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1787135055 |
WINNER OF THE SILVER MEDAL IN THE ANIMAL & NATURE CATEGORY OF THE NAUTILUS AWARDS 2022 Flight has fascinated humans since we first looked into the sky and saw birds on the wing, and no flights are more fascinating than the extraordinary migrations birds make every day, week, month, and season of the year. Migration explores how birds make these incredible expeditions. From first preparing to migrate, to the different types of migration and the compelling reasons why it is a must. From the high-flying adventures of bar-headed geese that soar above the Himalayan Mountains and the long-distance endurance of Arctic terns that travel from pole-to-pole, birds of all families, from vast seasonal migrators to the more casual nomad, will be explored. As readers migrate through the book’s pages, they will also discover avian navigation, curious routes, the hazards of the journey, and why, occasionally, birds end up far from their original destination. Beautifully illustrated, this book will debunk the most outrageous myths about migration as it thoroughly travels the globe exploring the epic journeys these incredible birds make.
Author | : Mariana Oliver |
Publisher | : Undelivered Lectures |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : LITERARY COLLECTIONS |
ISBN | : 9781945492525 |
A sensitive, stunning debut on movement, migration, and loss, in the vein of Valeria Luiselli's Sidewalks.
Author | : Norman Schmidt |
Publisher | : Sterling |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Birds |
ISBN | : 9781895569117 |
Describes the use of the different parts of a bird's wings and tail and the maneuverability of its feathers. Includes patterns and instructions for fifteen paper birds.
Author | : Scott Weidensaul |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 383 |
Release | : 2021-03-30 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0393608913 |
New York Times Bestseller Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize A Library Journal Best Science and Technology Book of the Year An exhilarating exploration of the science and wonder of global bird migration. In the past two decades, our understanding of the navigational and physiological feats that enable birds to cross immense oceans, fly above the highest mountains, or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch has exploded. What we’ve learned of these key migrations—how billions of birds circumnavigate the globe, flying tens of thousands of miles between hemispheres on an annual basis—is nothing short of extraordinary. Bird migration entails almost unfathomable endurance, like a sparrow-sized sandpiper that will fly nonstop from Canada to Venezuela—the equivalent of running 126 consecutive marathons without food, water, or rest—avoiding dehydration by "drinking" moisture from its own muscles and organs, while orienting itself using the earth’s magnetic field through a form of quantum entanglement that made Einstein queasy. Crossing the Pacific Ocean in nine days of nonstop flight, as some birds do, leaves little time for sleep, but migrants can put half their brains to sleep for a few seconds at a time, alternating sides—and their reaction time actually improves. These and other revelations convey both the wonder of bird migration and its global sweep, from the mudflats of the Yellow Sea in China to the remote mountains of northeastern India to the dusty hills of southern Cyprus. This breathtaking work of nature writing from Pulitzer Prize finalist Scott Weidensaul also introduces readers to those scientists, researchers, and bird lovers trying to preserve global migratory patterns in the face of climate change and other environmental challenges. Drawing on his own extensive fieldwork, in A World on the Wing Weidensaul unveils with dazzling prose the miracle of nature taking place over our heads.
Author | : Carlie Sorosiak |
Publisher | : Pan Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2017-06-29 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1509835873 |
Linny has been living life in black and white since her sister Grace ran away, and she's scared that Grace might never come back. When Linny witnesses the return to Miami of a cult movie star long presumed dead, she is certain it's a sign. Surely Álvaro Herrera, of all people, can tell her why people come back - and how to bring her sister home? Sebastian has come to Miami seeking his father, a man whose name he's only just learned. An aspiring astrophysicist, he can tell Linny how many galaxies there are, how much plutonium weighs and how likely she is to be struck by a meteorite. But none of the theories he knows are enough to answer his own questions about why his father abandoned him, and why it left him in pieces. As Sebastian and Linny converge around the mystery of Álvaro's disappearance - and return - their planets start to collide. Linny's life is about to become technicolor, but finding the answers to her questions might mean losing everything that matters.
Author | : Helen Macdonald |
Publisher | : Grove Press |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2020-08-25 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 0802146694 |
The New York Times–bestselling author of H is for Hawk explores the human relationship to the natural world in this “dazzling” essay collection (Wall Street Journal). In Vesper Flights, Helen Macdonald brings together a collection of her best loved essays, along with new pieces on topics ranging from nostalgia for a vanishing countryside to the tribulations of farming ostriches to her own private vespers while trying to fall asleep. Meditating on notions of captivity and freedom, immigration and flight, Helen invites us into her most intimate experiences: observing the massive migration of songbirds from the top of the Empire State Building, watching tens of thousands of cranes in Hungary, seeking the last golden orioles in Suffolk’s poplar forests. She writes with heart-tugging clarity about wild boar, swifts, mushroom hunting, migraines, the strangeness of birds’ nests, and the unexpected guidance and comfort we find when watching wildlife.
Author | : Robert J. Dolezal |
Publisher | : Readers Digest |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Bird watching |
ISBN | : 9780762108602 |
A bird-watching guidebook provides information on over one thousand bird-watching sites across the U.S. and Canada, describing their locations, the best times to visit, birds of interest, and facilities.