The Birds Of Winter
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Author | : Roger F. Pasquier |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2019-08-13 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0691195439 |
How birds have evolved and adapted to survive winter Birds in Winter is the first book devoted to the ecology and behavior of birds during this most challenging season. Birds remaining in regions with cold weather must cope with much shorter days to find food and shelter even as they need to avoid predators and stay warm through the long nights, while migrants to the tropics must fit into very different ecosystems and communities of resident birds. Roger Pasquier explores how winter affects birds’ lives all through the year, starting in late summer, when some begin caching food to retrieve months later and others form social groups lasting into the next spring. During winter some birds are already pairing up for the following breeding season, so health through the winter contributes to nesting success. Today, rapidly advancing technologies are enabling scientists to track individual birds through their daily and annual movements at home and across oceans and hemispheres, revealing new and unexpected information about their lives and interactions. But, as Birds in Winter shows, much is visible to any interested observer. Pasquier describes the season’s distinct conservation challenges for birds that winter where they have bred and for migrants to distant regions. Finally, global warming is altering the nature of winter itself. Whether birds that have evolved over millennia to survive this season can now adjust to a rapidly changing climate is a problem all people who enjoy watching them must consider. Filled with elegant line drawings by artist and illustrator Margaret La Farge, Birds in Winter describes how winter influences the lives of birds from the poles to the equator.
Author | : Jim Grimsley |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1997-01-30 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0684829916 |
Eight-year-old southerner Danny Crell recounts his premature entry into manhood, precipitated by a violent quarrel between his father, an abusive drunk, and his mother, whose emotional detachment is nearly as frightening.
Author | : Carol Lerner |
Publisher | : HarperColl |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1994-10-18 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : |
Bird-watching in winter months is popular. Over forty species commonly seen in North America are pictured and described.
Author | : Lars Jonsson |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 2017-10-19 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1472942809 |
A celebration of winter birds in Sweden by world-famous artist, author and ornithologist, Lars Jonsson. In this stunning book, Lars Jonsson celebrates and explores the beauty of the birds that surround him during the Swedish winter months. Inspired by the desolate, wintry landscapes, the dazzling light and the stark contract of colours he observes against the snow, Jonsson has created an unparalleled collection of art. Jonsson illustrates each bird in his classic style, and his text provides information on their behaviour and insights into how to identify them as he shares personal observations as both an artist and ornithologist. This unique combination offers an intimate and compelling opportunity to better understand the method behind one of the world's preeminent bird artists.
Author | : Kirsten Hall |
Publisher | : Abrams |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2020-11-03 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1647001609 |
Discover birds who survive winter against all odds in this poetic, gorgeously illustrated picture book Snowflakes whirling, snow-flocks swirling, streaks of white twirl through the night . . . You’ve heard of birds who migrate to warmer climates in the wintertime—but what about those who persevere through snowy weather and freezing temperatures? With elegant verse and striking illustrations, Snow Birds salutes the brave and resourceful birds who adapt to survive the coldest months.
Author | : Jenny Fretland VanVoorst |
Publisher | : What Happens in Winter |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016-06-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781620313947 |
"In Birds in Winter, beginning readers will learn how birds migrate or adapt to survive the winter months. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage early readers as they discover how birds handle the chilly weather conditions.A labeled diagram shows birds that stay put during the winter, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about birds in winter online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Birds in Winter also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, and an index.Birds in Winter is part of Jump!'s What Happens in Winter? series."
Author | : Jim Grimsley |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1997-01-30 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0684829924 |
In a novel as stunning and heartbreaking as his acclaimed debut work, Grimsley recounts the story of a painful first love--between two adolescent boys who bravely sustain each other in a world of domestic disintegration.
Author | : Lucy Ozone Hawkinson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : Birds |
ISBN | : |
Tells of five of our important birds - Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Breasted Nuthatch, Downy Woodpecker, and Brown Creeper. Grades 3-4.
Author | : Alice Hiller |
Publisher | : Liverpool University Press |
Total Pages | : 87 |
Release | : 2021-04-19 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 1800345682 |
'Hiller offers extraordinary resilience and moments of immense, liberatory tenderness. [...] This is a harrowing book, yes, but ultimately, with its invitation to “billow forth the wrecks we hold”, with its emphasis on resistance and joy, it is a staggeringly beautiful piece of life-affirming work.' Stephanie Sy-Quia, The Poetry Review
Author | : Terry Root |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 1988-12-15 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 0226725405 |
The Atlas of Wintering North American Birds represents the effects of thousands of people who have participated in the Christmas Bird Counts, an annual event sponsored since 1900 by the National Audubon Society. Unlike a conventional field guide, the Atlas doesn't show what birds look like, but rather tells where to find them in the winter months. Terry Root has used the data from the 1963-72 counts to provide the first large-scale biogeographical account of birds wintering in North America. Using sophisticated computer techniques, Root has translated the data into both traditional contour maps and innovative new maps that stimulate three dimensions. The maps show at a glance that, for example, the Baltimore Oriole winters primarily along the eastern seaboard, with the densest populations in Florida between Tallahassee and Gainesville and in North Carolina from Rocky Mount to the Croatan National Forest.