Those Of The Gray Wind The Sandhill Cranes
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| Author | : Paul A. Johnsgard |
| Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
| Total Pages | : 132 |
| Release | : 1986-01-01 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 9780803275669 |
With Paul Johnsgard, we follow the annual migration of the sandhill cranes from the American Southwest to their Alaskan mating grounds and then home again. It is a flight unaltered in nearly ten million years. By presenting various cycles of the migration in four time periods from 1860 to 1980, Johnsgard, a prominent naturalist, is able toøshow how man's encroachments have imperiled the flocks. In each section there is interaction between a child and an adult brought about by some ritual event in the migration of the cranes. The story is enriched by the author's exquisite illustrations, by Zuni prayers, and by Eskimo and Pueblo legends.
| Author | : Paul A. Johnsgard |
| Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
| Total Pages | : 106 |
| Release | : 2017-09-01 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1496201930 |
With Paul A. Johnsgard, we follow the migration of the sandhill cranes from the American Southwest to their Alaskan breeding grounds and back again, an annual pattern that has persisted over millions of years. By selecting four historic time frames of the migration between 1860 and 1980, Johnsgard illustrates how humans have influenced the flocks and how different American cultures have variously responded to the birds and perceived their value. Each section focuses on the interactions between children of four different American cultures and sandhill cranes, triggered by events occurring during the annual life cycle of the cranes. The story is enriched by the author's exquisite illustrations, by Zuni prayers, and by Inuit and Pueblo legends. With a new preface and afterword and a new gallery of photographs by the author, Those of the Gray Wind is a classic story of a timeless ritual that can be enjoyed for generations to come.
| Author | : Christy Yuncker-Happ |
| Publisher | : Pocket Naturalist Guide Series |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2011-09-26 |
| Genre | : Cranes (Birds) |
| ISBN | : 9781583556900 |
Renowned for their elaborate mating displays, sandhill cranes also use body language to announce intent, establish dominance, show arousal, preserve the nest territory and bond male and female pairs. This beautifully photographed reference guide - the result of years of field research by Christy and George Happ - provides a handy dictionary to the meanings of their complicated displays.
| Author | : Paul A. Johnsgard |
| Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
| Total Pages | : 179 |
| Release | : 2011-01-01 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 0803238282 |
Driving west from Lincoln to Grand Island, Nebraska, Paul A. Johnsgard remarks, is like driving backward in time. "I suspect," he says, "that the migrating cranes of a preice age period some ten million years ago would fully understand every nuance of the crane conversation going on today along the Platte."
| Author | : Peter Matthiessen |
| Publisher | : Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 404 |
| Release | : 2001-12-20 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 9780374199449 |
In addition, the enormous spans of cranes' migrations have encouraged international conservation efforts.".
| Author | : Michael Forsberg |
| Publisher | : University of Nebraska Press |
| Total Pages | : 172 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : |
Rising from sandbars on the Platte River with clarion calls, the sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) feels the urgency of spring migration. Elegant, noble, and spiritual, the sandhill crane is one of the most ancient of all birds. More than a half-million strong, flying in squadrons, these majestic creatures point northward to their Arctic and sub-Arctic breeding ranges. Theirs is an epic story of endurance through the ages. With 153 stunning color photographs, On Ancient Wings presents sandhill cranes in their wild but increasingly compromised habitats today. Over the course of five years, Michael Forsberg documented the tall gray birds in habitats ranging from the Alaskan tundra, to the arid High Plains, from Cuban nature preserves to suburban backyards. With an eye for beauty and an uncommon persistence, the author documents the cranes' challenges to adapt and survive in a rapidly changing natural world. Forsberg argues that humankind, for its own sake, should secure the cranes' place in the future. On Ancient Wings intertwines the lives of cranes, people, and their common places to tell an ancient story at a time when sandhill cranes and their wetland and grassland habitats face daunting prospects.
| Author | : Stan Tekiela |
| Publisher | : Adventure Publications |
| Total Pages | : 146 |
| Release | : 2016-03-01 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1591935849 |
"Delight in North America's most uniquely beautiful birds. Breathtaking photographs and engaging content portray the lives of these stately, striking, stealthy birds"--Back cover.
| Author | : Paul A. Johnsgard |
| Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
| Total Pages | : 148 |
| Release | : 1998-02-01 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 9780803275935 |
Graced with illustrations by the author, Crane Music introduces the two North American crane species. The sandhill, most often seen, is within easy reach of bird-watchers in the center of the continent. Less visible is the whooping crane, struggling back from near extinction. Paul Johnsgard follows these elegant birds through a year’s cycle, describing their seasonal migrations, natural habitats, breeding biology, call patterns—angelic to the bird-lover’s ear—and fascinating dancing.The largest and most spectacular migratory concentration of cranes happens each spring when the Platte River valley becomes the staging ground for an amazing gathering of four hundred thousand to five hundred thousand sandhills en route from the South to the Arctic tundra. Johnsgard describes this incredible event as well as memorable personal encounters with the cranes. His knowledge of them transcends natural history, covering their importance in religion and mythology.
| Author | : Jeff Kurrus |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2014-05 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780991638901 |
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Michael Forsberg Photography ". . . and the sky blackened with dark, gray bodies. In the blurry confusion, John lost Mary." So begins Have You Seen Mary?, Jeff Kurrus's fictional account of one sandhill crane's faithful search during spring migration for his lost mate. Set on Nebraska's Platte River, this tenderly woven story of love is also a stirring introduction to these majestic birds, replete with Michael Forsberg's radiant color photographs. This book will appeal to all ages, for it both entertains and educates readers about sandhill cranes.
| Author | : Paul A. Johnsgard |
| Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
| Total Pages | : 168 |
| Release | : 1979-01-01 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9780803275522 |
For centuries the snow goose has signified the passing seasons to the Indians?its white feathers a symbol of the breadth of life and a reminder of the roles the birds played as messengers between heaven and earth. The importance of the geese in these roles is attested by their prominence in Indian lore and myth. ø As a boy growing up in North Dakota, Paul A. Johnsgard measured his winters not by conventional time units, but in the days it took for the snow geese to return from their wintering grounds to Lake Traverse. In this book he recounts the story of one year in the life of a pair of snow geese-the incubation and breeding of the young in the Arctic, their hazardous migration to winter quarters near the Gulf of Mexico, and the spring migration back to the Arctic.
