Download or read book Barn Owls Silent but Majestic written by Dr. Richard A. NeSmith and published by Applied Principles of Education & Learning. This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barn owls live throughout North America, and yet few people have ever seen one in the wild. They are quiet, recluse, and almost entirely night creatures. The white face and front side are hard to miss, but they become almost invisible in the backdrop of a forest when they turn their backs. Such camouflage and silent flight makes them a bird of prey to reckon with. They have acute sight and hearing and are fully able to hunt without seeing their prey. To be such effective hunters would seem to be the life every raptor would want, only the barn's life is simple and short. Most only brood one set of chicks, but it has kept the species alive, well, and off the endangered species list. There are still some serious challenges for the barn owl and ourselves if we will protect this SILENT but MAJESTIC bird.
Download or read book Barred Great Horned Owls written by Dr. Richard A. NeSmith and published by Applied Principles of Education & Learning. This book was released on 2021-09-13 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barred owls and great horned owls make up the largest portion of North American Owls. The great horned owl has the largest distribution and the larger in size of the two birds. These owls are infrequently seen as they are typically nocturnal. They steal the nests of other birds or of squirrels. They have nearly soundless flight, which among their other senses, enables them to hone in on their prey from a perched branch. Acute sight and hearing, along with specialized feathers enable these birds to locate, track and land directly on their prey. Very hardy and even ferocious hunters have given them the nickname, tigers of the woods.
Download or read book Herons Nature s Voracious Eaters written by Dr. Richard A. NeSmith and published by Applied Principles of Education & Learning. This book was released on 2020-12-20 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herons are water wading birds with beautiful plumage, as well as great hunters and stalkers. Most migrate and build great nests in rookeries called heronries. This issue focuses on how herons form migration flocks, raise their chicks and hunt their prey. And hunt the prey they do, with an almost ferocious and mesmerizing manner of catching almost anything small enough to swallow. They are nature’s voracious eaters. The seven native herons of North America include the Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Tricolored Heron, Little Blue Heron, and the Tiger-Heron (Mexico).
Download or read book Wild Turkeys Nature s Nervous Birds written by Dr. Richard A. NeSmith and published by Applied Principles of Education & Learning. This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turkeys are All-American birds, predating the European settlers. Turkeys, though misnamed, are a historical part of America and American Culture. These birds are the largest land birds, the most hunted, and nearly were lost to extinction by the late 1930s. They have keen eyesight (in color), keen hearing, and their reflex/reaction time puts humans to shame. This ability to avoid and outsmart hunters, avoid detection with camouflage feathers, and successfully reproduce offspring comes with a price. They are one of the most alerted, alarmed, and anxious birds in the forest. They are nature’s nervous birds, but they will leave and disappear from the scene before you barely get a second look at them.
Download or read book Barn Owls written by Alexandre Roulin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accessible and beautifully illustrated, this book collates global scientific research on the evolution, ecology and behaviour of barn owls and their relatives into a single volume. For researchers in ornithology, animal behaviour, ecology, conservation biology and evolutionary biology, it will also appeal to amateurs interested in barn owls.
Download or read book A New Dawn at Owl s Lodge written by Jessica Redland and published by Boldwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2024-05-16 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The brand new feel-good read from MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER Jessica Redland. Could one chance meeting change your life forever? Zara is at a crossroads in life. While she adores her job as a producer's assistant working on hit TV shows, travelling around the country means she doesn't truly feel that she has a home. With a fractured relationship with her family and unrequited love weighing heavily on her heart, she is torn about what her next step in life should be... Snowy is hiding from the world. He's devoted his life to home schooling his young son and caring for sick owls at his home, Owl's Lodge, deep in the Yorkshire Wolds countryside. While he's passionate about both, it's a lonely existence and he's starting to question his decisions. But how do you step back into a world you've pushed away for years...? When Zara brings an injured owl to Owl's Lodge, its frosty, reclusive owner is far from welcoming. Despite hostilities, there's a connection that neither could ever have prepared themselves for. As they discover a shared passion, a new friendship blossoms, but both Zara and Snowy are used to shutting people out. Can they both find the courage to open up and the strength to move on from their pasts? And what could this mean for their future happiness? Escape to the world of Bumblebee Barn and Hedgehog Hollow with MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER Jessica Redland for this brand new feel-good romance of family, friendship and hope. Praise for Jessica Redland: 'Jessica Redland writes from the heart, with heart, about heart' Nicola May 'I loved my trip to Hedgehog Hollow. An emotional read, full of twists and turns' Heidi Swain 'The Hedgehog Hollow series is a tonic I'd recommend for everyone. There is so much to make you smile in Jessica's stories and they are always uplifting reads, which will make you really glad you decided to pick up a copy.' Jo Bartlett ‘An emotional, romantic and ultimately uplifting read. Jessica always touches my heart with her sensitive handling of difficult subjects. The gorgeous community she has built around Hedgehog Hollow is one I hope to visit again and again.’ Sarah Bennett 'A beautifully written series that offers the ultimate in heartwarming escapism.' Samantha Tonge on the Hedgehog Hollow series 'Hedgehog Hollow is a wonderful series that has found a special place all of its own deep in the hearts of readers, including mine.' Jennifer Bohnet 'A warm hug of a book. I never wanted to leave Hedgehog Hollow. Very highly recommended.' Della Galton 'Redland takes you on a heart-warming ride that navigates broken hearts and painful secrets, but ultimately restores your faith in the power of love. I absolutely adored it.' Jenni Keer on Healing Hearts at Bumblebee Barn 'I fell in love with this story from page one.' Helen Rolfe on Snowflakes Over The Starfish Café 'A tender love story, full of sweet touches and beautiful characters.' Beth Moran on Snowflakes Over The Starfish Café 'A warm-hearted and beautiful book. Jessica Redland doesn’t shy away from the fact that life can be very difficult, but she reminds us that we all can find love, hope and joy again.' Sian O'Gorman on Snowflakes Over The Starfish Café 'A heartwarming story of true friendship, love and romance set in the gorgeous backdrop of the Lakes. A cosy hug of a read that left me feeling warm inside.’ Julie Caplin on The Start of Something Wonderful
Download or read book A Country Pillow Book written by David Kavanagh and published by Dram Books. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique six-year compilation of British rural news, interspersed with the author's own observations on birds, mammals, fish, and aspects of Britain's countryside today. Most rural subjects are covered in a comprehensive snapshot of country life at the start of the new Millennium. From December 1999 to February 2006, scores of different issues are compressed into hundreds of bite-sized, easily digested articles. From angling to animal rights campaigns, foxhunting to farming, game shooting to wildlife conservation, a diverse collection of views, comment and advice is presented. The batty and the bizarre also get a look-in, as do the controversial and the downright crazy. With its packed pages, A Country Pillow Book could become a bedside companion for the rural researcher or a useful tool for the country-loving insomniac.
Download or read book A Tale of Paddlewick written by Pemberley Woolf and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-08-20 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paddlewick and Prim Penelope, two tiny deer mice, are truly thrilled about their journey to the chapel, Minster Leith, to hear the stories of Jesus. Quietly, the two mice leave their families, who doze in chewed cheesecloth and Irish linen nests high up in the walls of the attic inside the creaky old manor of Grey Fox Farm. They sought no wise counsel, and soon the mice, being very ill-prepared, quickly learned danger that lurked all around them. Under deep forest canopies of twisted twigs and limbs, the two childlike mice scurry down broken stone carriage roads, swam across babbling streams, and most dreadfully right into the claws of enemies. Will the two mice perish, or will they live to tell their stories of paths dusted with humble pie, jumpy jitters, and surrendering secrets? But not all is grim. Paddlewick and Prim Penelope stumble upon the strangest adventure that ever happened to a mouse.
Download or read book In Search of the Lost Chord written by Gavin D and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book I will take you on a very emotional and sometimes dark journey. I will share what my life was like before I drank and used drugs. What I became like when I was using and more importantly the road to my recovery. For many years I failed to stay sober until one day I woke up and didn’t want to be alive anymore. I was spiritually lost and broken; I was a very lonely man when I took my last alcoholic beverage. Although I had much to live for, I welcomed an end to the pain and suffering I was causing myself and family. The people in ‘Alcoholics Anonymous’ were patient and tolerant. They loved me when I had no love to give, and held me as I picked up the pieces of my life. On my search I found a higher power, a spiritual home and just as important I found freedom from self. I enjoy sobriety today because I keep my recovery simple. I refrain from taking the first drink of alcohol, simple, yet very effective. It is a wonderful gift to help others recover from this insidious dis-ease called alcoholism.
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Download or read book Favorite Poet s Poems 2014 written by Alliance Poets World-Wide and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a compliation of poetry written with the joy of portraying to the reader the love of poetic art and how it can move readrs of all ages to laugh and smile along and maybe frown too as they relate to the many varied circumstances that can be found in life
Download or read book Gallows Wedding written by Rhona Martin and published by Mereo Books, mereobook, mereobooks. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A strange, haunting story of two ill-starred lovers, set against the backdrop of the religious upheaval of Henry VIII's time. Hazel, a peasant girl marked by the witches' brand and a dangerous beauty, loves Black John, an outlaw and aristocrat, whom she rescues from the gallows. Together they struggle to survive a world in which brutal death awaits at every corner, and stumble along a fateful collision towards a harrowing climax. Winner of the First Georgette Heyer Historical Novel Prize founded in memory of Georgette Heyer by Bodley Head and Corgi Books. Rhona Martin's remarkable first novel won the award in 1977, its first year, in competition with 150 entries.
Download or read book GRANDPA BEAR S STORY written by R. E. KRAUS and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-06-04 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These stories were initiated and written for those members of my family. They were originally penned to serve as children’s stories for parents and young ones alike to reread and continue to perceive the great beauty of nature. However, they are more closely related to Environmental Stories, while they still last.... These stories are written by a Bear. They reveal themselves under a different format than what would be expected. After all, being a Bear has a different outlook and perspective. And, for those who speak the language of a Bear, “One Word Says It All...GRRRR !” GRRRR !
Download or read book The Owl Who Liked Sitting on Caesar written by Martin Windrow and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of an odd couple-a British military historian and the Tawny Owl with whom he lived for fifteen years Martin Windrow was a war historian with little experience with pets when he adopted an owl the size of a corncob. Adorable but with knife-sharp talons, Mumble became Windrow's closest, if at times unpredictable, companion, first in a South London flat and later in the more owl-friendly Sussex countryside. In The Owl Who Liked Sitting on Caesar, Windrow recalls with wry humor their finer moments as well as the reactions of incredulous neighbors, the awkwardness of buying Mumble unskinned rabbit at Harrods Food Hall, and the grievous sense of loss when Mumble nearly escapes. As Windrow writes: "Mumble was so much a part of my life in those days that the oddity of our relationship seldom occurred to me, and I only thought about it when faced with other people's astonishment. When new acquaintances learned that they were talking to a book editor who shared a seventh-floor flat in a South London tower block with a Tawny Owl, some tended to edge away, rather thoughtfully . . . I tried to answer patiently, but I found it hard to come up with a short reply to the direct question 'Yes, but . . . why?'; my best answer was simply 'Why not?'" Windrow offers a poignant and unforgettable reminiscence of his charmed years with his improbable pet, as well as an unexpected education in the paleontology, zoology, and sociology of owls.
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