Download or read book Caspian Tern Management to Reduce Predation of Juvenile Salmonids in the Columbia River Estuary written by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Common Tern written by Joanna Burger and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 1991 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than twenty years the authors studied the complex breeding and social behavior of colonies of terns. A significant dynamic of their social behavior is their “mobbing” behavior when they aggressively defend their nests against predators and will attack intruders, including human beings. Analysis of this and other behaviors as they affect breeding and population provide fascinating insights in the study of birds.
Download or read book The Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State written by Robert F. Andrle and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This generously illustrated, easy-to-use reference gives instant information on 238 birds that are native to New York State. The core of the atlas is a series of accounts of each species, each account including a distribution map with possible, probable, or confirmed breeding. Facing each map is an explanatory page of text that covers a number of topics: abundance, historical and current distirbution, habitat, and nest description and location. On the same page is an illustration of the bird, often with its nest and young.
Download or read book The Birds of British Columbia written by Robert Wayne Campbell and published by UBC Press, [1997]-2001.. This book was released on 1997-06-01 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume completes the nonpasserine species and contains accounts for the diurnal birds of prey through woodpeckers.
Download or read book Terns of North America written by Cameron Cox and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A full-color photographic guide to these captivating and challenging birds This is the essential identification guide to the terns, noddies, and skimmers of North America. Covering every species and featuring hundreds of high-quality color images, this book is the ideal companion for anyone interested in this charismatic but sometimes challenging group of seabirds. Detailed species accounts describe the size of each bird as it appears in the field along with structure, behavior, flight style, vocalizations, subspecies, and North American and worldwide ranges. An incisive introduction lays out a remarkably simple approach to identification that focuses on key elements and addresses how to avoid getting bogged down in the variability of appearance. This state-of-the-art guide also provides additional in-depth coverage of the two most challenging groups of terns, Sterna terns and crested terns, aiding field identification while also highlighting the beauty and elegance of these marvelous seabirds. Features more than 325 stunning color photos, with side-by-side comparisons of similar species throughout Includes detailed captions for each image that describe age and key identification traits Covers 19 species found in North America, including the most frequent vagrants Presents a unique, simplified approach to field identification Explains the fundamentals of molts, plumages, and hybridization Provides in-depth coverage of Sterna terns and crested terns
Download or read book Life Histories of North American birds Gulls and terns written by Arthur Cleveland Bent and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Life Histories of North American Gulls and Terns written by Arthur Cleveland Bent and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America written by Jon Lloyd Dunn and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes and presents color illustrations and range maps for 967 North American bird species, covering their physical characteristics, behavior, habitats, and vocalizations.
Download or read book Identify Yourself written by Bill Thompson (III) and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2005 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by the experts at Bird Watcher's Digest, Identify Yourself gives beginning and intermediate bird watchers a helping hand with some of the most confounding identification challenges -- birds that are commonly encountered but difficult to tell apart. Combining clear, easy-to-understand text with beautiful illustrations that show key field marks, Identify Yourself is the solution to identifying many of North America's hard-to-distinguish birds..
Download or read book Bulletin of the United States National Museum written by United States National Museum and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Bulletin written by United States National Museum and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 1048 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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