Download or read book Vultures in Eagle s Clothing written by Lynne Meredith and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Birds of Prey written by Pete Dunne and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visually stunning, comprehensive resource on North America's birds of prey Always a popular group of birds, raptors symbolize freedom and fierceness, and in Pete Dunne's definitive guide, these traits are portrayed in hundreds of stunning color photographs showing raptors up close, in flight, and in action--fighting, hunting, and nesting. These gorgeous photographs enhance the comprehensive, authoritative text, which goes far beyond identification to cover raptor ecology, behavior, conservation, and much more. In returning to his forte and his first love, Pete Dunne has crafted a benchmark book on raptors: the first place to turn for any question about these highly popular birds, whether it's what they eat, where they live, or how they behave.
Download or read book Eagles and Other Birds written by Andrew Solway and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2006-09-22 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how eagles, among the most remarkable predators in the skies, and other birds, have adapted to become so successful in survival.
Download or read book Vulture written by Katie Fallon and published by University Press of New England. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turkey vultures, the most widely distributed and abundant scavenging birds of prey on the planet, are found from central Canada to the southern tip of Argentina, and nearly everywhere in between. In the United States we sometimes call them buzzards; in parts of Mexico the name is aura cabecirroja, in Uruguay jote cabeza colorada, and in Ecuador gallinazo aura. A huge bird, the turkey vulture is a familiar sight from culture to culture, in both hemispheres. But despite being ubiquitous and recognizable, the turkey vulture has never had a book of literary nonfiction devoted to it - until Vulture. Floating on six-foot wings, turkey vultures use their keen senses of smell and sight to locate carrion. Unlike their cousin the black vulture, turkey vultures do not kill weak or dying animals; instead, they cleanse, purify, and renew the environment by clearing it of decaying carcasses, thus slowing the spread of such dangerous pathogens as anthrax, rabies, and botulism. The beauty, grace, and important role of these birds in the ecosystem notwithstanding, turkey vultures are maligned and underappreciated; they have been accused of spreading disease and killing livestock, neither of which has ever been substantiated. Although turkey vultures are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which makes harming them a federal offense, the birds still face persecution. They've been killed because of their looks, their odor, and their presence in proximity to humans. Even the federal government occasionally sanctions "roost dispersals," which involve the harassment and sometimes the murder of communally roosting vultures during the cold winter months. Vulture follows a year in the life of a typical North American turkey vulture. By incorporating information from scientific papers and articles, as well as interviews with world-renowned raptor and vulture experts, author Katie Fallon examines all aspects of the bird's natural history: breeding, incubating eggs, raising chicks, migrating, and roosting. After reading this book you will never look at a vulture in the same way again.
Download or read book Birds of Prey written by Pete Dunne and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visually stunning, comprehensive resource on North America’s birds of prey, from the award-winning birder and author of Gulls Simplified. Always a popular group of birds, raptors symbolize freedom and fierceness, and in Pete Dunne’s definitive guide, these traits are portrayed in hundreds of stunning color photographs showing raptors up close, in flight, and in action—fighting, hunting, and nesting. These gorgeous photographs enhance the comprehensive, authoritative text, which goes far beyond identification to cover raptor ecology, behavior, conservation, and much more. In returning to his forte and his first love, Pete Dunne has crafted a benchmark book on raptors: the first place to turn for any question about these highly popular birds, whether it’s what they eat, where they live, or how they behave. “Birds of Prey is exhaustively researched and complemented by a stunning collection of photos, but the real highlight is…Dunne’s writing. He weaves together personal anecdotes, historical accounts, and technical information to create something greater than the sum of all its parts: a beautiful, authoritative, and engagingly written guide to the natural history of North American hawks.”—David Sibley, author of The Sibley Guide to Birds “Books about raptors used to fall into two major categories: field guides versus nature writing. No more!...Dunne’s new book skillfully conjoins those two genres. Life a good field guide, Birds of Prey is authoritative and utilitarian, and like our finest nature writing, Dunne’s prose is lyrical, sensitive, and full of feeling.”—Ted Floyd, editor, Birding
Download or read book Consider the Birds written by Debbie Blue and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From biblical times to today, humans have found meaning and significance in the actions and symbolism of birds. We admire their mystery and manners, their strength and fragility, their beauty and their ugliness—and perhaps compare these very characteristics to their own lives in the process. Though admired today, the birds of Scripture are largely unseen and underappreciated. From the well-known image of the dove to the birds that gorge on the flesh of the defeated “beast” in Revelation, birds play a dynamic part in Scripture. They bring bread to the prophets. They are food for the wanderers. As sacrifices, they are the currency of mercy. Highlighting 10 birds throughout Scripture, author Debbie Blue explores their significance in both familiar and unfamiliar biblical stories and illustrates how and why they have represented humanity across culture, Christian tradition, art, and contemporary psyche. With these (usually) minor characters at the forefront of human imaginations, poignant life lessons illuminate such qualities as desire and gratitude, power and vulnerability, insignificance and importance—even as readers gain a better understanding that God’s mysterious grace is sometimes most evident in His simplest of creatures.
Download or read book DK Eyewitness Books Eagle and Birds of Prey written by Jemima Parry-Jones and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-05-31 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With wingspans that can measure upward of seven feet, huge hooked beaks, and a reputation for their quiet elegance in the air, eagles remain one of the most impressive birds of prey in the world. In this new guide, brilliant full-color photographs give the reader an "eyewitness" view of the world of eagles, vultures, hawks, kites, owls, falcons, and other birds of prey. See a secretary bird stamping on a snake, a kestrel hovering in midair, a tawny eagle in flight across the page, and a burrowing owl coming out of its burrow. Learn what an eagle''s bones and muscles look like, how falconers train hawks, falcons, and other birds, what steppe eagles eat in winter, and how Harris'' hawks hunt in teams. Discover how an alula helps birds to fly, which bird of prey has talons as big as a grizzly bear''s claws, how vultures can fly for hours with scarcely a flap of their wings, and much, much more. Discover the world of birds of prey how they grow, fly, live, and hunt
Download or read book Vultures written by Nathan Sommer and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vultures are scavengers that will eat almost anything they can find! These birds of prey are able to feed on decaying meat and trash due to special acids in their digestive system that keep them from getting sick. This title uses captivating photos and engaging facts to take striving readers into the world of these bald birds.
Download or read book The Story of the Birds written by James Newton Baskett and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Birds of Prey written by Norman Allison Calkins and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Birds of India Being a Natural History of All the Birds Known to Inhabit Continental India with Descriptions of the Species Genera Families Tribes and Orders and a Brief Notice of Such Families as are Not Found in India Making it a Manual of Ornithology Specially Adapted for India by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon written by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aristophanes a metrical version of the Acharnians the Knights and the Birds with occasional comment by J H Frere written by Aristophanes and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of birds written by Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon and published by . This book was released on 1812 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Birds written by Abdul Jamil Urf and published by Universities Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seeks To Acquiant Bird Watchers, Nature Lovers And Students Both From A Zoology And Non-Zoology Background With Ecology, Conservation Issues, Bird Study Principles And Methods Of Observing And Recording. Has 8 Chapters, A Glossary And Appendices. A Number Of Colour Illustrations And Line Drawings.
Download or read book Birds of Haryana A Field Guide written by Rajiv S. Kalsi and published by Rajiv S. Kalsi. This book was released on 2020-01-20 with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Birds of Haryana - A Field Guide covers 530 species found in the State of Haryana. Richly illustrated with colour photographs, the text covers vital information on morphology, behavior, voice and habitat of each species. To facilitate species identification in the field, a box containing pointers to identification accompanies the photographs of each species.
Download or read book A Field Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka written by John Harrison and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Field Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka is the first fully comprehensive, modern field guide to this ornithologically fascinating country. All of Sri Lanka's 426 official avian species are described in the text and depicted in 48 stunning new colour plates painted by Tim Worfolk, one ofBritain's leading bird artists. The text, accessible to both experienced ornithologists and beginners, highlights the important identification features, such as plumage variations, size, calls and songs, range, distribution, and status, for every species. The plates illustrate the various plumagevariations for each bird, and show the birds perched and also in flight, where relevant to their identification. An introduction to the guide describes briefly some of the best sites for watching Sri Lanka's abundant avifauna, and provides useful contact addresses for the prospective traveller.This will be an essential purchase for all birdwatchers travelling to the region; the beautiful plates and clearly-written text will also make it a must-have for anyone who loves birds, and Sri Lankan birds in particular.
Download or read book Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Birds Part A written by Barrie G M Jamieson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2011-10-14 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aspects of reproduction covered in this volume include classification and phylogeny as revealed by molecular biology; anatomy of the male reproductive tract and organs; anatomy and evolution of copulatory structures; development and anatomy of the female reproductive tract; endocrinology of reproduction; ovarian dynamics and follicle development; s
