Download or read book Hear the Loons Calling written by Barbara Hunley Hill and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hear the Loons Calling By: Barbara Hunley Hill The Dennison family loves to watch the loons who nest on the lake near their home in Maine. When the family of loons are threatened by boaters and fishermen who share the lake with nature, what can they do? Hear the Loons Calling is an educational, heartwarming story of a loving family who tries to protect one of the planet's many endangered species. Learn about the majestic loon, and what you can do to protect them.
Download or read book Call of the Loon written by David Evers and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The common loon is a graceful and reclusive bird whose eerie, tremolo call is said to capture the spirit of the wild. Call of the Loon offers a stunning, full-color life history of this gorgeous animal while unveiling its mysteries via a unique question-and-answer format authored by two leading experts on loon biology. Both casual and professional natural historians will benefit from this highly informative yet browsy and accessible volume. Packaged with the book is a unique DVD that features the video footage gathered by the BioDiversity Research Institute. Their ""loon cam" has captured exceptional footage of loon nest building, mating, egg hatching, and chick rearing. Along with the breathtaking images, viewers will hear the haunting calls of these beautiful birds.
Download or read book Lonnie the Loon Learns to Call written by Barbara Renner and published by Booklocker.com. This book was released on 2015-02-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lonnie the Loon Learns to Call" is a picture book appropriate for children ages 2-6 and beginning readers. Lonnie is a juvenile Loon who lives on a lake with his Mom and Dad. He hears the calls of ducks and geese and wants to learn to call, too. The reader can listen to the beautiful Loon calls and learn along with Lonnie as his father gives him lessons. The book contains interesting facts about Loons. See also: Lonnie the Loon Learns to Fly and Lonnie the Loon Finds His Home
Download or read book Bird Brains written by Budd Titlow and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a hundred short vignettes accompanied by stunning avian portraits, Bird Brains takes a look at the antics, behaviors, and idiosyncrasies of wild birds from the viewpoint of a professional wildlife biologist and award-winning wildlife photographer. Titlow understands the often wild and wacky lives of birders--those who are always ready and willing to drop everything at a moment’s notice and "twitch off" to some exotic locations just to add another checkmark to their life lists. His engaging stories, complemented by vivid images, provide a fascinating compendium of wild bird lore perfectly suited to the 65-million-plus birders across the United States.
Download or read book Loon Lessons written by James D. Paruk and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nature of the common loon, from biology to behavior, from one of the world’s foremost observers of the revered waterbird Even those who know the loon’s call might not recognize it as a tremolo, yodel, or wail, and may not understand what each call means, how it’s made, and why. And those who marvel at the loon’s diving prowess might wonder why this bird has such skill, or where loons go when they must leave northern lakes in winter. For these and so many other mysteries, Loon Lessons provides evolutionary and ecological explanations that are curious and compelling. Written by one of the world’s foremost experts on the subject, the book is a compendium of knowledge about the common loon and an engaging record of scientific sleuthing, documenting more than twenty-five years of research into the great northern diver. James D. Paruk has observed and compared loons from Washington and Saskatchewan to the coasts of California and Louisiana, from high elevation deserts in Nevada to mountain lakes in Maine. Drawing on his extensive experience, a wealth of data, and well-established scientific principles, he considers every aspect of the loon, from its plumage and anatomy to its breeding, migration, and wintering strategies. Here, in the first detailed scientific account of the common loon in more than thirty years, Paruk describes its biology in an accessible and entertaining style that affords a deeper understanding of this beautiful and mysterious bird’s natural history and annual life cycle.
Download or read book The Loon Call written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Our Maine written by Aram Calhoun and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lobsters, blueberries, moose, and rugged coastlines dotted with lighthouses are emblematic of the state of Maine. But underlying these simple icons is the rich natural heritage of Maine that drives the economy and shapes the state's culture. The history of Maine’s natural heritage has been co-produced by the both the natural and human worlds. The essays and photographs gathered here paint a vivid portrait of Maine's wild places and wild creatures, as well as of human impacts and the way the state's heritage has changed.
Download or read book The Way of the Loon written by Sally E. Burns and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Way of the Loon tells of a spring and summer in a loon family’s life on a lake in the boreal forest. When LaLa and Dapper return to the northern lake to raise a family, challenges lie ahead: hungry eagles, rowdy humans, and a large fish threaten their peace and security. But the loving couple are soon the proud parents of little Chortle, and spend the warm seasons helping him grow and teaching him about the ways of the loon. As he strengthens and matures, Chortle learns that his parents will soon leave him for the south. He will need to learn to listen to the breezes—the breezes will tell him when it’s time to journey on by himself. From their home, two young boys hearing the call of the loons, watch and learn about the birds. Through this watchful, gentle childhood presence, young readers are beckoned into the beautiful, poignant “way of the loon” and the inevitability of growing up.
Download or read book Fascinating Loons written by Stan Tekiela and published by Adventure Publications. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extraordinary photos and descriptions reveal facets of the Common Loon's life that you've never seen before. --Publisher.
Download or read book Loon s Necklace written by Carol Weishampel, Ed.D. and published by Publication Consultants. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loon is Calling. Do You Hear Him? Loon Necklace is the a legend of how loons received their necklace-like white feathers around their necks.
Download or read book Just Loons written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special edition of the award-winning Just Loons features a new introduction by David Evers, PhD, a leading researcher of loons, and an interpretive bound-in CD of the haunting calls for which loons are so admired and beloved. The audio CD runs approximately 25 minutes and contains various calls that are referenced on the CD jacket. Featuring stunning photography and insightful natural history text, Just Loons, with its new and extraordinary audio component, remains the ultimate guide to finding, watching, and understanding loons.
Download or read book Campfires and Loon Calls written by Jerry Apps and published by Fulcrum Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jerry Apps shares 25 years of wilderness canoeing experience—wicked thunderstorms, inquisitive bears, swamping a canoe, and watching the night sky filled with stars—as well as advice from how to set up a camp and protect food from hungry bears, to minimalist cooking, appreciating a rainy day, and a history of the Boundary Waters region.
Download or read book The Legend of the Loon written by Kathy-jo Wargin and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fantastic Legend team of Kathy-jo Wargin and Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen have another beautiful book to add to the Sleeping Bear and Mackinac Island stories. A Grandmother's love for her grandchildren is magically portrayed in "The Legend of the Loon". A perfect addition to your collection, this book remains true to the heartwarming qualities you've come to expect from these legendary storytellers.
Download or read book The Soul s Power written by Maureen Philpott Napier and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maureen Philpott Napier had just turned forty years old. Personally and professionally, she was at the top of her game. But on March 26, 2006, she suffered a paralyzing multiple sclerosis attack. Her life, her work, and her identity changed forever. During that first year of her diagnosis, she changed from being a food scientist by trade to a scientist exploring her soul. In this memoir, Maureen shares her battle with this progressive, destructive disease for which there is no known cure. Through her emotional, personal story and through poetry, Maureen narrates the challenging, but rewarding healing journey back to life. The path was often dark, painful, and lonely. But The Soul's Power describes how she came to understand the Divine gift given to her and how she continues to recreate her life and write her words of wisdom from her soul. An inspirational story of self-awareness, The Soul's Power demonstrates how one woman faced her demons and realized her greatest strength was buried deep within her.
Download or read book Dog Medicine written by Julie Barton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-07-19 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An honest and deeply moving debut memoir about a young woman’s battle with depression and how her dog saved her life A New York Times Bestseller “Dog Medicine simply has to be your next must-read.” —Cheryl Strayed At twenty-two, Julie Barton collapsed on her kitchen floor in Manhattan. She was one year out of college and severely depressed. Summoned by Julie’s incoherent phone call, her mother raced from Ohio to New York and took her home. Haunted by troubling childhood memories, Julie continued to sink into suicidal depression. Psychiatrists, therapists, and family tried to intervene, but nothing reached her until the day she decided to do one hopeful thing: adopt a Golden Retriever puppy she named Bunker. Dog Medicine captures the anguish of depression, the slow path to recovery, the beauty of forgiveness, and the astonishing ways animals can help heal even the most broken hearts and minds.
Download or read book The Red Kayak written by John Weber and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jordan Gunn can't swim-at least he can't swim in the cold, dirty lake at summer camp. Fortunately, he meets Nick Dietrich, the waterfront director, who helps him overcome his fears and eventually have enough confidence to pass his swimming test and learn to kayak. Jordan's first relationship with Nick is that of hero-worship. When Jordan helps Nick rescue two of Jordan's friends from the lake at night, Jordan's hero-worship turns into a deep friendship. Later, Nick takes Jordan on his first whitewater kayak trip in northern Wisconsin on the Wolf River. Jordan discovers that it's much harder to kayak on a moving river than on a lake and he is terrified of the rushing water. Early in the trip, Nick is seriously injured in an accident that Jordan thinks he caused. Since Nick can no longer paddle, Jordan must overcome his fears of the water and paddle by himself almost twenty miles to the take-out point to get help to rescue Nick. After Nick is rescued, Jordan must confront his guilt and somehow maintain his friendship with Nick.
Download or read book The Chippewa Discovery Tour written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
