Download or read book Facts about the Shoebill Stork written by Lisa Strattin and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-25 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to learn about the Shoebill Stork you will enjoy this book.Learn many interesting facts and see some beautiful photographs as the Storks are seen in their natural habitat.The gorgeous photographs will keep your child engaged from beginning to end.Included in the paperback version are some coloring pages for your child!
Download or read book Uganda written by Philip Briggs and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2007 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thoroughly revised and updated guide to East Africa's center of adventure.
Download or read book Storks Ibises and Spoonbills of the World written by James Hancock and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the world's largest and most spectacular birds are to be found among this group of wading birds. Tragically, they also include many of the world's most endangered species, as changes in land use erode their wetland habitats. Some like the White Stork have lived alongside humans for hundreds of years and are well known from numerous studies. Others, like the Storm's stork and ibises of West Africa, South-East Asia and South America live so secluded a life in the remote corners of the globe that they will probably be extinct before even the most basic details of their biology are known. In this monograph, three authors and two artists have combined their skills to capture what is known of this group of wading birds. The text opens with general chapters on taxonomy and feeding, breeding and behavior, followed by detailed coverage of each species. Feeding behaviour species list: American wood stork - mycteria americana: milky stork - mycteria cinerea: yellowbilled stork - mycteria ibis: painted stork - mycteria leucocephala: African openbill stork - anastomus oscitans: Asian openbill stork - anastomus lamelligerus: black stork - ciconia nigra: adbim's stork - ciconia abdimii: woolynecked stork - ciconia episcopus: storm's stork - ciconia stormi: maguari stork - ciconia maguari: white stork - ciconia ciconia: oriental white stork - ciconia boyciana: blacknecked stork - ephippiorhynchus asiaticus: saddlebill stork - ephipporhynchus sengalensis: jabiru stork - jabiru myceteria: lesser adjutant stork - leptopilos javanicus: greater adjutant stork - leptoptilos dubius: marabou stork: leptoptilos crumeniferus: shoebill - balaeniceps rex: American white ibis - eudocimus ruber: barefaced ibis - phimosus infuscatus: glossy ibis - plegadis falcinellus: whitefaced ibis - plegadis chihi: puna ibis - plegadis ridgwayi: sharptailed ibis - cercibis oxycerca: plumbeous ibis - harpiprion caerulscens: buffnecked ibis - theristicus caudatus: green ibis - mesembrinibis cayennensis: hadada ibis - bostrychia hagedash: wattled ibis - bostrychia carunculata: oliv ibis - bostrychia olivacea: spotbreasted ibis - bostrychia reae madagascar crested this - loghotihis cristata: sacred this - threskiornis aethiopicus: oriental white ibis - threskionis melanoaphaius: Australian white ibis - threskiornis molucca: strawnecked ibis - threskiornis spinicollis: waldrapp ibis - eronticus eremita: bald ibis - geronticus calvus: black ibis - pseudibis papillosa: giant ibis - thaumatibis gigantea: oriential crested ibis - nipponia
Download or read book Shoebills written by Grace Hansen and published by Abdo Kids. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces young readers to the big, spooky, and intense shoebill. Complete with awesome photographs, a range map, and more! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.
Download or read book Shoebills written by Grace Hansen and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2020-08-01 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces young readers to the big, spooky, and intense shoebill. Complete with awesome photographs, a range map, and more! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.
Download or read book MAINSTREAM written by Jo Lee and published by Oculus Publications. This book was released on 2024-03-31 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The plastic-filled adventure raising awareness... "When Darter, a young, disruptive fish runs away in search of the rumoured fame and fortune of the Mainstream, he soon realises all isn’t what he expected. The Mainstream is an environmental disaster, governed by vicious pike. Darter is caught and forced to perform in a circus Freak Show, filled with plastic-affected creatures. The evil pike, Mayor Barb, uses Darter as a lure to attract rival invaders to enter his dastardly trap. Barb plans to blow his plastic-built dam, during the circus finale and flush these pesky intruders away to the salty river mouth. Join Darter and the plastic-affected Freaks - Bud, Dollface and Two-Face - as these brave minesweepers fight to prevent the flood and save the Mainstream and all its creatures. This environmental story raises awareness of the heart-breaking effect microplastics have on our waters, that is wonderfully woven into this fun-filled aquatic adventure. Mainstream is a tale that was inspired by the ongoing efforts, of conservationist working tirelessly to clean up our waters, and save those affected by the careless actions of man'kind’; an issue that will be topical for many years to come." Perfect for your little plastic ocean cleaning warriors aged 10+ Covers the heartbreaking awareness of plastic and microplastics in our waters in a fun-filled story! Perfect for anyone interested in ocean pollution.
Download or read book Zambia Safari Guide written by Chris McIntyre and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2023-08-11 with total page 667 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over 25 years Bradt’s Zambia Safari Guide has been widely acknowledged as the best guidebook to this African country, and it is now the only dedicated guide to Zambia’s world-renowned safari destinations. Combining in-depth reviews of lodges, camps and other accommodation (from a stately home to a contemporary woven treehouse), detailed descriptions of safari locations and operators, extensive practical details, local insights, a brand new 48-page colour wildlife guide and curated coverage of the main access points of Lusaka and Livingstone, this is the ‘must-have’ guidebook to travel planning and exploring the country’s wildlife-rich safari regions. Lying in the heart of the continent, Zambia is deepest, darkest Africa at its most appealing. Many visitors are drawn initially to the majestic Victoria Falls. Others come for the glory of Zambia’s stellar national parks: the South Luangwa, the Lower Zambezi and Kafue. For seasoned safari goers, Zambia is the home of the walking safari; for adventurous travellers, it is about canoeing past hippos on the Lower Zambezi – or diving into a whole new world of freshwater fish in Lake Tanganyika. Experienced travel writers Chris and Susie McIntyre – both Africa experts, with Susie having grown up in Zambia – use their decades of safari experience and in-depth knowledge of the Zambian safari scene to provide accurate, honest and upbeat descriptions, anecdotes and advice. To help readers make informed choices, the authors explain where to find top-quality guiding and detail Zambia’s top spots for wildlife and wilderness (including GPS co-ordinates for those who prefer self-drive holidays). They advise on the best walking safaris plus the ‘silent safaris’ available in electric vehicles and boats, and suggest how best to combine different safari experiences into a fulfilling itinerary in a country where nearly one-third of the land area is reserved for wildlife. Whether you are a wildlife enthusiast or Africa addict, an escapist seeking wilderness or a family craving adventure; and whether you prefer a local operator to make your arrangements or independent travel, Bradt’s Zambia Safari Guide is the perfect travel companion.
Download or read book Rwanda written by Philip Briggs and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2023-12-06 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now into its eighth edition and written by Philip Briggs, the world’s leading author of African guidebooks, Bradt’s Rwanda has been the go-to guide for visitors to the ‘Land of a Thousand Hills’ for more than 20 years. Still the only standalone guide in English to this increasingly popular destination, it remains in a class of its own for in-depth information. With fresh research into developments across the country, Bradt’s Rwanda includes expanded coverage of Gishwati-Mukura National Park, which opened to tourism in 2021, and up-to-date details of rapidly modernising Kigali, considered Africa’s cleanest city. Rwanda continues to change and develop at an unprecedented pace – no country has a higher proportion of female parliamentarians – and there’s hardly a more accessible part of Africa. It’s no less intriguing for the convenience, however, and Rwanda’s superlative natural attractions constantly improve, with growing animal populations, as in Akagera National Park, where Africa’s Big Five (rhino, lion, leopard, elephant and buffalo) can be seen. This new edition also includes extensive maps and natural history information, while details of kayak and canoe excursions on Lake Kivu and the Mukungwa River complement advice about staying on tea plantations at Sorwathe or Gisovu. It contains everything you need to know about tracking mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park (workplace of primatologist Dian Fossey of Gorillas in the Mist fame) and chimpanzees in Nyungwe National Park (East Africa’s largest surviving montane forest, harbouring numerous endemic birds and primates) and Gishwati-Mukura (which is also the only location for the rare golden monkey outside the Virunga mountains). Also covered are Nyanza, with its hilltop Rukari King’s Palace Museum, and the Ethnographic Museum of Rwanda, the top cultural site in Butare (Huye). A chapter on nearby cities and national parks provides key necessary information to take an excursion into neighbouring DRC, including how to see lowland gorillas. As not only the most in-depth guide available in English, but also the guide with the longest history in the country itself, Bradt’s Rwanda is the indispensable companion for visitors, including wildlife enthusiasts and Africa aficionados.
Download or read book The Origin and Evolution of Birds written by Alan Feduccia and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of all that is known about the origin of birds and of avian flight. It draws on fossil evidence and studies of the structure and biochemistry of living birds to present knowledge and data on avian evolution and to propose a new model of this evolutionary process.
Download or read book Top 100 Birding Sites Of The World written by Dominic Couzens and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-18 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Top 100 Birding Sites of the World features detailed accounts of the best birdwatching sites in the world, giving background and first-hand experience of what you can find there. Each is ranked from one to 100. The expertly written and very readable text is backed up by lavish photos of the birds and scenery at each of the chosen hot-spots, including rare images of amazing species and some of the world's best avian spectacles such as the Snow Goose 'blizzard' at Bosque del Apache and the swarms of Lesser Flamingos on Africa's Rift Valley Lakes. Coverage is global, with sites from across Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia, North and South America and Antarctica. Whether you want to use it to plan your holidays for years to come, or just as an inspirational book to dip into, Top 100 Birding Sites of the World will have a wide appeal for all those with an interest in birds and birdwatching.
Download or read book The Biggest Twitch written by Alan Davies and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-08-20 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people dream of packing in their humdrum city life, selling up and heading off into the unknown for a life of adventure. For Ruth Miller and Alan Davies this dream became a reality, albeit with a twist; they decided to pack in their jobs, sell their house and take on the ultimate birder's challenge - to smash the world record for the number of species seen in one calendar year. This book is the story of their great expedition, searching for birds from Ecuador to Ethiopia via Argentina, Australia and Arizona. We follow this birding odyssey as they rachet up the species and the stamps in their passports, sharing in amazing birding experiences such as monkey-hunting Harpy Eagles in the Brazilian rain forest, seedsnipes in the Peruvian highlands and lekking bustards in South Africa, all leading to the ultimate question - will they break the magic 4,000? Written in an accessible style, this book will be of great interest to birders, readers of travel literature, and to people who simply enjoy a good adventure!
Download or read book National Geographic Complete Birds of the World written by National Geographic Society (U.S.) and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers detailed information on every bird family in the world, including their physical characteristics, behaviors, conservation status, taxonomy, and photographs of individual species.
Download or read book Creature Features written by Steve Jenkins and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2014 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines unusual animal facial features and how they help the animals survive.
Download or read book What s So Great about You written by Darrin Atkins and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-08 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes when you move away you hope that things are wonderful in the new city and that you meet people who are friendly and supportive. And you believe that you can start over and do things better because you feel that your decision to move away and begin again was the right thing to do at the right time. You hope for one good friend who is still humble enough and normal enough to be loyal to you and help you out in time of need.
Download or read book The Big Year that Flew By written by Arjan Dwarshuis and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2023-05-04 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A fast-paced page-turner and a unique adventure story . . . filled with insights about landscapes, people, and a world of wonderful birds.”―Kenn Kaufman, author of Kingbird Highway An epic tale of one passionate birder’s record-breaking adventure through 40 countries over 6 continents—in just one year—to see 6,852 bird species, rare and common, before many go extinct. When Arjan Dwarshuis first heard of the “Big Year”—the legendary record for birdwatching—he was twenty years old, it was midnight, and he was sitting on the roof of a truck in the Andean Mountains. In that moment he promised himself that, someday, somehow, he would become a world-record-holding birder. Ten years later, he embarked on an incredible, arduous, and perilous journey that took him around the globe; over uninhabited islands, through dense unforgiving rainforests, across snowy mountain peaks and unrelenting deserts—in just a single year. Would he survive? Would he be able to break the “Big Year” record, navigating through a world filled with shifting climate and geopolitical challenges? The (Big) Year that Flew By is an unforgettable, personal exploration of the limits of human potential when engaging with the natural world. It is a book about birds and birding and Arjan’s attempts to raise awareness for critically endangered species, but it is also a book about overcoming mental challenges, extreme physical danger, and human competition and fully realizing your passions through nature, adventure, and conservation. "Dwarshius’ exhilarating race against time across 40 countries and 6 continents in his attempt to break the world record will thrill armchair readers and bird enthusiasts alike."―Booklist "I sped through [this] book, trying to ignore feelings of jealousy as Dwarshuis described moments with species I’ve dreamed of seeing.”—The Washington Post
Download or read book Discovering Birds written by Thomas Nelson and published by Applesauce Press. This book was released on 2024-10 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a journey through the fascinating world of birds with this tactile book jam-packed with scientific facts and incredible full-color illustrations. From soaring eagles to colorful parrots, this book explores the diverse array of birds that inhabit our world. Learn about each species' life cycle, nesting habits, migration patterns, behaviors, physical characteristics, and distinct songs. Inside you'll find: Profiles of 100+ amazing birds across a range of habitats Fun facts highlighting the fascinating features of each species Incredible full-page illustrations Designed to inspire curiosity and a love of nature, Discovering Birds promises to encourage a lifelong appreciation of learning and the great outdoors.
Download or read book Weird and Wonderful Nature written by Ben Hoare and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy more than 100 extraordinary stories of unusual species, behaviors, and objects all told by author Ben Hoare. Why do Mexican jumping beans jump? How do sea cucumbers defend themselves? What causes the northern lights? This book is filled with facts about the most surprising and curious plants, animals, rocks, and phenomena in nature. Children aged 7-9 can read stories of more than one hundred unique animals, plants and phenomena and learn about the weird and wonderful side of the natural world. Weird and Wonderful Nature is the third installment of the DK Treasure’s series, exploring the many bizarre animals and plants that are uniquely adapted to their way of life. This fascinating nature book for kids offers: - Facts from a range of topics, from animals to plants and rocks to natural phenomena, that are guaranteed to wow adults and children alike. - Large photographs that show each species or item in incredible detail, with diagrams help to support understanding. - A gold foil cover and beautiful illustrations, making this book an ideal gift for young nature lovers. In Weird and Wonderful Nature, Ben Hoare’s friendly, informative explanations are paired with photographs and charming illustrations to make sure every page captivates the imagination, while a glossary and index help to navigate the chapters. The third title by best selling author Ben Hoare, after Nature’s Treasures and The Secret World of Plants, this is the ideal gift book series that will be treasured for years to come. More in the Series Weird and Wonderful Nature is part of DK’s Treasure’s series. Complete the series and inspire your child's curiosity in natural world with Nature’s Treasures, or bring out their inner botanist with The Secret World of Plants.
