Birdtalk
Birdtalk

Author: Alan Powers

Publisher: Frog Books

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1583940650

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For the last 20 years, Alan Powers, who lives near Cape Cod, has experimented with birdcalls--mimicking and answering the calls he hears around his country home, in cities, and abroad in France and Italy. In BirdTalk, he celebrates this connection with entertaining allusions to history, literature, travel, linguistics, and other fields. The result is a charming and erudite stroll through an area of interest sometimes lost in the urban din. Powers reveals "birdtalk" by mapping the history of ornithological studies, quoting such bird fanciers as Shakespeare and Emily Dickinson and discussing specific techniques. In one of the most amusing chapters, he describes his attempts to teach the birds new symphonic riffs on their own calls. This illustrated literary inquiry into birdcalls is a nature book with a gift-book look.

Bird Talk
Bird Talk

Author: Lita Judge

Publisher: Flash Point

Published: 2012-03-13

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 1466808683

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A gorgeously illustrated tribute to birds of all kinds and the fantastic, funny, fascinating things that they do. Birds have lots of ways of communicating: They sing and talk, dance and drum, cuddle and fight. But what does all of the bird talk mean? Filled with gorgeous illustrations, this fascinating picture book takes a look at the secret life of birds in a child-friendly format that is sure to appeal to readers of all ages - whether they're die-hard bird-watchers or just curious about the creatures in their own backyards.

Bird Talk
Bird Talk

Author: Barbara Ballentine

Publisher: CSIRO Publishing

Published: 2021-05-03

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1486315364

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Bird Talk delves into new scientific developments to reveal the complexities of how birds make, learn, and use sound in a bewildering array of songs and calls. The beauty of birdsong is one of the joys of nature, and this book reveals how songs are learned and performed, why the quality of a male’s repertoire can affect his mating success, and how birds use song-matching and countersinging in territorial disputes. Bird Talk illustrates how birds communicate through visual signals too, from the dazzling feathers of a Peacock to the jumping displays that a Jackson’s Widowbird performs to show off his long tail. Plumage features such as the red bill shield of a Pukeko can indicate dominance, and aggressive wing-waving is used to ward off impostors. Bird Talk will help you understand how birds communicate in a range of situations, whether in harmony or in conflict, providing essential new insight into avian intelligence.

Bird Talk
Bird Talk

Author: Lita Judge

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2012-03-13

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 1596436468

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An illustrated tribute to birds of all kinds and the funny, fascinating things that they do.

Bird Talk and Other Stories by Xu Xu
Bird Talk and Other Stories by Xu Xu

Author: Xu Xu

Publisher: Stone Bridge Press, Inc.

Published: 2020-05-19

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 1611729394

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Introducing the works of a major Chinese writer—liberal, cosmopolitan, and lyrically exotic—once banned but now embraced, and newly "discovered" in the West. Xu Xu 徐訏 (1908-1980) was one of the most widely read Chinese authors of the 1930s to 1960s. His popular urban gothic tales, his exotic spy fiction, and his quasi-existentialist love stories full of nostalgia and melancholy offer today’s readers an unusual glimpse into China’s turbulent twentieth century. These translations--spanning a period of some thirty years, from 1937 until 1965--bring to life some of Xu Xu’s most representative short fictions from prewar Shanghai and postwar Hong Kong and Taiwan. The Afterword illustrates that Xu Xu’s idealistic tendencies in defiance of the politicization of art exemplify his affinity with European romanticism and link his work to a global literary modernity.

Bird Talk
Bird Talk

Author: Ann Jonas

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780688141738

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When children get their hands on this book, they are sure "to really read it, to really really read it." Or so says the magnolia warbler.And the magnolia warbler is not the only one with an opinion. There are sixty-three bird species talking their way through this funny backyard story.

Bird Talk: A Tale of Medieval Magic
Bird Talk: A Tale of Medieval Magic

Author: Mark Lord

Publisher: Alt Hist Press

Published: 2014-08-11

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13:

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What do you do when you have accused the woman you love of necromancy? Roger Draper suspects that a necromancer is at work in a small medieval English town. But rather than uncovering foul magical deeds he manages to implicate the women he desires in accusations of witchcraft. With only the town drunk to help him, Roger must untangle the mess he has created. Be prepared for a heady concoction of gritty medieval life, humour and magic. Bird Talk: A Tale of Medieval Magic is an Historical Fantasy short story.

Bird Talk
Bird Talk

Author: Caroline Dormon

Publisher: Claitor's Pub Division

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780875110240

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Bird Talk
Bird Talk

Author: Lenore Keeshig-Tobias

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780153021466

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Polly, an Ojibway (Chippewa) Indian, has been teased at school for refusing to play cowboys and Indians. Her mother and sister offer comfort and support. Readers will gain some insight into the Ojibway language and perspective -- and they will see in a very powerful way that people all over the world should learn more about each other.