Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 615
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Published: 1979
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Published: 1976
Total Pages: 615
ISBN-13: 9780909486402
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 615
ISBN-13: 9780909486501
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Published: 1990
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 479
ISBN-13: 9780909486976
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tim Low
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2016-09-27
Total Pages: 437
ISBN-13: 0300226802
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn authoritative and entertaining exploration of Australia’s distinctive birds and their unheralded role in global evolution Renowned for its gallery of unusual mammals, Australia is also a land of extraordinary birds. But unlike the mammals, the birds of Australia flew beyond the continent’s boundaries and around the globe many millions of years ago. This eye-opening book tells the dynamic but little-known story of how Australia provided the world with songbirds and parrots, among other bird groups, why Australian birds wield surprising ecological power, how Australia became a major evolutionary center, and why scientific biases have hindered recognition of these discoveries. From violent, swooping magpies to tool-making cockatoos, Australia’s birds are strikingly different from birds of other lands—often more intelligent and aggressive, often larger and longer-lived. Tim Low, a renowned biologist with a rare storytelling gift, here presents the amazing evolutionary history of Australia’s birds. The story of the birds, it turns out, is inseparable from the story of the continent itself and also the people who inhabit it.
Author: Peter Slater (ornithologue.)
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Terence Lindsey
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 153
ISBN-13: 0643094210
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Albatrosses are largely confined to the region referred to by early mariners as the Roaring Forties and the Furious Fifties, otherwise known as the Southern Ocean. The single most distinctive characteristic of the albatrosses is that they ride storms. Aside from a few close relatives among the petrels and shearwaters, they are the only animals (of any kind) that do this. They dont evade storms, or flee them, or grit their figurative teeth and hang on through them, they climb aboard and ride them effectively throughout their lives. This work outlines the life histories of these spectacular birds, and explores some of the main strategies and tactics that have evolved to enable them to achieve mastery of one of the most hostile regions on the planet. It describes the 24 species of albatrosses found worldwide, including the most important species from an Australian perspective (Wandering Albatross, Shy Albatross, Black-browed Albatross, Sooty Albatross)"-- Provided by publisher.
Author: Geoffrey Edward Hill
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1426205716
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy is a cardinal red and a bluebird blue? How has color camouflage evolved? These are just a few of the fascinating questions explored in this work on coloration and plumage, and their key role in avian life. 200 full-color photos.
Author: Ian Fraser
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Published: 2018-03-01
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 1486307469
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEverywhere we go there are birds, and they all have mysteries to be unravelled. These mysteries include the way they look, from bizarre to apparently mundane, why they live where they live, and the things they do, many of which are far too incredible ever to be imagined as fiction. Birds in Their Habitats is a collection of stories and experiences, which introduce fascinating aspects of birdlife, ecology and behaviour. Informed by a wealth of historical and contemporary research, Ian Fraser takes the reader on a journey through four continents: from places as unfamiliar as the Chonos Archipelago of southern Chile and the arid Sahel woodlands of northern Cameroon to those as familiar as a suburban backyard. This is a book of discovery of birds and the places they live. And with humour and personal insight, it is a book about the sometimes strange world of the people who spend a life absorbed in birds.