The Black Skimmer

The Black Skimmer

Author: Joanna Burger

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9780231071062

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Studies the benefits and costs of group living as illustrated by colonies of the gull-like seabird on salt marshes and sandy beaches of the east coast of North America. Examines such behavior as predator detection and defense, and competition for mates, nesting sites, and food. The observation of 30


Lives of North American Birds

Lives of North American Birds

Author: Kenn Kaufman

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 708

ISBN-13: 9780618159888

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The bestselling natural history of birds, lavishly illustrated with 600 colorphotos, is now available for the first time in flexi binding.


I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird

I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird

Author: Susan Cerulean

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2020-08-01

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 0820357383

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Susan Cerulean’s memoir trains a naturalist’s eye and a daughter’s heart on the lingering death of a beloved parent from dementia. At the same time, the book explores an activist’s lifelong search to be of service to the embattled natural world. During the years she cared for her father, Cerulean also volunteered as a steward of wild shorebirds along the Florida coast. Her territory was a tiny island just south of the Apalachicola bridge where she located and protected nesting shorebirds, including least terns and American oystercatchers. I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird weaves together intimate facets of adult caregiving and the consolation of nature, detailing Cerulean’s experiences of tending to both. The natural world is the “sustaining body” into which we are born. In similar ways, we face not only a crisis in numbers of people diagnosed with dementia but also the crisis of the human-caused degradation of the planet itself, a type of cultural dementia. With I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird, Cerulean reminds us of the loving, necessary toil of tending to one place, one bird, one being at a time.


Bird Brains

Bird Brains

Author: Budd Titlow

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2013-09-03

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 0762797703

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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.


Birds, Art & Design

Birds, Art & Design

Author: Larry Barth

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Published: 2015-12-01

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 0811762491

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Legendary bird carver Larry Barth has created a stunning retrospective of his life's work, including sculptures from museum exhibits and rarely seen pieces from private collections. This is a must-have book for every bird lover, carver, and anyone who appreciates fine sculptural art.


Red-Tails in Love

Red-Tails in Love

Author: Marie Winn

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 1999-03-30

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0679758461

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Updated Edition—Ten Years Later The scene of this enchanting (and true) story is the Ramble, an unknown wilderness deep in the heart of New York's fabled Central Park. There an odd and amiable band of nature lovers devote themselves to observing and protecting the park's rich wildlife. When a pair of red-tailed hawks builds a nest atop a Fifth Avenue apartment house across the street from the model-boat pond, Marie Winn and her fellow "Regulars" are soon transformed into obsessed hawkwatchers. The hilarious and occasionally heartbreaking saga of Pale Male and his mate as they struggle to raise a family in their unprecedented nest site, and the affectionate portrait of the humans who fall under their spell will delight and inspire readers for years to come.


Birder's Eye View

Birder's Eye View

Author: Diana Churchill

Publisher:

Published: 2012-03-15

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9780982749104

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Birder's Eye View: Savannah & the Low Country is a collection of essays about Low Country birds, organized to give the reader a season by season introduction to the area's resident and migratory bird populations. Ms. Churchill's articles are written to entertain and amuse, as well as to provide useful information about the area and its feathered friends. The book is illustrated with more than 500 of Diana's own color photographs.


Instant Boats

Instant Boats

Author: Harold Payson

Publisher: Wooden Boat Publications

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9781934982082

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How to build simple, well-designed plywood boats without a complicated building jig, featuring complete scaled-down plans for five easily-built boats designed by Phil Bolger. From a small punt to a 31' daysailer with a schooner rig. The step-by-step example being a 12' double-ended sailing skiff.


Special Wonders of the Wild Kingdom

Special Wonders of the Wild Kingdom

Author: Buddy Davis

Publisher: Master Books

Published: 1999-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780890512548

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Children and adults both will delight in this illustrated guide to animals of the wild. Filled with spectacular photographs, and "creature classifications" -- great for any home or school library. Book jacket.