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Author : Graeme Gibson
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ISBN 13 : 9781526633675
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Bedside Book of Birds written by Graeme Gibson and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-15 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rachel Warren Chadd
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472922883
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)
Download or read book Birds: Myth, Lore and Legend written by Rachel Warren Chadd and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories, myths and legends associated with more than 80 kinds of birds from around the world. Why are owls regarded either as wise or as harbingers of doom? What gave rise to the fanciful belief that storks bring babies? Why is the eagle associated with victory or the hummingbird with paradise? The answers are here in this engaging book. By re-telling the many legends, beliefs, proverbs and predictions associated with more than 80 birds from many nations, it brings into focus the close – and often ancient – links between humans and these remarkable feathered descendants of dinosaurs. Discover, for instance: - Why the cockerel features on many church spires - The one sacred bird that symbolises life and peace in most cultures - How to dispel bad luck if you see a certain black-and-white bird - The South American 'devil bird' once thought to be a dragon Birds: Myth, Lore and Legend draws on historical accounts and scientific literature to reveal how colourful tales or superstitions were shaped by human imagination based on each bird's behaviour or appearance. It offers a fresh and enchanting perspective on birds across the world.
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Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)
Download or read book Bird-lore written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 5-28 include its educational leaflets.
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Total Pages : 1326 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)
Download or read book Bird Lore written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 1326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 982 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)
Download or read book Bird Lore written by and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 982 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Yvonne Aburrow
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)
Download or read book Auguries and Omens written by Yvonne Aburrow and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is superb. Full of the knowledge that every self-respecting Pagan and Occultist needs to know. You are strongly advised to buy this book. Highly recommended. Touchstone Examines in detail the interpretation of birds as auguries & omens, the mythology of birds (Roman, Greek, Celtic & Teutonic), the folklore & weather lore associated with them, their use in heraldry & falconry & their appearances in folk songs & poetry. The book explores these areas in a general way, then goes into specific details of individual birds from the albatross to the yellowhammer, including exotic & even mythical birds.
Author : John Hall Sage
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Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Birds of Connecticut written by John Hall Sage and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frank M. Chapman
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465542752
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)
Download or read book Bird-Lore written by Frank M. Chapman and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark V. Barrow, Jr.
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691234655
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Passion for Birds written by Mark V. Barrow, Jr. and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the decades following the Civil War--as industrialization, urbanization, and economic expansion increasingly reshaped the landscape--many Americans began seeking adventure and aesthetic gratification through avian pursuits. By the turn of the century, hundreds of thousands of middle-and upper-class devotees were rushing to join Audubon societies, purchase field guides, and keep records of the species they encountered in the wild. Mark Barrow vividly reconstructs this story not only through the experiences of birdwatchers, collectors, conservationists, and taxidermists, but also through those of a relatively new breed of bird enthusiast: the technically oriented ornithologist. In exploring how ornithologists struggled to forge a discipline and profession amidst an explosion of popular interest in natural history, A Passion for Birds provides the first book-length history of American ornithology from the death of John James Audubon to the Second World War. Barrow shows how efforts to form a scientific community distinct from popular birders met with only partial success. The founding of the American Ornithologists' Union in 1883 and the subsequent expansion of formal educational and employment opportunities in ornithology marked important milestones in this campaign. Yet by the middle of the twentieth century, when ornithology had finally achieved the status of a modern profession, its practitioners remained dependent on the services of birdwatchers and other amateur enthusiasts. Environmental issues also loom large in Barrow's account as he traces areas of both cooperation and conflict between ornithologists and wildlife conservationists. Recounting a colorful story based on the interactions among a wide variety of bird-lovers, this book will interest historians of science, environmental historians, ornithologists, birdwatchers, and anyone curious about the historical roots of today's birding boom.
Author : Douglas Carlson
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292752857
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)
Download or read book Roger Tory Peterson written by Douglas Carlson and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with his 1934 Field Guide to the Birds, Roger Tory Peterson introduced literally millions of people to the pleasures of observing birds in the wild. His field guide, which has gone through five editions and sold more than four million copies, fostered an appreciation for the natural world that set the stage for the contemporary environmental movement. When Rachel Carson's Silent Spring sounded a warning about the threat to birds and their habitats in the 1960s, the Peterson field guides had already prepared the public and the scientific community to heed the warning and fight to save habitat and protect endangered species—a result that Peterson wholeheartedly approved. In this authoritative, highly readable biography of Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996), Douglas Carlson creates a fascinating portrait of the complex, often conflicted man behind the brand name. He describes how Peterson's obsession with birds began in boyhood and continued throughout a multifaceted career as a painter, writer, educator, environmentalist, and photographer. Carlson traces Peterson's long struggle to become both an accomplished bird artist and a scientific naturalist—competing goals that drove Peterson to work to the point of exhaustion and that also deprived him of many aspects of a normal personal life. Carlson also records Peterson's many lasting achievements, from the phenomenal success of the field guides, to the bird paintings that brought him renown as "the twentieth century's Audubon," to the establishment of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute to carry on his work in conservation and education.
