Bird Love

Author : Wenfei Tong
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691208905
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bird Love written by Wenfei Tong and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunningly illustrated look at the mating and parenting lives of the world's birds Bird Love looks at the extraordinary range of mating systems in the avian world, exploring all the stages from courtship and nest-building to protecting eggs and raising chicks. It delves into the reasons why some species, such as the wattled jacana, rely on males to do all the childcare, while others, such as cuckoos and honeyguides, dump their eggs in the nests of others to raise. For some birds, reciprocal promiscuity pays off: both male and female dunnocks will rear the most chicks by mating with as many partners as possible. For others, long-term monogamy is the only way to ensure their offspring survive. The book explores the wide variety of ways birds make sure they find a mate in the first place, including how many male birds employ elaborate tactics to show how sexy they are. Gathering in leks to display to females, they dance, pose, or parade to sell their suitability as a mate. Other birds attract a partner with their building skills: female bowerbirds rate brains above beauty, so males construct elaborate bowers with twig avenues and cleared courtyards to impress them. Looking at the differing levels of parenting skills across species around the world, we see why a tenth of bird species, including the fairy-wrens of Australia, have helpers at the nest who forgo their own reproduction to assist the breeding pair; how brood parasites and their hosts have engaged in evolutionary arms races; and how monogamous pairs share—or relinquish—their responsibilities. Illustrated throughout with beautiful photographs, Bird Love is a celebration of the global diversity of avian reproductive strategies.

Author : Chan Parker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book "To Bird with Love" written by Chan Parker and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Cindi Alvitre
Publisher : Heyday Books
ISBN 13 : 9781597145091
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Waa'aka' written by Cindi Alvitre and published by Heyday Books. This book was released on 2020 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Tongva creation story of Catalina Island and how the black-crowned night heron came to be"--

Author : Larry Bird
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0446930431
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bird Watching written by Larry Bird and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 1999-12-14 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Larry Bird captured the imagination and admiration of basketball fans throughout his thirteen-year career with the Boston Celtics with his trademark style of creative, intelligent, exciting, and hard-nosed play. And then, last year in his rookie season as head coach of the Indiana Pacers, he infused the team with these same qualities -- and the results were remarkable. He turned around a slumping franchise and led the Pacers to the conference finals. To finish off a great season, Bird was named the NBA's "Coach of the Year" -- quite an accolade for Bird, who had never coached before and surprised many fans with his unusual and unorthodox coaching methods. This book is a look into one of the greatest minds to have ever stepped on a hardwood court. Larry Bird shares his inner thoughts on basketball that to date only his Celtic teammates and Pacers players have been privy. From dissecting offensive and defensive strategies to assessing the talent of NBA players; from sharing the genesis of his coaching philosophies to how he deals with today's overpriced and temperamental players, it's all there. This book is Larry Bird's basketball playbook, and it's the one book every basketball fan will want to read. Cover design by Tom Tafuri Cover photograph by Glenn James/NBA Photos

Author : Zack McDermott
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316315117
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gorilla and the Bird written by Zack McDermott and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Soon to be an HBO limited series* "Glorious...one of the best memoirs I've read in years...a tragicomic gem about family, class, race, justice, and the spectacular weirdness of Wichita. [McDermott] can move from barely controlled hilarity to the brink of rage to aching tenderness in a single breath."--Marya Hornbacher, New York Times Book Review Zack McDermott, a 26-year-old Brooklyn public defender, woke up one morning convinced he was being filmed, Truman Show-style, as part of an audition for a TV pilot. Every passerby was an actor; every car would magically stop for him; everything he saw was a cue from "The Producer" to help inspire the performance of a lifetime. After a manic spree around Manhattan, Zack, who is bipolar, was arrested on a subway platform and admitted to Bellevue Hospital. So begins the story of Zack's freefall into psychosis and his desperate, poignant, often hilarious struggle to claw his way back to sanity. It's a journey that will take him from New York City back to his Kansas roots and to the one person who might be able to save him, his tough, big-hearted Midwestern mother, nicknamed the Bird, whose fierce and steadfast love is the light in Zack's dark world. Before his odyssey is over, Zack will be tackled by guards in mental wards, run naked through cornfields, receive secret messages from the TV, befriend a former Navy Seal and his talking stuffed monkey, and see the Virgin Mary in the whorls of his own back hair. But with the Bird's help, he just might have a shot at pulling through, starting over, and maybe even meeting a partner who can love him back, bipolar and all. Introducing an electrifying new voice, GORILLA AND THE BIRD is a raw and unforgettable account of a young man's unraveling and the relationship that saves him.

Author : Elayne Klasson
Publisher : She Writes Press
ISBN 13 : 1631526057
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Love Is a Rebellious Bird written by Elayne Klasson and published by She Writes Press. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who is it we love and why do we love these people? Toward the end of her life, Judith asks these questions, trying to understand why she chose Elliot Pine to love. Why, for sixty years, did she persist in loving someone who never gave as much as he was given? In her quest for understanding, she writes her story to this exceptional man. Meeting as children in Chicago, they move to opposite coasts. Elliot embarks on a remarkable legal career in Washington and New York while Judith raises her children alone in California, after tragedy. Coming together again and again throughout their lives, their love is never equal, Elliot defining the terms of the relationship. Judith examines the role of Beauty in love, for Elliot's face and form were beautiful. She considers the role of Consolation, how they supported one another in devastating times. Insanity, Magic, Deceit, Sensory Fulfillment, and, finally, Being Seen—Judith looks at these many aspects of her love. Her feelings for this man cost her, impinged on every other relationship in her life: friends, her two husbands, even her three children. After sixty years, however, it all changes. Judith makes one more profound sacrifice, finally achieving a sort of long-awaited happiness in her love.

Author : Wenfei Tong
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1782407480
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bird Love written by Wenfei Tong and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bird Love explores the diverse range of family relationships in birds around the world in fascinating detail.

Author : Aaron Carr
Publisher : Av2 by Weigl
ISBN 13 : 9781616909192
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bird written by Aaron Carr and published by Av2 by Weigl. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Song birds have up to 4,000 feathers. Owls can turn their heads almost 360 degrees. These interesting facts about this animal can be discovered in I Love My Pet Bird Bird is part of the Let's Read collection of media enhanced books designed for children ages 5 to 7. These books were created to inspire beginning readers to become independent readers. Educator and reading expert Dr. Edward Fry created a list of 1,000 instant sight words. These 1,000 sight words must be learned by students in elementary grades. By the third grade, students are expected to instantly recognize the first 300 of these words. The Let's Read books combine these 300 sight words with vivid color photography and non-fiction content within a kindergarten to second grade curriculum framework. Each AV2 media enhanced book is a unique combination of a printed book and exciting online content that brings the book to life. Readers can access embedded weblinks, audio and video clips, activities, and other features, such as a slide show, matching word activity, and quiz. Follow these step to access your AC2 book. Step 1 | Find the code on page 2 of this book. Step 2 | Enter the code at ww.av2books.com. Step 3 | Explore the AV2 media enhanced bopk. Book jacket.

Author : L. L. Bird
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780991522309
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book It Takes Love (and Some Other Stuff) to Make a Baby written by L. L. Bird and published by . This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children's book; non-fiction; illustrated; 32 pp; age 4-8; LGBT; lesbian parents; donor insemination; human reproduction; sex education

Author : Love-knots
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Love-knots and bridal-bands: poems, selected and arranged by F. Langbridge written by Love-knots and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: