Birds In Their Habitats

Author : Ian Fraser
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 1486307469
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Birds in Their Habitats written by Ian Fraser and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everywhere 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.

Author : Robert J. Fuller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521897564
Total Pages : 555 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Birds and Habitat written by Robert J. Fuller and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-08 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synthesises important concepts, patterns and issues relating to avian habitat selection, drawing on examples from Europe, North America and Australia.

Author : Timothy Beatley
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 164283047X
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bird-Friendly City written by Timothy Beatley and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2020-11-05 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does a bird experience a city? A backyard? A park? As the world has become more urban, noisier from increased traffic, and brighter from streetlights and office buildings, it has also become more dangerous for countless species of birds. Warblers become disoriented by nighttime lights and collide with buildings. Ground-feeding sparrows fall prey to feral cats. Hawks and other birds-of-prey are sickened by rat poison. These name just a few of the myriad hazards. How do our cities need to change in order to reduce the threats, often created unintentionally, that have resulted in nearly three billion birds lost in North America alone since the 1970s? In The Bird-Friendly City, Timothy Beatley, a longtime advocate for intertwining the built and natural environments, takes readers on a global tour of cities that are reinventing the status quo with birds in mind. Efforts span a fascinating breadth of approaches: public education, urban planning and design, habitat restoration, architecture, art, civil disobedience, and more. Beatley shares empowering examples, including: advocates for “catios,” enclosed outdoor spaces that allow cats to enjoy backyards without being able to catch birds; a public relations campaign for vultures; and innovations in building design that balance aesthetics with preventing bird strikes. Through these changes and the others Beatley describes, it is possible to make our urban environments more welcoming to many bird species. Readers will come away motivated to implement and advocate for bird-friendly changes, with inspiring examples to draw from. Whether birds are migrating and need a temporary shelter or are taking up permanent residence in a backyard, when the environment is safer for birds, humans are happier as well.

Author : Graham M. Tucker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Habitats for Birds in Europe written by Graham M. Tucker and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The greatest threats to Europe's birds and biodiversity come from loss and degradation of habitat. This book brings together more than 190 bird and habitat conservation experts from all over Europe, to examine the threats to Europe's eight major habitat types, and propose policies and actions to protect and restore them. Although the emphasis is on birds, particularly the 40 percent of European species with an unfavourable conservation status, many recommendations would help conserve all elements of biodiversity in the wider European environment. "An important contribution to the conservation of biodiversity in Europe" - Peter L Nielsen, European Commission. "An extremely valuable reference for bird conservationists in any continent" - The Wilson Bulletin.

Author : Martin L. Cody
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080917356
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Habitat Selection in Birds written by Martin L. Cody and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1987-07-09 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book is divided into several parts. An introductory chapter serves to make the reader aware of the diversity of the subject of habitat selection in birds. Many if the various aspects of habitat selection introduced in the first chapter are developed in subsequent chapters, and thus it serves to some extent as an overview of the subject and as a "lead-in" to subsequent work.

Author : Greg Hoch
Publisher : Bureau Oak Book
ISBN 13 : 1609386272
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sky Dance of the Woodcock written by Greg Hoch and published by Bureau Oak Book. This book was released on 2019-03 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Woodcock are one of the oddest birds in North America. They are a shorebird that got lost and ended up in the scrubby parts of the forest, and look like they were put together with the leftover parts of other birds. Oddities aside, each spring they rise to great beauty with their sky dance at dusk. Greg Hoch combines natural history, land management, scientific knowledge, and personal observation to examine this little game bird. Woodcock have a complex life history and the management of their habitat is also complex. The health of this bird can be considered a key indicator of what good forests look like.

Author : Stephen W. Kress
Publisher : Comstock Pub Assoc
ISBN 13 : 9780801488641
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Audubon Society Guide to Attracting Birds written by Stephen W. Kress and published by Comstock Pub Assoc. This book was released on 2006 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical, comprehensive, and thoroughly illustrated guide to attracting birds to any property.

Author : Mariette Nowak
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780299291549
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Birdscaping in the Midwest written by Mariette Nowak and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go beyond bird feeders! Learn how to create outstanding bird habitats in your own yard with native plants that offer food, cover, and nesting sites for birds. This guide is packed with color photographs, sage advice, detailed instructions, and garden plans. It features nine different habitat gardens for hummingbirds, bluebirds, wintering birds, migrant birds, and birds that frequent prairies, wetlands, lakes, shrublands, and woodlands, along with advice about maintaining your plantings and augmenting them with nest boxes, birdbaths, misters, and perches. The information on recommended plant species includes their native ranges in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin; the birds they attract; their visual characteristics; and their cultivation. Mariette Nowak also describes how gardeners featured in this book have gone beyond their own garden gates to work for the protection and restoration of bird habitat in their neighborhoods and communities. Birdscaping in the Midwest provides many sources of further information, including publications, websites, organizations, and native plant nurseries.

Author : Iain Campbell
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691197563
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Habitats of the World written by Iain Campbell and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Habitats of Australasia (Australia, NZ and New Guinea) -- Habitats of the Neotropics (Central and South America) -- Habitats of the Afrotropics (SSaharan Africa) -- Habitats of the Palearctic (Europe, North Asia and North Africa) -- Habitats of the Nearctic (North America).

Author : Claudia McGehee
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1587299194
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Where Do Birds Live? written by Claudia McGehee and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2010-11-28 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen North American habitats are pictured in two-page spreads, each featuring one bird that lives in that habitat. The author suggests ways children can make their back yards safe for birds.