Those Peculiar Pelicans

Author : Sarah R. Cussen
Publisher : Pineapple Press Inc
ISBN 13 : 1561643580
Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Those Peculiar Pelicans written by Sarah R. Cussen and published by Pineapple Press Inc. This book was released on 2006-04 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uses a question-and-answer format to provide information on pelicans, including how many species there are, how they hunt for food, where they make their nests, how they stay cool, and what dangers they face.

Author : Rien Fertel
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807178799
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brown Pelican written by Rien Fertel and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2022-09-07 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this compelling book, Rien Fertel tells the story of humanity’s complicated and often brutal relationship with the brown pelican over the past century. This beloved bird with the mythically bottomless belly—to say nothing of its prodigious pouch—has been deemed a living fossil and the most dinosaur-like of creatures. The pelican adorns the Louisiana state flag, serves as a religious icon of sacrifice, and stars in the famous parting shot of Jurassic Park, but, most significantly, spotlights our tenuous connection with the environment in which it flies, feeds, and roosts—the coastal United States. In 1903, Theodore Roosevelt inaugurated the first national wildlife refuge at Pelican Island, Florida, in order to rescue the brown pelican, among other species, from the plume trade. Despite such protections, the ubiquity of synthetic “agents of death,” most notably DDT, in the mid-twentieth century sent the brown pelican to the list of endangered species. By the mid-1960s, not one viable pelican nest remained in all of Louisiana. Authorities declared the state bird locally extinct. Conservation efforts—including an outlandish but well-planned birdnapping—saved the brown pelican, generating one of the great success stories in animal preservation. However, the brown pelican is once again under threat, particularly along Louisiana’s coast, due to land loss and rising seas. For centuries, artists and writers have portrayed the pelican as a bird that pierces its breast to feed its young, symbolizing saintly piety. Today, the brown pelican gives itself in other ways, sacrificed both by and for the environment as a bellwether bird—an indicator species portending potential disasters that await. Brown Pelican combines history and first-person narrative to complicate, deconstruct, and reassemble our vision of the bird, the natural world, and ourselves.

Author : Anna Kingston
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN 13 : 1433946866
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life Cycle of a Pelican written by Anna Kingston and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simple text and photographs describe the life cycle of pelicans from egg to adult and discuss their physical characteristics, habits, and dangers they face.

Author : St. George Jackson Mivart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Birds written by St. George Jackson Mivart and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Vernon Lyman Kellogg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book ... Mallophaga from Birds written by Vernon Lyman Kellogg and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : A. Le Messurier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Game, Shore, and Water Birds of India written by A. Le Messurier and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kathy Feeney
Publisher : Pineapple Press Inc
ISBN 13 : 1561643599
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Those Amazing Alligators written by Kathy Feeney and published by Pineapple Press Inc. This book was released on 2006 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn all about alligators--and they are amazing. Of course, you'll learn the difference between alligators and crocodiles, and you'll also find out how many teeth they have, why they have bumps, and how fast they can run. You'll meet the white alligators at the New Orleans Zoo, and even learn how to make a Glitter Gator Puppet Next in series > > See all of the books in this series

Author : Marta Magellan
Publisher : Pineapple Press Inc
ISBN 13 : 1561644242
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Those Voracious Vultures written by Marta Magellan and published by Pineapple Press Inc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vultures are voracious! They eat a lot of yucky stuff--and that's good because it keeps things tidy. Here are 20 questions and answers about these clean-up birds so you'll know all about them. You'll learn why vultures' heads are bald, why vultures vomit, why vultures don't get sick when they eat rotten meat, why they circle in the sky, what baby vultures look like (cute fuzzballs), and whether turkey vultures gobble (no!). Make a turkey vulture mobile, a vulture collage, and connect the dots to reveal a Eurasian vulture. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series

Author : Jan Lee Wicker
Publisher : Pineapple Press Inc
ISBN 13 : 1561643823
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Those Magical Manatees written by Jan Lee Wicker and published by Pineapple Press Inc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces manatees, including their physical characteristics, their behavior patterns, and ways to protect the endangered species from extinction.

Author : Marta Magellan
Publisher : Pineapple Press Inc
ISBN 13 : 1561644587
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Those Colossal Cats written by Marta Magellan and published by Pineapple Press Inc. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the physical characteristics, diet, and behaviors of lions, tigers, leopards, and jaguars.