Helpers at Birds' Nests
Author: Alexander Frank Skutch
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Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780783716275
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Alexander Frank Skutch
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Published:
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780783716275
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Alexander Frank Skutch
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 316
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In Helpers at Birds' Nests, renowned naturalist and ornithologist Alexander Skutch provides vivid, detailed accounts of a remarkable aspect of bird behavior -- the aid that one bird gives another who is neither its mate nor its dependent young and who may even belong to a different species. In graceful, clear prose, Skutch makes accessible to amateur bird-watchers examples of cooperation in species as far-flung as the little rifleman of New Zealand, the Laysan albatross in the mid Pacific, and the neotropical birds of Skutch's own Valley of El General in Costa Rica.
Author: Nicholas E. Collias
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2014-07-14
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13: 1400853621
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book is a comprehensive study of nest-building behavior in birds. A much-needed synthesis of the previously scattered literature on this central aspect of avian biology, it is organized by behavior problems and focuses on evolution as its unifying theme. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author: Alexander Frank Skutch
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 326
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In Helpers at Birds' Nests, renowned naturalist and ornithologist Alexander Skutch provides vivid, detailed accounts of a remarkable aspect of bird behavior - the aid that one bird gives another who is neither its mate nor its dependent young and who may even belong to a different species. Skutch describes the cooperative behavior of more than fifty families of birds. Each family is introduced by a brief sketch of its distribution and outstanding features, followed by intimate, nontechnical accounts of the helpful behaviors that have been most carefully studied. Skutch considers the significance of helpful birds and discusses the theoretical aspects of cooperative breeding, its evolution, kin selection, altruism, and demography.
Author: Susan Cerulean
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2020-08-01
Total Pages: 175
ISBN-13: 0820357383
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Author: Doris L. Mueller
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
Published: 2008-03-10
Total Pages: 18
ISBN-13: 1607180278
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this retelling of an old English folktale featuring birds native to the U.S., Magpie patiently explains to the other birds how to build a nest. Some birds are impatient and fly off without listening to all the directions, however, and that is why, to this day, birds' nests come in all different shapes and sizes. Includes "For Creative Minds" section.
Author: Hal H. Harrison
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780395936092
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Covers nest of bird species of all 26 states east of the Mississippi.
Author: Mel Boring
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Published: 1998-04
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780606241441
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A guide to identifying fifteen different birds, providing information about the physical characteristics and habits of each, as well as about the nests they build and the eggs they lay.
Author: Michael Garland
Publisher: Holiday House
Published: 2017-01-30
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 0823437957
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An illustrated introduction to where birds make their homes, all across the globe. Birds make many kinds of nests in many kinds of places, to keep their eggs safe and to raise their chicks. In this colorful picture book, acclaimed artist Michael Garland introduces more than twenty species of birds and the intriguing homes they make, from puffins' burrows to orioles' hanging nests. With simple text, accessible for new readers, this is a perfect introduction to the many ways animals make their homes. The vibrant artwork, created with traditional woodcuts and digital coloring techniques, is labeled with the English common names of each bird shown. A 2018 NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12! A Bank Street Best Book of the Year (Outstanding Merit)
Author: Jennifer Ward
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2014-03-18
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 1442421169
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Illustrations and simple, rhyming text introduce different kinds of birds' nests, from the scrapes falcons build on high, craggy ledges to the underground nests burrowing owls dig. Includes brief facts about each kind of bird.