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Drawing Birds
(Paperback)
John Busby; Introduction by Bill Oddie
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This is a fully revised and updated new version of a popular RSPB
handbook to the art and joy of drawing birds. John Busby
beautifully conveys his own remarkable ability to capture the grace
and motion of living birds, illustrating his ideas and suggestions
with many examples of his own work. He also uses illustrations from
over 45 other talented bird artists to demonstrate a variety of
principles and techniques. The text covers a wealth of topics,
including choice of media, sketching from life, composition and
different ways of interpreting the subject matter. This is a
beautiful and inspiring book which will appeal to aspiring artists
and anyone who has ever been entranced by the beauty of birds.
Get the New Edition of Kentucky's Best-Selling Bird Guide Learn to
identify birds in Kentucky, and make bird-watching even more
enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela's famous field guide, bird
identification is simple and informative. There's no need to look
through dozens of photos of birds that don't live in your area.
This book features 118 species of Kentucky birds organized by color
for ease of use. Do you see a yellow bird and don't know what it
is? Go to the yellow section to find out. Book Features: 118
species: Only Kentucky birds Simple color guide: See a yellow bird?
Go to the yellow section Compare feature: Decide between
look-alikes Stan's Notes: Naturalist tidbits and facts Professional
photos: Crisp, stunning full-page images This new edition includes
more species, updated photographs and range maps, revised
information, and even more of Stan's expert insights. So grab Birds
of Kentucky Field Guide for your next birding adventure-to help
ensure that you positively identify the birds that you see.
Appreciate the Adornment of BirdsFeathers-possibly the most amazing
body covering in the entire animal kingdom. No other covering does
all that feathers do. From the delicate down feathers that keep
birds warm to the sturdy flight feathers that allow birds to soar,
these marvelous structures are something to admire. This coffee
table book is filled with stunning, incomparable photos, and it
promises to delight as it walks you through the world of
feathers.Book Features: More than 230 stunning, one-of-a-kind
images of feathers and birds from across the United States. Many
fascinating facts, including how feathers keep tiny chickadees warm
in winter, why Blue Jays aren't really blue and how the feathers of
owls can help them hunt prey. Information that will season your
understanding of feathers and enhance your enjoyment of birds.
Everyone who celebrates nature will appreciate this beautiful,
detailed look at feathers.
As climate disruption intensifies the world over, Californians are
finding solutions across a diversity of communities and landscapes.
Though climate change is a global existential threat, we cannot
wait for nation-states to solve the problem when there are actions
we can take now to protect our own communities. In Climate
Stewardship: Taking Collective Action to Protect California,
readers are invited on a journey to discover that all life is
interconnected and shaped by climate and to learn how communities
can help tackle climate change. Climate Stewardship shares stories
from everyday people and shows how their actions enhance the
resilience of communities and ecosystems across ten distinct
bioregions. Climate science that justifies these actions is woven
throughout, making it easy to learn about Earth's complex systems.
The authors interpret and communicate these stories in a way that
is enjoyable, inspiring, and even amusing. California is uniquely
positioned to develop and implement novel solutions to widespread
climate challenges, owing to the state's remarkable biogeographic
diversity and robust public science programs. Produced in
collaboration with the UC California Naturalist Program, Climate
Stewardship focuses on regenerative approaches to energy,
agriculture, and land and water use across forested, agricultural,
and urban landscapes. The authors' hopeful and encouraging tone
aims to help readers develop a sense that they, too, can act now to
make meaningful change in their communities.
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Hedgehog
(Hardcover)
Pat Morris
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Get the guide to bird-watching in the Midwest that's part how-to
book, part field guide, and part journal. Peaceful, relaxing, and
inspiring-birding can yield a lifetime of satisfaction. For some,
simple observation of birds is enough to fill them with joy. Others
prefer to make it more interactive, striving to see a variety of
species and learning to identify them. If you're among the latter,
the Midwest Birding Companion is just for you. Written by
award-winning author, naturalist, and wildlife photographer Stan
Tekiela (known throughout the country for his best-selling bird
identification guides), the Midwest Birding Companion is part
how-to book, part field guide, and part journal. Read Stan's tips
for identifying birds, and learn about everything from reporting a
rare bird to dealing with injured birds. The field guide section
organizes nearly 150 species by color. When you see a yellow bird,
go to the yellow section to discover what it is. There, you can
also find range maps, as well as such information as nest
descriptions, migration habits, and tips for attracting the species
to your feeder. At the bottom of every page, there's room to log
information about when and where you saw that species. You can also
keep track of your birding life list on the book's closing pages-so
you'll always have a running total of the different birds you've
seen. The Midwest Birding Companion is ideal for birding in
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and
Wisconsin. Use your birding companion on its own, or pair it with
Stan's bird identification guides. It will enhance your birding
experience and bring even more enjoyment to the hobby that you
love.
Having worked for over 20 years on otter conservation of all 13
species, the authors wished to share their experiences of these
beautiful animals. People may be familiar with the Asian
small-clawed otters, often found in zoos, or the sea otter,
well-known for lying on its back cracking open shells, but may not
be aware that there are more fascinating species. It is hoped the
book will increase public support for the work of the IOSF
(International Otter Survival Fund) and awareness of the terrible
plight of otters which in many countries are on the verge of
extinction. Each species is listed in the IUCN Red Data List and
yet little attention is given to their predicament. The illegal
wildlife trade in otters is huge - not just for furs and body parts
but as pets. In some parts of the world otters are disappearing
rapidly and unless urgent action is taken they will be gone
forever. The Hairy-Nosed Otter was thought to be extinct in 1998
but funds provided by the IOSF led to a survey in southern Thailand
where a small population was found. Since then populations have
been found in Vietnam, Cambodia and Sumatra, but these are small
and very fragile.This type of conservation work is vital because so
often the plight of otters is overlooked for other high profile
species such as tigers and elephants. Otters stand at the top of
the food chain on both land and water so they are an ideal
indicator of a healthy environment. With greater awareness and
support the IOSF will be able to do more on the world stage to
conserve otters - PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THIS BOOK WILL GO TO
THE IOSF. Otters of the World is an introduction to the magical
world of otters and is complemented with many wonderful photos,
with distribution maps for each species.
Interactions between people and animals are attracting overdue
attention in diverse fields of scholarship, yet insects still creep
within the shadows of more charismatic birds, fish, and mammals.
Insect Histories of East Asia centers on bugs and creepy crawlies
and the taxonomies in which they were embedded in China, Japan, and
Korea to present a history of human and animal cocreation of
habitats in ways that were both deliberate and unwitting. Using
sources spanning from the earliest written records into the
twentieth century, the contributors draw on a wide range of
disciplines to explore the dynamic interaction between the notional
insects that infested authors' imaginations and the six-legged
creatures buzzing, hopping, and crawling around them.
Ian Newton, author of Farming and Birds and Bird Migration returns
to the New Naturalist series with a long awaited look at the
uplands and its birds. The uplands of Britain are unique landscapes
created by grazing animals, primarily livestock. The soils and
blanket bogs of the uplands are also the largest stores of carbon
in the UK, and 70% of the country's drinking water comes from the
uplands. It's a significant region, not least to the multitudes of
bird species that hunt, forage and nest there. Once again, Ian
Newton demonstrates his mastery of the subject matter at hand, in
this beautifully illustrated, authoritative addition to the New
Naturalist series.
Mainland Ecuador's spectacular wildlife makes it a magnet for
nature tourists, but until now there hasn't been a go-to,
all-in-one guide geared to the general reader. With this handy and
accessible guide, visitors now have everything they need to
identify and enjoy the majority of birds and animals they are
likely to see. Written and illustrated by two of Ecuador's most
experienced nature guides and photographers, this book covers more
than 350 birds, mammals, amphibians, and reptiles. It features over
400 stunning color photographs and includes a range map for each
species, as well as a brief account of the country's natural
history and biogeography. With its extensive coverage, attractive
and easy-to-use layout, beautiful photographs, and nontechnical
text, this is an essential guide for anyone who wants to explore
the natural wonders of Ecuador. * An essential all-in-one guide to
mainland Ecuador's amazing wildlife* Unique and attractive layout
with more than 400 stunning color photographs* Covers more than 350
of the most frequently seen birds, mammals, reptiles, and
amphibians* Uses a habitat-based approach to aid identification*
Accessible text provides key information on identification,
behavior, biology, and conservation* Photos, maps, and text are
presented together for ease of use
"Ants are the most warlike of all animals, with colony pitted
against colony," writes E.O. Wilson, one of the world's most
beloved scientists, "their clashes dwarf Waterloo and Gettysburg."
In Tales from the Ant World, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Wilson
takes us on a myrmecological tour to such far-flung destinations as
Mozambique and New Guinea, the Gulf of Mexico's Dauphin Island and
even his parent's overgrown backyard, thrillingly relating his
nine-decade-long scientific obsession with over 15,000 ant species.
Animating his scientific observations with illuminating personal
stories, Wilson hones in on twenty-five ant species to explain how
these genetically superior creatures talk, smell, and taste, and
more significantly, how they fight to determine who is dominant.
Wryly observing that "males are little more than flying sperm
missiles" or that ants send their "little old ladies into battle,"
Wilson eloquently relays his brushes with fire, army, and
leafcutter ants, as well as more exotic species. Among them are the
very rare Matabele, Africa's fiercest warrior ants, whose female
hunters can carry up to fifteen termites in their jaw (and, as
Wilson reports from personal experience, have an incredibly painful
stinger); Costa Rica's Basiceros, the slowest of all ants; and New
Caledonia's Bull Ants, the most endangered of them all, which
Wilson discovered in 2011 after over twenty years of presumed
extinction. Richly illustrated throughout with depictions of ant
species by Kristen Orr, as well as photos from Wilsons' expeditions
throughout the world, Tales from the Ant World is a fascinating, if
not occasionally hair-raising, personal account by one of our
greatest scientists and a necessary volume for any lover of the
natural world.
Discover a world beneath the waves that is teeming with life, from
tiny graceful seahorses to darting tropical fish and from electric
eels to humpback whales. A colourful array of sea creatures is
brought to life by award-winning illustrator Britta Teckentrup in
this delightful peep-through picture book.
A lyrical celebration of birdsong, and the rekindling of a deep
passion for nature. 'At this time of year, blackbirds never simply
fly: instead, like reluctantly retired officers, they're always "on
manoeuvres", and it's easy to see from their constant agitation
that for them every flower bed is a bunker, every shed a redoubt
and every hedge-bottom a potential place of ambush' As the world
went silent in lockdown, something else happened; for the first
time, many of us started becoming more aware of the spring sounds
of the birds around us. Birdsong in a Time of Silence is a lyrical,
uplifting reflection on these sounds and what they mean to us. From
a portrait of the blackbird - most prominent and articulate of the
early spring singers - to explorations of how birds sing, the
science behind their choice of song and nest-sites, and the varied
meanings that people have brought to and taken from birdsong, this
book ultimately shows that natural history and human history cannot
be separated. It is the story of a collective reawakening brought
on by the strangest of springs.
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Animalium
(Hardcover)
Jenny Broom; Illustrated by Katie Scott
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Welcome to the museum! There are more than 160 animal specimens to
be discovered in Animalium, the first in a series of virtual
museums. Wander the galleries - open 365 days a year - and discover
a collection of curated exhibits on every page, accompanied by
informative text. Each chapter features a different branch of the
tree of life, from the simple sponge to the enormous elephant.
Darkness has shaped the lives of humans for millennia, and in Dark
Skies, Tiffany Francis-Baker travels around Britain and Europe to
learn more about nocturnal landscapes and humanity's connection to
the night sky. For a year, Tiffany travels through different
nightscapes across the UK and beyond. She experiences 24-hour
daylight while swimming in the Gulf of Finland and visits Norway to
witness the Northern Lights and speak to people who live in
darkness for three months each year. She hikes through the haunted
yew forests of Kingley Vale and embarks on a nocturnal sail down
the River Dart. As she travels, Tiffany explores how our
relationship with darkness and the night sky has changed over time.
In this personal and beautifully written nature memoir, Tiffany
Francis-Baker investigates how our experiences of the night-time
world have permeated our history, folklore, science, geography, art
and literature.
The definitive guide to finding birds in Northern and Eastern
Spain. This region embraces an impressive range of habitats from
the Pyrenees to the sun-drenched Catalan coast. As a consequence
the area is rich in birdlife and full of potential for visiting
birders. Almost 200 sites are described in this fully updated third
edition, with full coverage of terms of habitat, access and the
species to be seen. The accounts are illustrated by detailed maps
and beautiful line drawings of selected species. Where to Watch
Birds in Northern and Eastern Spain includes comprehensive coverage
of all thirteen autonomous regions, a descriptive list of all the
resident, visiting and rare birds to be found, as well as advice on
watching seabirds from key sites like Estaca de Bares. This edition
provides better coverage than ever to one of the most popular
birding destinations in Europe.
Match the male and female pairs of 25 species of bird from around
the world in this beautifully illustrated memory game. To play,
simply place the cards face down and see if you can remember where
the matching bird is located. Collect more pairs than your opponent
to win! With all kinds of species – from the barn owl to the blue
tit and the ostrich to the macaw – this fun and educational game
is an ideal gift that will appeal to bird lovers everywhere.
A stunning portrait of the nocturnal moths of Central and South
America by famed American photographer Emmet Gowin American
photographer Emmet Gowin (b. 1941) is best known for his portraits
of his wife, Edith, and their family, as well as for his images
documenting the impact of human activity upon landscapes around the
world. For the past fifteen years, he has been engaged in an
equally profound project on a different scale, capturing the
exquisite beauty of more than one thousand species of nocturnal
moths in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, and Panama. These
stunning color portraits present the insects--many of which may
never have been photographed as living specimens before, and some
of which may not be seen again--arrayed in typologies of
twenty-five per sheet. The moths are photographed alive, in natural
positions and postures, and set against a variety of backgrounds
taken from the natural world and images from art history.
Throughout Gowin's distinguished career, his work has addressed
urgent concerns. The arresting images of Mariposas Nocturnas extend
this reach, as Gowin fosters awareness for a part of nature that is
generally left unobserved and calls for a greater awareness of the
biodiversity and value of the tropics as a universally shared
natural treasure. An essay by Gowin provides a fascinating personal
history of his work with biologists and introduces both the
photographic and philosophical processes behind this extraordinary
project. Essential reading for audiences both in photography and
natural history, this lavishly illustrated volume reminds readers
that, as Terry Tempest Williams writes in her foreword, "The world
is saturated with loveliness, inhabited by others far more adept at
living with uncertainty than we are."
Ian Newton, author of Farming and Birds and Bird Migration returns
to the New Naturalist series with a long awaited look at the
uplands and its birds. The uplands of Britain are unique landscapes
created by grazing animals, primarily livestock. The soils and
blanket bogs of the uplands are also the largest stores of carbon
in the UK, and 70% of the country's drinking water comes from the
uplands. It's a significant region, not least to the multitudes of
bird species that hunt, forage and nest there. Once again, Ian
Newton demonstrates his mastery of the subject matter at hand, in
this beautifully illustrated, authoritative addition to the New
Naturalist series.
A unique collection of concise but detailed information on 10,000
animals, plants, fungi and algae of the British Isles. Every
species with an English common name is included. The compendium is
in two parts. The first, smaller part, looks at various terms that
people interested in natural history may come across. The second
provides information on individual species or species groups, with
entries on those with English (common) names, as well as selected
families, orders, classes, etc. In the case of marine organisms,
entries are given for intertidal and subtidal invertebrate species,
and generally speaking for fish species that might be observed
inshore. Indication is often given on distribution as well as
whether a species is common, scarce or something in between. For
some species a note is made of population size and trends. Comments
are made where appropriate on etymology, both of the English name
and the binomial. No other natural history dictionary or cognate
publication relating to the British Isles is as comprehensive in
taxonomic cover.
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