Author: James RenniePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Bird-architecture
Author: James RennieAvian Architecture
Author: Peter GoodfellowPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 069114849X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
Examines the nests that birds build around the world, including illustrations of each nest type's construction, descriptions of the materials and techniques used during the process, and case studies on specific birds' habitats.
Avian Architecture
Author: Peter GoodfellowPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400838312
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Birds are the most consistently inventive builders, and their nests set the bar for functional design in nature. Avian Architecture describes how birds design, engineer, and build their nests, deconstructing all types of nests found around the world using architectural blueprints and detailed descriptions of the construction processes and engineering techniques birds use. This spectacularly illustrated book features 300 full-color images and more than 35 case studies that profile key species worldwide. Each chapter covers a different type of nest, from tunnel nests and mound nests to floating nests, hanging nests, woven nests, and even multiple-nest avian cities. Other kinds of avian construction--such as bowers and harvest wells--are also featured. Avian Architecture includes intricate step-by-step sequences, visual spreads on nest-building materials and methods, and insightful commentary by a leading expert. Illustrates how birds around the world design, engineer, and build their nests Features architectural blueprints, step-by-step sequences, visual spreads on nest-building materials and methods, and expert commentary Includes 300 full-color images Covers more than 100 bird species worldwide
The Bird-Friendly City
Author: Timothy BeatleyPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 164283047X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
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.
Architecture for the Birds
Author: Darryl BookerPublisher:
ISBN: 9781944296032
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Architecture for the Birds is the result of a design challenge posed to beginning students in the Department of Architecture at North Dakota State University. The project was designed to serve a very particular, very discerning set of clients. The challenge? Design and build a bird house based on the work of a Pritzker-Award-winning architect; research, analyze, and interpret one the architect's structures; come to a deeper understanding of the architect's design philosophy; and incorporate this understanding into the bird house's design. The clients? A set of local birds known to nest in human-made bird houses. Architecture for the Birds is a pedagogical exercise rooted in environmental stewardship, community collaboration, and a passion for design. It is an great little book - fun reading for lovers of birds, humans, and great architecture.
Bird-Friendly Building Design
Author: Christine SheppardPublisher:
ISBN: 9781495180392
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Natural History of Birds
Author: James RennieHow to Attract the Birds
Author: Neltje BlanchanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bird attracting
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Bird Houses Boys Can Build
Author: Albert Frederick SiepertPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Bird Houses Boys Can Build" by Albert Frederick Siepert. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
The Bird World
Author: William Henry Davenport AdamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description