Author: O. V. AplinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Birds of Oxfordshire
Author: O. V. AplinBirds of Oxfordshire
Author: Andrew GoslerThe Birds of Berkshire and Oxfordshire
Author: Mary Cowper Scott RadfordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Poems
Author: Edward ThomasBook of Texas Birds
Author: Gary ClarkPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 162349432X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
Drawing on the knowledge and insight gained from a lifetime of watching, studying, and enjoying birds, this book is full of information about more than four hundred species of birds in Texas, most all of which author Gary Clark has seen first hand. Organized in the standard taxonomic order familiar to most birders, the book is written in a conversational tone that yields a wide-ranging discussion of each bird’s life history as well as an intimate look at some of its special characteristics and habits. Information regarding each species’ diet, voice, and nest is included as well as when and where it can be found in Texas. Magnificent photographs by Kathy Adams Clark accompany each bird’s entry. For those just beginning to watch birds to those who can fully relate to the experiences and sentiments communicated here by a veteran birder, this book reveals the kind of personal connection to nature that careful attention to the birds around us can inspire.
The Oxford Book of Birds
Author: Donald WatsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780199100101
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
The Birds of Oxfordshire
Author: O. V. AplinBird Migration
Author: Peter BertholdPublisher:
ISBN: 9780198507871
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Ten years have passed since the first edition of this book. During that time the field of bird migration has experienced many advances which are reflected in this second edition. No other book exists to bring together the vast amount of information currently available on the subject of bird migration. Includes discussion of evolution and history of bird migration, physiology, orientation mechanisms and threats to migrations and is accessible to experts as well as amateurs.
For the Birds
Author: Marilyn Bailey OgilviePublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 080616249X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
A first-rate ornithologist, Margaret Morse Nice (1883–1974) pioneered field studies on song sparrows and advocated for women’s active role in the sciences. Yet her nontraditional path toward scientific progress, as well as her gender, meant that she had to reach the highest pinnacles of achievement in order to gain prominence in her chosen field. Luckily for Nice, she was more than up to the challenge. In this engaging first book-length biography, Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie sheds light on Nice’s intellectual journey. The wife of an academic, Nice pursued her own scholarly interests through self-study and by cultivating and creating work partnerships with colleagues. Talented, ambitious, and creative, she did not define herself solely through her role as wife and mother, nor did her family responsibilities deter her from her professional achievements. From her undergraduate study at Mount Holyoke College to her fieldwork in Norman, Oklahoma, her coauthorship of Birds of Oklahoma and subsequent correspondence with George Sutton to her later years in Columbus, Ohio, Nice’s career grew in tandem with her personal life—and in some cases, because of it. Although bridled by social constraints, her work spoke for itself: she produced more than 244 papers, articles, and published letters; seven books and book-length monographs; and 3,000 reviews. This voluminous and field-defining output earned her the respect of some of the most important biological scientists of the day, among them Konrad Lorenz and Ernst Mayr, who declared that she had “almost singlehandedly” initiated “a new era in American ornithology.” For the Birds gives Nice her due recognition, lending compelling insight into her activism promoting conservation and preservation, her field methods, and the role of women in the history of science, particularly in ornithology. Nice’s life acts as a looking glass into the various challenges faced by fellow female pioneers, their resolve, and their contributions.
The Birds of Oxfordshire (Classic Reprint)
Author: O. V. AplinPublisher:
ISBN: 9781332309405
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Excerpt from The Birds of Oxfordshire Within the last thirty years a number of works treating of the ornithology of different districts in Great Britain have appeared. Not only do these afford to the resident of some particular locality trustworthy information about the birds of his own neighbourhood, but they also supply ornithologists generally with the means of comparing the avifauna of various districts, and of determining with some accuracy the distribution of the birds of these islands during the time which they spend within our shores. With the exception of Middlesex, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Herefordshire, Wiltshire Berkshire, and Buckinghamshire, the counties thus treated of have been those possessing a considerable extent of seaboard, and no work upon the birds of Oxfordshire in a collected and accessible form has yet been written. To fill up this blank, in some measure at the least, by contributing to the series of county faunal works the requisite information relating to Oxfordshire, and to furnish the residents in the county with some idea of the bids around them, are the objects of the present volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.