Author: Louis R. Bevier
Publisher: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Connecticut Geological & Natural History Survey
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
The Atlas of Breeding Birds of Connecticut
Author: Louis R. Bevier
Publisher: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Connecticut Geological & Natural History Survey
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Publisher: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Connecticut Geological & Natural History Survey
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Connecticut Wildlife
Author: Geoffrey A. Hammerson
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781584653691
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
The best comprehensive look at wildlife in Connecticut
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781584653691
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
The best comprehensive look at wildlife in Connecticut
New England Wildlife
Author: Richard M. DeGraaf
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9780874519570
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
The only comprehensive guide to the natural histories and habitats of all inland New England species
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9780874519570
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
The only comprehensive guide to the natural histories and habitats of all inland New England species
The Atlas of Breeding Birds of Alberta
Author:
Publisher: Nature Alberta
ISBN: 9780969613497
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Publisher: Nature Alberta
ISBN: 9780969613497
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
The Bird-Friendly City
Author: Timothy Beatley
Publisher: 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.
Publisher: 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.
Massachusetts Breeding Bird Atlas
Author: Wayne R. Petersen
Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press
ISBN: 1558494200
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
In 1974, the Massachusetts Audubon Society and the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife launched a five-year survey to map the distribution of all the birds that breed in the Commonwealth - the first such comprehensive effort in North America. Nearly 600 volunteers spent countless hours in the field collecting data. This landmark volume presents the results of their efforts. The book includes distribution maps showing possible, probable, and confirmed breeding areas for 198 Massachusetts nesting species on a grid of 989 tensquare-mile blocks. Opposite each species map is a summary account giving historical perspective, relative abundance, habitat, seasonal schedule, nest, egg, and song descriptions, clutch size, egg dates, number of broods, and other pertinent details. Each species account is illustrated with a scrupulously accurate, watercolor portrait by award-winning nature artists John Sill and Barry Van Dusen. The book also includes a set of six transparent overlay maps in an attached pocket that allow the reader to correlate key environmental factors with the distribution of nesting species. Introductory sections describe the atlas survey methodology, and two appe
Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press
ISBN: 1558494200
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
In 1974, the Massachusetts Audubon Society and the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife launched a five-year survey to map the distribution of all the birds that breed in the Commonwealth - the first such comprehensive effort in North America. Nearly 600 volunteers spent countless hours in the field collecting data. This landmark volume presents the results of their efforts. The book includes distribution maps showing possible, probable, and confirmed breeding areas for 198 Massachusetts nesting species on a grid of 989 tensquare-mile blocks. Opposite each species map is a summary account giving historical perspective, relative abundance, habitat, seasonal schedule, nest, egg, and song descriptions, clutch size, egg dates, number of broods, and other pertinent details. Each species account is illustrated with a scrupulously accurate, watercolor portrait by award-winning nature artists John Sill and Barry Van Dusen. The book also includes a set of six transparent overlay maps in an attached pocket that allow the reader to correlate key environmental factors with the distribution of nesting species. Introductory sections describe the atlas survey methodology, and two appe
Migratory Nongame Birds of Management Concern in the Northeast
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bird populations
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bird populations
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
The Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State
Author: Robert F. Andrle
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801416914
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
This generously illustrated, easy-to-use reference gives instant information on 238 birds that are native to New York State. The core of the atlas is a series of accounts of each species, each account including a distribution map with possible, probable, or confirmed breeding. Facing each map is an explanatory page of text that covers a number of topics: abundance, historical and current distirbution, habitat, and nest description and location. On the same page is an illustration of the bird, often with its nest and young.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801416914
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
This generously illustrated, easy-to-use reference gives instant information on 238 birds that are native to New York State. The core of the atlas is a series of accounts of each species, each account including a distribution map with possible, probable, or confirmed breeding. Facing each map is an explanatory page of text that covers a number of topics: abundance, historical and current distirbution, habitat, and nest description and location. On the same page is an illustration of the bird, often with its nest and young.
A Guide to the Identification and Natural History of the Sparrows of the United States and Canada
Author: James D. Rising
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408134608
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
A Guide to the Identification and Natural History of the Sparrows of the United States and Canada provides comprehensive information on all the features that make possible identification of all 62 species of sparrows that occur in North America. The text gives detailed descriptions of the summer, winter, and juvenile plumages of each species, as well as comparisons with similar species. The species accounts are illustrated with range maps and superb line drawings showing behavioral postures and, where useful, fine features of tail feather patterns. The 27 color plates splendidly illustrate the various plumages of each species with the emphasis on the distinctive appearance of birds of different sex, age, and geographic regions. This beautiful and authoritative book is a must for the library of all keen birders living in and visiting North America. Species accounts include discussions of species': * Identification * Measurements * Voice * Habitat * Ecology * Nesting biology * Distribution * Taxonomy * Geographic variations * Historical and present status
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408134608
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
A Guide to the Identification and Natural History of the Sparrows of the United States and Canada provides comprehensive information on all the features that make possible identification of all 62 species of sparrows that occur in North America. The text gives detailed descriptions of the summer, winter, and juvenile plumages of each species, as well as comparisons with similar species. The species accounts are illustrated with range maps and superb line drawings showing behavioral postures and, where useful, fine features of tail feather patterns. The 27 color plates splendidly illustrate the various plumages of each species with the emphasis on the distinctive appearance of birds of different sex, age, and geographic regions. This beautiful and authoritative book is a must for the library of all keen birders living in and visiting North America. Species accounts include discussions of species': * Identification * Measurements * Voice * Habitat * Ecology * Nesting biology * Distribution * Taxonomy * Geographic variations * Historical and present status
Proceedings of the Northeastern Breeding Bird Atlas Conference
Author: Sarah B. Laughlin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bird populations
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bird populations
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description