Author: Joanna Burger
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1583481109
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
For more than twenty years the authors studied the complex breeding and social behavior of colonies of terns. A significant dynamic of their social behavior is their “mobbing” behavior when they aggressively defend their nests against predators and will attack intruders, including human beings. Analysis of this and other behaviors as they affect breeding and population provide fascinating insights in the study of birds.
The Common Tern
Author: Joanna Burger
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1583481109
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
For more than twenty years the authors studied the complex breeding and social behavior of colonies of terns. A significant dynamic of their social behavior is their “mobbing” behavior when they aggressively defend their nests against predators and will attack intruders, including human beings. Analysis of this and other behaviors as they affect breeding and population provide fascinating insights in the study of birds.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1583481109
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
For more than twenty years the authors studied the complex breeding and social behavior of colonies of terns. A significant dynamic of their social behavior is their “mobbing” behavior when they aggressively defend their nests against predators and will attack intruders, including human beings. Analysis of this and other behaviors as they affect breeding and population provide fascinating insights in the study of birds.
The Arctic Tern's Journey
Author: Benjamin Tunby
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 1512486345
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Follows the journey of a migrating Arctic tern, from egg to bird and all the way to Antarctica.
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 1512486345
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Follows the journey of a migrating Arctic tern, from egg to bird and all the way to Antarctica.
Lives of North American Birds
Author: Kenn Kaufman
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618159888
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
The bestselling natural history of birds, lavishly illustrated with 600 colorphotos, is now available for the first time in flexi binding.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618159888
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
The bestselling natural history of birds, lavishly illustrated with 600 colorphotos, is now available for the first time in flexi binding.
Terns (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 123)
Author: David Cabot
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007412495
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
This New Naturalist volume provides a much-anticipated overview of these fascinating birds – the first book on the natural history of British and Irish terns since 1934.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007412495
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
This New Naturalist volume provides a much-anticipated overview of these fascinating birds – the first book on the natural history of British and Irish terns since 1934.
Terns of North America
Author: Cameron Cox
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691253315
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
A full-color photographic guide to these captivating and challenging birds This is the essential identification guide to the terns, noddies, and skimmers of North America. Covering every species and featuring hundreds of high-quality color images, this book is the ideal companion for anyone interested in this charismatic but sometimes challenging group of seabirds. Detailed species accounts describe the size of each bird as it appears in the field along with structure, behavior, flight style, vocalizations, subspecies, and North American and worldwide ranges. An incisive introduction lays out a remarkably simple approach to identification that focuses on key elements and addresses how to avoid getting bogged down in the variability of appearance. This state-of-the-art guide also provides additional in-depth coverage of the two most challenging groups of terns, Sterna terns and crested terns, aiding field identification while also highlighting the beauty and elegance of these marvelous seabirds. Features more than 325 stunning color photos, with side-by-side comparisons of similar species throughout Includes detailed captions for each image that describe age and key identification traits Covers 19 species found in North America, including the most frequent vagrants Presents a unique, simplified approach to field identification Explains the fundamentals of molts, plumages, and hybridization Provides in-depth coverage of Sterna terns and crested terns
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691253315
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
A full-color photographic guide to these captivating and challenging birds This is the essential identification guide to the terns, noddies, and skimmers of North America. Covering every species and featuring hundreds of high-quality color images, this book is the ideal companion for anyone interested in this charismatic but sometimes challenging group of seabirds. Detailed species accounts describe the size of each bird as it appears in the field along with structure, behavior, flight style, vocalizations, subspecies, and North American and worldwide ranges. An incisive introduction lays out a remarkably simple approach to identification that focuses on key elements and addresses how to avoid getting bogged down in the variability of appearance. This state-of-the-art guide also provides additional in-depth coverage of the two most challenging groups of terns, Sterna terns and crested terns, aiding field identification while also highlighting the beauty and elegance of these marvelous seabirds. Features more than 325 stunning color photos, with side-by-side comparisons of similar species throughout Includes detailed captions for each image that describe age and key identification traits Covers 19 species found in North America, including the most frequent vagrants Presents a unique, simplified approach to field identification Explains the fundamentals of molts, plumages, and hybridization Provides in-depth coverage of Sterna terns and crested terns
Growing Up in Alaska
Author: Constance Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781888215762
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
A baby Arctic Tern hatches in Alaska. He has much to learn: how to eat, how to swim, how to bathe. But his greatest wish ... is to FLY! A story of learning, growing and spreading your wings.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781888215762
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
A baby Arctic Tern hatches in Alaska. He has much to learn: how to eat, how to swim, how to bathe. But his greatest wish ... is to FLY! A story of learning, growing and spreading your wings.
Terns of Europe and North America
Author: Hans Larsson
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408131684
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Covering 22 species found in the Western Palearctic and North America, this guide lists each species under the sections of: field identification; moult; description; geographical variation; measurements; and weight. It includes a quick reference section summarising key identification features. Terns are elegant sea and marshland birds that live throughout the world. In Europe and North America a total of twenty-three species is represented, all of which are dealt with in this book. The variations among the species and their subspecies is great, and identification is therefore often highly problematic. Terns are long-distance migrants and can be seen regularly on passage between their normal breeding and wintering areas. Klaus Malling Olsen devotes much attention to the immature and winter plumages of these birds, which are generally inadequately described in most other field guides, while he also deals in depth with the problems of moult, species, and subspecies. The text covers the bird in the field, moult, and the bird in the hand. The author concludes each species account with extensive data on measurements and weight and an itemized key to identification. The text is accompanied by over forty colour plates, which have been specially prepared for this guide by the talented Swedish bird artist Hans Larsson. The book is completed with a forty-eight-page representative photographic section.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408131684
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Covering 22 species found in the Western Palearctic and North America, this guide lists each species under the sections of: field identification; moult; description; geographical variation; measurements; and weight. It includes a quick reference section summarising key identification features. Terns are elegant sea and marshland birds that live throughout the world. In Europe and North America a total of twenty-three species is represented, all of which are dealt with in this book. The variations among the species and their subspecies is great, and identification is therefore often highly problematic. Terns are long-distance migrants and can be seen regularly on passage between their normal breeding and wintering areas. Klaus Malling Olsen devotes much attention to the immature and winter plumages of these birds, which are generally inadequately described in most other field guides, while he also deals in depth with the problems of moult, species, and subspecies. The text covers the bird in the field, moult, and the bird in the hand. The author concludes each species account with extensive data on measurements and weight and an itemized key to identification. The text is accompanied by over forty colour plates, which have been specially prepared for this guide by the talented Swedish bird artist Hans Larsson. The book is completed with a forty-eight-page representative photographic section.
Arctic Tern Migration
Author: Grace Hansen
Publisher: Abdo Kids Jumbo
ISBN: 9781098202286
Category : Animal migration
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Readers will learn about the impressive migration of the Arctic Terns from around the globe. The title will cover information like why and when they migrate, how far they migrate, and where they migrate.
Publisher: Abdo Kids Jumbo
ISBN: 9781098202286
Category : Animal migration
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Readers will learn about the impressive migration of the Arctic Terns from around the globe. The title will cover information like why and when they migrate, how far they migrate, and where they migrate.
Florida's Birds
Author: David S. Maehr
Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc
ISBN: 9781561643356
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
A reference and guide to Florida birds.
Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc
ISBN: 9781561643356
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
A reference and guide to Florida birds.
Birds of the Horn of Africa
Author: Nigel Redman
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691172897
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Originally published as: Second edition. (Helm field guides): London: Christopher Helm, 2011.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691172897
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Originally published as: Second edition. (Helm field guides): London: Christopher Helm, 2011.