Catégorie :: Livres anglais (6020 livres)

The Rites of Autumn: A Falconer's Journey Across the American West
de Dan O'Brian(Ed. The Lyons Press) Isbn : 1558214577
12.3 €
Dan O'Brien spent the summer of 1986 in the Rocky Mountains releasing young peregrine falcons on the mountain cliffs. When one of his release sites was raided by a golden eagle, he managed to save a peregrine chick, and decided to make an improbable two-thousand-mile trip with the surviving young falcon, Dolly. From the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico, following the autumnal migration of waterfowl, O'Brien taught her to hunt as a wild falcon would, in the hopes of releasing her into the natural world. The Rites of Autumn is the riveting account of their incredible journey. (51/2 X 81/4, 208 pages, map)

The Rites of Autumn: A Falconer's Journey Across the American West
de Dan O'Brien(Ed. Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press) Isbn : 0871132451
17.06 €
Dan O'Brien spent the summer of 1986 in the Rocky Mountains releasing young peregrine falcons on the mountain cliffs. When one of his release sites was raided by a golden eagle, he managed to save a peregrine chick, and decided to make an improbable two-thousand-mile trip with the surviving young falcon, Dolly. From the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico, following the autumnal migration of waterfowl, O'Brien taught her to hunt as a wild falcon would, in the hopes of releasing her into the natural world. The Rites of Autumn is the riveting account of their incredible journey. (51/2 X 81/4, 208 pages, map)

Eagles of North America
de Candace Savage(Ed. Greystone Books,Canada) Isbn : 1550547836
15.73 €
Dagger-clawed, hook-beaked, sleek-feathered, and proud, the eagle is the king of the bird world--and a vision that awes humanity. From winged messengers in ancient times to symbols of sovereignty in the present, eagles have captured our imagination with their majesty, fearsomeness, and grace. These awe-inspiring birds have all these qualities and more. Because few people have actually glimpsed the bald and golden eagles--North America's two species--in flight, these predators have become creatures of myth. Ninety stunning and action-packed color photographs from the world's top nature photographers portray the grace and power of these birds that have vision five times superior to ours, breakneck speed, split second timing, and striking agility. They include heartwarming close-ups of a newb...

Complete Waterfowl Studies: Dabbling and Whistling Ducks
de Bruce Burk(Ed. Schiffer Publishing Ltd) Isbn : 0887400256
33.26 €
Dabbling Ducks and Whistling Ducks covers our most-colorful group of waterfowl: ducks on the ponds, lakes, and rivers.

Current Ornithology
de Nolan(Ed. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers) Isbn : 0306454734
94.06 €
Current Ornithology publishes authoritative, up-to-date, scholarly reviews of topics selected from the full range of current research in avian biology. Topics cover the spectrum from the molecular level of organization to population biology and community ecology. The series seeks especially to review 1) fields in which abundant recent literature will benefit from synthesis and organization, 2) newly emerging fields that are gaining recognition as the result of recent discoveries or shifts in...

Current Ornithology
de Nolan(Ed. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers) Isbn : 0306457393
153.71 €
Current Ornithology publishes authoritative, up-to-date, scholarly reviews of topics selected from the full range of current research in avian biology. Topics cover the spectrum from the molecular level of organization to population biology and community ecology. The series seeks especially to review 1) fields in which abundant recent literature will benefit from synthesis and organization, 2) newly emerging fields that are gaining recognition as the result of recent discoveries or shifts in...

Current Ornithology
de Val Jr. Nolan(Ed. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers) Isbn : 0306464861
163.42 €
Current Ornithology publishes authoritative, up-to-date, scholarly reviews of topics selected from the full range of current research in avian biology. Topics cover the spectrum from the molecular level of organization to population biology and community ecology. The series seeks especially to review 1) fields in which abundant recent literature will benefit from synthesis and organization, 2) newly emerging fields that are gaining recognition as the result of recent discoveries or shifts in...

Current Ornithology
de Peter Rowley(Ed. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers) Isbn : 0306461714
148.14 €
Current Ornithology publishes authoritative, up-to-date, scholarly reviews of topics selected from the full range of current research in avian biology. Topics cover the spectrum from the molecular level of organization to population biology and community ecology. The series seeks especially to review (1) fields in which an abundant recent literature will benefit from synthesis and organization, or (2) newly emerging fields that are gaining recognition as the result of recent discoveries or...

The Bird Lover's Garden
de Margaret Macavoy, Pat Kite, L. Patricia Kite(Ed. Friedman/Fairfax Pub) Isbn : 1567997279
23.76 €
Cultivate the right plants to draw in a specific species, add feeders and birdbaths, and know what other features attract birds. “Covers many different kinds of birds...[and] provides information on the plants that will attract them. ...Regional lists...will help readers...identify...species that are indigenous to—or migratory through—their region.”—The American Gardener

The Bird Lover's Garden
de Margaret MacAvoy, Pat Kite(Ed. Friedman/Fairfax Publishing) Isbn : 1586632434
17.06 €
Cultivate the right plants to draw in a specific species, add feeders and birdbaths, and know what other features attract birds. #8220 ; Covers many different kinds of birds... and provides information on the plants that will attract them. ...Regional lists...will help readers...identify...species that are indigenous to #8212 ; or migratory through #8212 ; their region. #8221 ; #8212 ; The American Gardener