Catégorie :: Livres anglais (6020 livres)

Birds of North America: Science and Nature in Motion
de Stan Freeman(Ed. Hampshire House Pub Co) Isbn : 0963681427
11.36 €
A basic guide to North American birds for children, with information on bird behavior and anatomy, this book is also a "flip book." Color photographs - individual frames captured from videos - are printed on the page edges. When the pages are flipped, one can watch a swooping eagle grabbing a fish out of water, a brown pelican taking off, a great egret landing and tundra swans flying.

Looking for Eagles: Reflections of a Classical Naturalist
de Janet Lembke(Ed. The Lyons Press) Isbn : 1558210776
18.96 €
A "classical naturalist" is one who writes about nature from a background in Greco-Roman myth and literature, in Lembke's case especially from the viewpoint of the early Greek poets who saw no artificial separation of human beings from the rest of the natural world. Her observations of the living creatures of the North Carolina coastal region where she lives range from a wry discussion of the total uselessness of ticks (so banal that they don't even have a mythology) to a moving affirmation of life in the aftermath of the tragic drowning of a young neighbor. She is always quietly persuasive, never horatory, and does not let her classical training overwhelm her readers, for she realizes that few of them can be expected to share it. Those who like literate, sometimes philosophical, nature wr...

North American Bird Reference Book
de John C. Robinson(Ed. Lanius Software) Isbn : 096793382X
61.7 €
: Instructional multimedia CD-ROM of the 921 birds of North America, including written natural history accounts, photographs, songs, and distributional range maps for each species. Informational essays on birds and bird watching are also included for school kids or beginning bird watchers. From the Author: This revised edition of the North American Bird Reference Book was created by a birder for other bird watchers and nature enthusiasts. It covers 921 species of North America and includes 850 photographs, 415 songs, and over 625 range maps. Essays on birds and bird watching are helpful for school kids or beginners who need to learn more about Ornithology. Free program updates are offered at LANIUS Software's website.

North American Bird Reference Book: North American Bird Reference Book
de John C. Robinson(Ed. Lanius Software) Isbn : 0967933811
47.46 €
: Instructional multimedia CD-ROM of the 921 birds of North America, including written natural history accounts, photographs, songs, and distributional range maps for each species. Informational essays on birds and bird watching are also included for school kids or beginning bird watchers. From the Author: This revised edition of the North American Bird Reference Book was created by a birder for other bird watchers and nature enthusiasts. It covers 921 species of North America and includes 850 photographs, 415 songs, and over 625 range maps. Essays on birds and bird watching are helpful for school kids or beginners who need to learn more about Ornithology. Free program updates are offered at LANIUS Software's website.

Birds of the World
de Colin J. Harrison, Alan Greenspan(Ed. Dorling Kindersley Publishing) Isbn : 1564582957
18.96 €
800-plus illustrations of passerines and non-passerines with descriptions, species, nest, plumage, habitat, and migration facts.

Birds of the World
de Colin Harrison, Alan Greensmith, Mark Robbins(Ed. Dk Pub) Isbn : 1564582965
28.46 €
800-plus illustrations of passerines and non-passerines with descriptions, species, nest, plumage, habitat, and migration facts.

Bird Studies at Old Cape May: An Ornithology of Coastal New Jersey
de Witmer Stone(Ed. Stackpole Books) Isbn : 0811731510
28.46 €
800 drawings 5 x 8 A birding classic back in print Detailed descriptions of some 350 birds Introduction by Roger Tory Peterson In the early 1900s, ornithologist Witmer Stone spent years observing and recording the bird life in and around Cape May, New Jersey, one of the premier birding spots in the country. The details of his observations, first published in 1937 by the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club and long out of print, are republished here for the first time in one volume. Where the birds live, their habits and behavior, physical descriptions, what they eat, when they migrate, and how population status has shifted-all described in vivid detail. A unique look at how birding in Cape May has changed, and how it's stayed the same. With line drawings by Earl Poole and others. Witmer St...

Bird Studies at Old Cape May: An Ornithology of Coastal New Jersey
de Winter Stone(Ed. Diane Pub Co) Isbn : 0756765757
182.41 €
800 drawings 5 x 8 A birding classic back in print Detailed descriptions of some 350 birds Introduction by Roger Tory Peterson In the early 1900s, ornithologist Witmer Stone spent years observing and recording the bird life in and around Cape May, New Jersey, one of the premier birding spots in the country. The details of his observations, first published in 1937 by the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club and long out of print, are republished here for the first time in one volume. Where the birds live, their habits and behavior, physical descriptions, what they eat, when they migrate, and how population status has shifted-all described in vivid detail. A unique look at how birding in Cape May has changed, and how it's stayed the same. With line drawings by Earl Poole and others. Witmer St...

Building a Backyard Bird Habitat
de Scott Shalaway(Ed. Stackpole Books) Isbn : 0811726983
16.1 €
8-page section of 13 color photos, 6 x 9 Bird feeding, gardening, nest boxes, and winter shelter How to attract birds all year long Birding expert Scott Shalaway offers practical and easy-to-follow information on how to create a backyard habitat that will attract a variety of birds throughout the year : cardinals, orioles, chickadees, woodpeckers, hummingbirds, bluebirds, goldfinches, and more. Included are details on setting up feeders that work and stocking them with food birds want to eat ; selecting flowers, trees, and shrubs to attract a variety of species ; building and maintaining safe and user-friendly nest boxes ; and creating winter shelters and seasonal feeding stations ; as well as advice on planting«ghost trees,»discouraging predators and pests, keeping a journal, and identify...

Birds of Field and Shore: Grassland and Shoreline Birds of Eastern North America
de John Eastman(Ed. Stackpole Books) Isbn : 0811726991
18.89 €
75 drawings, 5 x 8 Praise for Stackpole's John Eastman bird guides 'This is one of the most invaluable bird guides to be published in quite some time.'- Booklist 'Eastman's nature biography, along with Hansen's beautifully rendered illustrations, bring the lives of birds and their habitats closer to the human eye and heart.'-ForeWord 'Presented in a readable, easy to follow narrative . . . a well-researched look at the birds and their lives.'-Eirik Blom, Bird Watcher's Digest Birds of...