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Atlas of Rare Birds

2010 Rare birds
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Release : 2010
Genre : Rare birds
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Book Rating : 355/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Atlas of Rare Birds by : Dominic Couzens

Download or read book Atlas of Rare Birds written by Dominic Couzens. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All life depends on plants but they are often taken for granted in our everyday lives. It is easy to ignore the fact that we are facing a crisis, with scientists estimating that one third of all flowering plant species are threatened with extinction. "Modern Day Arks" considers the essential conservation role of botanic gardens. Chapters feature gardens from around the world, including the UK, US, Australia, Germany, Turkey, Uganda, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil and China, revealing how a global network is striving to save our botanical heritage. Comments and photographs from the botanists involved lend an important personal angle to the text and reveal the important but little-known work that goes on behind the scenes of these beautiful gardens. In this elegant and engaging book, Sara Oldfield shows how botanic gardens truly are 'modern day arks' safeguarding species and saving resources on which we may soon depend. It is to be published in 2010, a year that sees the culmination of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation.

Atlas of Rare Birds

2010-08-13 Nature
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Release : 2010-08-13
Genre : Nature
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Book Rating : 17X/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Atlas of Rare Birds by : Dominic Couzens

Download or read book Atlas of Rare Birds written by Dominic Couzens. This book was released on 2010-08-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captivating stories of the very rare—birds not seen for centuries, birds brought back from the brink of extinction—illustrated with color photographs and maps. This book offers a guide to some of the rarest birds in existence, with maps that show where to find them. Focusing on fifty captivating stories of the very rare, it describes remarkable discoveries of species not seen for centuries and brought back from the brink of extinction, successes like the Seychelles Magpie-Robin and the California Condor. The book is organized around key groups of species, with each species the subject of its own mini-chapter; we learn about the five most amazing tales of island endemics, the five most bizarre cases of a bird's becoming threatened, and other astonishing tales of bird life. Atlas of Rare Birds is an accessible, readable, and visually appealing take on the serious subject of threatened birds and possible extinction—a timely topic because of increasing concerns about climate change and habitat destruction. The atlas format—featuring 200 color photographs and 61 color maps—shows the global nature of the problem and brings together the many strands of the concerted bird conservation effort taking place on every continent. Atlas of Rare Birds is published in association with BirdLife International, the world's largest global alliance of bird conservation organizations.

Rare Birds of North America

2014-02-16 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2014-02-16
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 969/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Rare Birds of North America by : Steve N. G. Howell

Download or read book Rare Birds of North America written by Steve N. G. Howell. This book was released on 2014-02-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive illustrated guide to North America's vagrant birds Rare Birds of North America is the first comprehensive illustrated guide to the vagrant birds that occur throughout the United States and Canada. Featuring 275 stunning color plates, this book covers 262 species originating from three very different regions—the Old World, the New World tropics, and the world's oceans. It explains the causes of avian vagrancy and breaks down patterns of occurrence by region and season, enabling readers to see where, when, and why each species occurs in North America. Detailed species accounts describe key identification features, taxonomy, age, sex, distribution, and status. Rare Birds of North America provides unparalleled insights into vagrancy and avian migration, and will enrich the birding experience of anyone interested in finding and observing rare birds. Covers 262 species of vagrant birds found in the United States and Canada Features 275 stunning color plates that depict every species Explains patterns of occurrence by region and season Provides an invaluable overview of vagrancy patterns and migration Includes detailed species accounts and cutting-edge identification tips

The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds of Vermont

2013 Bird populations
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Release : 2013
Genre : Bird populations
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Book Rating : 486/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds of Vermont by : Rosalind B. Renfrew

Download or read book The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds of Vermont written by Rosalind B. Renfrew. This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-awaited second atlas of breeding birds in Vermont

The Rarest Bird in the World

2016-03-15 Nature
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Release : 2016-03-15
Genre : Nature
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Book Rating : 063/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Rarest Bird in the World by : Vernon R. L Head

Download or read book The Rarest Bird in the World written by Vernon R. L Head. This book was released on 2016-03-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part detective story, part love affair, and pure adventure storytelling at its best, a celebration of the thrill of exploration and the lure of wild places during the search for the elusive Nechisar Nightjar. In 1990, a group of Cambridge scientists arrived at the Plains of Nechisar in Ethiopia. On that expedition, they collected more than two dozen specimens, saw more than three hundred species of birds, and a plethora of rare butterflies, dragonflies, reptiles, mammals, and plants. As they were gathering up their findings, a wing of an unidentified bird was packed into a brown paper bag. It was to become the most famous wing in the world. This wing would set the world of science aflutter. Experts were mystified. The wing was entirely unique. It was like nothing they had ever seem before. Could a new species be named based on just one wing? After much discussion, a new species was announced: Nechisar Nightjar, or Camprimulgus Solala, which means "only wing." And so birdwatchers like Vernon began to dream. Twenty-two years later, he joins an expedition of four to find this rarest bird in the world. In this gem of nature writing, Vernon captivates and enchants as he recounts the searches by spotlight through the Ethiopian plains, and allows the reader to mediate on nature, exploration, our need for wild places, and the human compulsion to name things. The Rarest Bird in the World is a celebration of a certain way of seeing the world, and will bring out the explorer in in everyone who reads it.

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