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Flight of the Budgerigar

2021-10
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Release : 2021-10
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Book Synopsis Flight of the Budgerigar by : Penny Olsen

Download or read book Flight of the Budgerigar written by Penny Olsen. This book was released on 2021-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Budgerigar is arguably Australia's best-known bird. At the same time, it is so ubiquitous that not everyone knows that it is Australian. Nor do many realise that the multicoloured bird that comes to mind--not to mention today's super-sized, extravagantly coiffed show budgie--is as different from the free-living original as a chihuahua from a wolf. Far from the cosy domestic lives our pet budgies live today, the native budgerigar has lived millennia of boom-bust cycles in the arid inland of Australia. Life was often short; if they were not fodder for predators, they starved or had to struggle their way to districts closer to the coast. For the Warlpiri and their Arrernte neighbours around Alice Springs, the Budgerigar (in its ancestral form) was a totem animal, featuring in art, ceremonies, songlines and legends. Since 1840, when ornithologist John Gould took living specimens to London, this little parrot has been on a remarkable journey. The Budgerigar was Australia's first mass export; its story includes British queens and nobles, Japanese princes and Hollywood stars. It has won the hearts of British spies and world leaders, including Churchill, Stalin and Kennedy. Taking the reader from the Dreamtime to the colonial live bird trade, the competitive culture of the showroom and today's thriving wild flocks, Flight of the Budgerigar is the authoritative history of the Budgerigar, written by respected ornithologist Dr Penny Olsen, and lavishly illustrated in full colour.

Budgerigar

2020-03-31 Nature
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Release : 2020-03-31
Genre : Nature
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Book Rating : 810/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Budgerigar by : Sarah Harris

Download or read book Budgerigar written by Sarah Harris. This book was released on 2020-03-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Budgies, budgies, budgies. Beautiful and cheeky, delightful and enchanting, wild or tamed budgerigars are Australia's gift to the bird world. They sing and dance, and yawn as contagiously as humans. They are masters of mimicry. They grasp simple grammar, can count to six and have memories that belie their size. They've been coveted by royals and been companions to the great and famous as well as grannies in suburban kitchens around the world. They've been painted by masters, rendered in the finest porcelain and graced fashionable hats and earrings of the highest order. Their image has been used to sell whisky, stamps and laundry detergent and everything in between. Surprising, charming and occasionally alarming, Budgerigar is the book that at last opens the cage door on the incredible story of the little bird that grew.

My Parakeet

2001 Juvenile Nonfiction
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Release : 2001
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 877/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis My Parakeet by : Pam Walker

Download or read book My Parakeet written by Pam Walker. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joe, a young boy, introduces us to his parakeet Pop and how he cares for him. Includes a glossary and a web site.

The Quintessential Bird

2011 Art
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Release : 2011
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 311/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Quintessential Bird by : Viola Temple Watts

Download or read book The Quintessential Bird written by Viola Temple Watts. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Betty Temple Watts (1901-1992) developed an interest in birds in her early married life while living in Iran and Papua New Guinea. Although she had studied art formally as a nineteen year old, it was not until she was 48, and settled in Melbourne, that she decided to immerse herself in her bird art.Betty spent much of her time practising drawing, but was constantly critical of the results. In spite of her harsh selfjudgement, others had a high opinion of her skill and, in 1952, she received her first commission, going on to provide bird illustrations for numerous publications until she was in her late eighties. The Quintessential Bird allows readers a glimpse into Betty's joyous world of birds. This is followed by the plates, reproduced in full along with 60 close-ups of individual birds.

Antpittas and Gnateaters

2018-07-12 Nature
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Release : 2018-07-12
Genre : Nature
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Book Rating : 653/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Antpittas and Gnateaters by : Harold Greeney

Download or read book Antpittas and Gnateaters written by Harold Greeney. This book was released on 2018-07-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative handbook, part of the Helm Identification Guide series, looks in detail at the beautiful antpittas. Elusive study organisms for ornithologists and highly prized additions to the birder's life-list, the antpittas (Grallariidae) and gnateaters (Conopophagidae) are among the most poorly known Neotropical bird groups. This authoritative handbook is the first book dedicated solely to these two families, combining an exhaustive review of more than two centuries of literature with original observations by the author and many knowledgeable contributors. Antpittas and Gnateaters provides a thorough guide to the identification and ecology of these birds, with detailed maps accompanying the text. A series of superb plates illustrate most of the 156 recognized taxa; supplemented by more than 250 colour photographs, the immature plumages and natural history of many species are depicted for the first time. This book is the ultimate reference on these remarkable and beautiful birds, and an indispensable addition to the libraries of researchers and birders for many years to come.

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