Birdwatching
epub |eng | 2019-09-04 | Author:Marybeth Lima

5 THE QUEST FOR THREE HUNDRED THE MARATHON The first and second halves of a marathon can be very different experiences; there are “bad miles” during the second half, those ...
( Category: Birdwatching September 5,2019 )
epub |eng | 2012-04-24 | Author:T.H. White [White, T.H.]

Thursday I lay in the long grass at Silston cross roads with Gos on the fist. The cars came past pretty regularly there. It was shady where we lay, with ...
( Category: Birdwatching July 1,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2019-06-13 | Author:Joe Harkness

A few practical tips for birdwatching at a patch Do your research and try to find somewhere that offers a range of habitats, increasing your chances of seeing more species ...
( Category: Wildlife June 26,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:Morten Strange

RUFOUS PICULET Sasia abnormis 9 cm F: Picidae Description: Unmistakable within range; replaced in the rest of the Oriental region by the similar White-browed Piculet, S. ochracea; photo shows female; ...
( Category: Plants & Animals June 20,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-05-19 | Author:Thoreau, Henry David; Allen, Francis H.;

* * * 162 [A term evidently imported by Thoreau from Maine, where he learned it from the loggers and Indians. It is used to signify a little bay in ...
( Category: Birdwatching May 19,2019 )
epub |eng | 2018-09-12 | Author:Michael Quetting & Stacey O'Brien & Jane Billinghurst

I SIT ON THE GRASS WITH A CAN OF BEER AND NOTICE that I still have the same peaceful feeling inside me that I had at the airfield. Is this ...
( Category: Zoology April 1,2019 )
epub |eng | 2018-03-22 | Author:Marianne Taylor,Daniele Occhiato

EUROPEAN BEE-EATER Merops apiaster 27cm Spectacular, unmistakeable multicoloured bird, slim and elongated with large head. Blue underparts and flight feathers, orange-brown upperparts with yellow shoulders, yellow throat outlined in black. ...
( Category: Wildlife March 23,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-03-11 | Author:Ted Floyd

104 POPULATION DYNAMICS: FIND YOUR OWN NICHE Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus THE SPECIES IS well named: Rock Wrens live among rocks. You can find them bopping around outcroppings above the ...
( Category: Ornithology March 14,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-03-12 | Author:Jennifer Ward & Alexander Vidal

TAKE ACTION Explore how bird beaks work in the wild. First you’ll need some “beaks” to manipulate and some “food” to practice with. BEAKS 1 pair of tweezers (grabbing and ...
( Category: STEM Education March 12,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:Bridget Stutchbury [Stutchbury, Bridget]

3: THE BREEDING BIRD SURVEY Blancher, P. 2003. Importance of Canada’s boreal forest to landbirds. Ottawa: Canadian Boreal Initiative. http://www.borealbirds.org/bsi-bscreport.pdf. Faaborg, J. 2002. Saving migrant birds. Austin: University of Texas ...
( Category: Birdwatching March 4,2019 )
epub |eng | 2015-09-21 | Author:Matt Sewell [Sewell, Matt]

African Wood Owl African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii He’s from Africa, and he lives in the woods. A recognizable relative of our Tawny Owl, his coat echoes his surroundings just ...
( Category: Bird Field Guides May 18,2017 )
epub |eng | 2016-08-15 | Author:Leigh Calvez [Calvez, Leigh]

Now we in the Pacific Northwest are faced with a complicated dilemma. Some biologists have proposed the systematic removal of the invasive Barred Owl from the land we have set ...
( Category: Bird Field Guides March 15,2017 )
epub |eng | 2016-05-30 | Author:Julie Zickefoose

STEP-BY-STEP BRUSH PILES Brush piles are simple to construct and require no tools. You may want a saw to make the job easier, but if you keep an eye to ...
( Category: Bird Field Guides December 12,2016 )
epub |eng | 2016-06-09 | Author:Stephen Shunk

Territory Defense and Sociality Local nesting densities vary widely, from 6 to 15 pairs per 25 ac. (10 ha); in ne. OR reported as 1.7–4.7 birds per 247 ac. (100 ...
( Category: Bird Field Guides September 6,2016 )
epub |eng | 2015-07-10 | Author:Leslie Day

VIREOS THERE ARE 50 SPECIES of vireo, all native to the new world: North and South America. They are small, with short, thick bills, slightly hooked at the tip, which ...
( Category: Wildlife July 11,2016 )