epub |eng | 2018-03-20 | Author:BirdNote [BirdNote]

Blakiston’s Fish Owl A SERIES OF DISTINCTIVE low hoots signals the presence of a sumo wrestler of a bird. It’s Blakiston’s Fish Owl—“Blakiston’s” because its existence was recorded by the ...

epub |eng | 2020-07-14 | Author:John James Audubon

1. White-Winged Crossbill 1. Males 2. Females 2. American Goldfinch 1. Male 2. Female 3. Purple Finch 1. Males 2. Female 4. Lesser Goldfinch Male 5. Rosy Finch Male 6. ...

epub |eng | | Author:Lisa White

TIPS Here are some fun websites to check out for help with bird identification: https://www.fws.gov/lab/featheratlas/idfeather.php http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/birds/ http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/birds/wing-image-collection/ ⧽⧽·⧼⧼ DONNA DITTMANN is a collections manager and preparator at the Louisiana State ...

epub |eng | 2020-07-14 | Author:Stan Tekiela

Stan’s Notes: A prodigious songster. Sings along forest edges and in suburban yards. Often in thick shrubs, where it sings deliberate musical phrases, repeating each twice. The male Brown Thrasher ...

epub |eng | 2010-09-01 | Author:Candace Savage

An Arthur Rackham illustration for “The Twa Corbies,” or two crows, a Scottish version of the same ballad. The THREE Crows A VERSION OF THE OLD ENGLISH BALLAD “THE THREE ...

epub |eng | 2019-07-14 | Author:Gisela Kaplan

Fig. 8.1 Kookaburra family sitting together for an afternoon chorus. There had been no apparent threat. It just seemed as if the kookaburras were enjoying a family gathering. Possibly some ...

epub |eng | | Author:Thomas Bewick

THE MARTIN Martlet, Martinet, or Window Swallow (Hirundo urbica, Linn.—L’Hirondelle à cul blanc, Buff.) Length about five inches and a half. Bill black; eyes dark hazel; inside of the mouth ...

epub |eng | 2011-07-15 | Author:David Turner

The robin’s ubiquity and willingness to sing with a beautiful sadness at all times makes it a kind of poor man’s nightingale, though its song lacks the variety of the ...

epub |eng | 2020-06-15 | Author:Nik Borrow;

epub |eng | 2018-06-24 | Author:Michael Brooke

Figure-of-8 migration routes of 16 Short-tailed Shearwaters tracked from Great Dog Island, Tasmania. Reproduced with permission of BirdLife Australia, from the work cited in Note 19, Chapter 6. * * ...

epub |eng | 2019-12-09 | Author:Todd Telander

White Ibis, Eudocimus albus Family Threskiornithidae (Ibises, Spoonbills) Size: 25” Season: Year-round in Florida Habitat: Salt marshes, swamps, mangroves, fields Fairly common in southern Florida, the White Ibis forages in ...

epub |eng | 2020-06-14 | Author:Danny Heitman

AN AUDUBON REPAST Family ledgers that survive from the period indicate that the Pirries were wealthy enough to savor delicacies not available to most householders of the era—quite a change ...

epub |eng | 2020-06-14 | Author:Adele Porter

TOOLS Muffin tin and liners Food processor DIRECTIONS STEP 1 Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a muffin tin with paper liners. Set aside. STEP 2 Combine the coarsely ground ...

epub |eng | 2020-03-11 | Author:Melissa Mayntz

DAYTIME OR NIGHTTIME – WHICH IS BEST FOR MIGRATION? Which techniques birds use to navigate during migration can largely depend on whether they migrate by day or night. Star maps, ...

epub |eng | 2020-05-05 | Author:Jennifer Ackerman [Ackerman, Jennifer]

* * * — Halfway around the globe, at the Willowbank Wildlife Reserve in Christchurch, New Zealand, Alex Taylor and Ximena Nelson are working to understand whether the warble call ...