epub |eng | 2017-03-04 | Author:Stan Tekiela

SUMMER Size: 15" (38 cm) Male: Compact reddish brown body with a black crown and nape. Large bright white cheek patch. Distinctive light blue bill. Long tail, often raised above ...

epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Larkin Powell

39. Depiction of hunters shooting prairie-chickens, titled “Our first shooting” from W. E. Webb, Buffalo Land (1872). Of course, Weston was writing to sell tickets on the railroad, so we ...

epub |eng | 2020-12-31 | Author:John James Audubon [Audubon, John James]

“The amount for the present year will be much greater than any of the above. The number of flatboats and keels is beyond calculation. The number of steamboats above the ...

epub |eng | 2018-04-26 | Author:Bruyninckx, Joeri;

Bioacousticians After several years of testing, in 1949 the Cornell recordists abandoned their cumbersome disc cutters and sound-film recorders in favor of portable magnetic recorders. It took the academic community ...

epub |eng | 2011-05-04 | Author:Lyanda Haupt

The Hidden Blue Grouse It is difficult to know what to think of grouse. They have large eyes spaced widely on heads that are too small for their fat, oval ...

epub |eng | 2019-02-26 | Author:Matt Kracht [Kracht, Matt]

Color: Pale yellow belly and brown tail feathers are probably meant to help it blend into its desert surroundings, but it mostly looks like this bird needs to be run ...

epub |eng | 2019-10-14 | Author:Aaron Reynolds

OVERBEARING HERON This heron’s primary source of joy is the misfortune of others. And while it always feels like their comeuppance is just around the corner, it never seems to ...

epub |eng | 2016-02-24 | Author:Mark Golley

In flight, the black and white of the Pied Wagtail is very striking. The two white wing bars contrast markedly with the dark wings and wholly black upperparts. The white ...

epub |eng | | Author:Bernd Heinrich

* * * On May 11, the barred owl’s song, who cooks for you, repeated again and again, a turkey tom was gobbling nearby in the still-dark woods, and ovenbirds ...

epub |eng | 2016-11-29 | Author:B.J. Hollars [Hollars, B.J.]

Stanley Temple has hardly left the lectern before Joel Greenberg leaps to take his place. Greenberg is in many ways the opposite of the more reserved Schorger: a loquacious, booming-voiced ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

epub |eng | 2002-01-31 | Author:Thornton W. Burgess [Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo)]

CHAPTER XXV. Three Cousins Quite Unlike. As Peter Rabbit passed one of the apple-trees in the Old Orchard, a thin, wiry voice hailed him. "It's a wonder you wouldn't at ...