epub |eng | 2019-04-01 | Author:Kenn Kaufman

This was no time for dry details of ornithology. My subject matter would have to come from that frontier where the world of birds intersects with the world of the ...

epub |eng | 2020-03-16 | Author:Robert Tougias

* * * BESIDES THE BARRED OWLS, which generally fledge in May somewhere far back in the adjacent woods, the first young to appear around my lot are our resident ...

epub |eng | 2014-03-18 | Author:J. Chris Hansen

Wireless radio flash trigger. On the left is the sending unit for the camera, and the receiving unit for the flash is on the right. In a basic hummingbird set-up, ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2011-03-17 | Author:Richard Crossley [Crossley, Richard]

Long-Eared Owl Asio otus LEOW L 15in Uncommon deep inside forest. Melts into the trees— you know they are there, watching you try to find them. Nocturnal, coming out when ...

epub |eng | 2013-03-14 | Author:Conor Mark Jameson

Wednesday It’s been another useful exercise to go through, but the feather saga has left me a little deflated. But I also have renewed determination to thoroughly explore some other ...

epub |eng | 2018-03-14 | Author:Sneed B. Collard III

CHAPTER 22 layover birding In planning our Galápagos adventure, we had decided to schedule two two-night layovers en route to Ecuador. The first, in Portland, was to pick up Amy’s ...

epub |eng | 2019-03-13 | Author:Amy-Jane Beer

Perfectly at home – House Sparrows seldom nest more than a few metres from human settlements, and actively prefer buildings in which people still live. Tree Sparrow nest sites The ...

epub |eng | 2020-01-30 | Author:Bruce M. Beehler;Tim Laman;

A male Lesser Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea minor) displays in a lowland rainforest near Oransbari, WNG. This species typically displays in a communal lek of two or more males in ...

epub |eng | 2010-03-08 | Author:Forshaw, Joseph Michael.; [Forshaw, Joseph M.]

MALABAR PARAKEET Psittacula columboides 38cm Smaller Psittacula parrot with distinctive gray-and-green plumage coloration, with narrow black collar encircling hindneck; greenish-blue band below black collar, and red bill; without greenish-blue band, ...

epub |eng | 2003-03-08 | Author:Raffaele, Herbert A.;

JAMAICAN TODY Todus todus 9cm (3.5in). Tiny; chunky; bright green above; red throat; long, broad reddish bill. Flanks pink; abdomen and sides of breast pale yellow. VOICE: Almost silent during ...

epub |eng | 2019-03-07 | Author:Kenneth Burrell

Migrant warblers, like this American Redstart, can be numerous during migration when they concentrate along the lakeshore at places like Tommy Thompson Park and the Toronto Islands. MICHAEL BURRELL Cross ...

epub |eng | | Author:Cooper, William

White-throated Toucan, Ramphastos tucanus. Drawn from a captive bird at a bird-park. Let us assume that you have been successful so far and you have some basic shapes and postures. ...

epub |eng | | Author:Kenn Kaufman

10 This Slice of Sky During my years of obsession with bird migration, I have often brought up the subject in conversations with total strangers. I’ve found that most people, ...

epub |eng | 2013-03-05 | Author:Judy Pelikan

Baltimore Oriole The brilliancy of the Baltimore Oriole’s feathers has given him two significant names, Golden Robin and Firebird. The pendent character of his nest has added another, Hangnest. The ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2002-03-04 | Author:Diana Wells

ORIOLE It was not unusual for ancient medical cures to be associated with color absorption, such as wrapping a patient in a red blanket to take away a fever’s fiery ...