One Wild Bird At A Time
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Author |
: Bernd Heinrich |
Publisher |
: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages |
: 268 |
Release |
: 2016-04-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780544386402 |
ISBN-13 |
: 054438640X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis One Wild Bird at a Time by : Bernd Heinrich
Unique encounters with wild birds from the acclaimed scientist and “a dedicated watcher happy to knock down the fourth wall of zoology” (The Wall Street Journal). In his modern classics One Man’s Owl and Mind of the Raven, Bernd Heinrich has written memorably about his relationships with wild ravens and a great horned owl. In One Wild Bird at a Time, Heinrich returns to his great love: close, day-to-day observations of individual wild birds. There are countless books on bird behavior, but Heinrich argues that some of the most amazing bird behaviors fall below the radar of what most birds do in aggregate. Heinrich’s “passionate observations [that] superbly mix memoir and science” lead to fascinating questions—and sometimes startling discoveries (The New York Times Book Review). A great crested flycatcher, while bringing food to the young in their nest, is attacked by the other flycatcher nearby. Why? A pair of Northern flickers hammering their nest-hole into the side of Heinrich’s cabin deliver the opportunity to observe the feeding competition between siblings, and to make a related discovery about nest-cleaning. One of a clutch of redstart warbler babies fledges out of the nest from twenty feet above the ground, and lands on the grass below. It can’t fly. What will happen next? Heinrich “looks closely, with his trademark ‘hands-and-knees science’ at its most engaging, [delivering] what can only be called psychological marvels of knowing” (The Boston Globe). “An engaging memoir of the opportunities for doing scientific research without leaving one’s own backyard.”—Kirkus Reviews
Author |
: Wendelin Van Draanen |
Publisher |
: Ember |
Total Pages |
: 338 |
Release |
: 2019-01-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781101940471 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1101940476 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis Wild Bird by : Wendelin Van Draanen
From the award-winning author of The Running Dream and Flipped comes a remarkable portrait of a girl who has hit rock bottom but begins a climb back to herself at a wilderness survival camp. 3:47 a.m. That’s when they come for Wren Clemmens. She’s hustled out of her house and into a waiting car, then a plane, and then taken on a forced march into the desert. This is what happens to kids who’ve gone so far off the rails, their parents don’t know what to do with them anymore. This is wilderness therapy camp. Eight weeks of survivalist camping in the desert. Eight weeks to turn your life around. Yeah, right. The Wren who arrives in the Utah desert is angry and bitter, and blaming everyone but herself. But angry can’t put up a tent. And bitter won’t start a fire. Wren’s going to have to admit she needs help if she’s going to survive. "I read Wild Bird in one long, mesmerized gulp. Wren will break your heart—and then mend it." —Nancy Werlin, National Book Award finalist for The Rules of Survival "Van Draanen’s Wren is real and relatable, and readers will root for her." —VOYA, starred review
Author |
: Bernd Heinrich |
Publisher |
: Princeton University Press |
Total Pages |
: 242 |
Release |
: 1994-01-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0691000654 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780691000657 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis One Man's Owl by : Bernd Heinrich
This engaging chronicle of how the author and the great horned owl "Bubo" came to know one another over three summers spent in the Maine woods--and of how Bubo eventually grew into an independent hunter--is now available in an edition that has been abridged and revised so as to be more accessible to the general reader.
Author |
: Susan Cerulean |
Publisher |
: University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages |
: 175 |
Release |
: 2020-08-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780820357386 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0820357383 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird by : Susan Cerulean
Susan Cerulean’s memoir trains a naturalist’s eye and a daughter’s heart on the lingering death of a beloved parent from dementia. At the same time, the book explores an activist’s lifelong search to be of service to the embattled natural world. During the years she cared for her father, Cerulean also volunteered as a steward of wild shorebirds along the Florida coast. Her territory was a tiny island just south of the Apalachicola bridge where she located and protected nesting shorebirds, including least terns and American oystercatchers. I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird weaves together intimate facets of adult caregiving and the consolation of nature, detailing Cerulean’s experiences of tending to both. The natural world is the “sustaining body” into which we are born. In similar ways, we face not only a crisis in numbers of people diagnosed with dementia but also the crisis of the human-caused degradation of the planet itself, a type of cultural dementia. With I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird, Cerulean reminds us of the loving, necessary toil of tending to one place, one bird, one being at a time.
Author |
: Bernd Heinrich |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 400 |
Release |
: 2014-10-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781476794563 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1476794561 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ravens in Winter by : Bernd Heinrich
Originally published: New York: Summit Books, 1989.
Author |
: Nathaniel T. Wheelwright |
Publisher |
: Storey Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 209 |
Release |
: 2017-10-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781612128894 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1612128890 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Naturalist's Notebook by : Nathaniel T. Wheelwright
Become a more attentive observer and deepen your appreciation for the natural world. The unique five-year calendar format of The Naturalist’s Notebook helps you create a long-term record and point of comparison for memorable events, such as the first songbird you hear in spring, your first monarch butterfly sighting of summer, or the appearance of the northern lights. Biologist Nathaniel T. Wheelwright and best-selling author Bernd Heinrich teach nature lovers of all ages what to look for outdoors no matter where you live, using Heinrich’s classic illustrations as inspiration. As you jot down one observation a day, year after year, your collected field notes will serve as a valuable record of your piece of the planet. This deluxe book, with a three-piece case, gilt edges, a burgundy ribbon bookmark, and a belly band with gold foil stamping, is a perfect gift for all nature lovers.
Author |
: Bernd Heinrich |
Publisher |
: Harper Collins |
Total Pages |
: 596 |
Release |
: 2009-10-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780061863936 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0061863939 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mind of the Raven by : Bernd Heinrich
Heinrich involves us in his quest to get inside the mind of the raven. But as animals can only be spied on by getting quite close, Heinrich adopts ravens, thereby becoming a "raven father," as well as observing them in their natural habitat. He studies their daily routines, and in the process, paints a vivid picture of the ravens' world. At the heart of this book are Heinrich's love and respect for these complex and engaging creatures, and through his keen observation and analysis, we become their intimates too. Heinrich's passion for ravens has led him around the world in his research. Mind of the Raven follows an exotic journey—from New England to Germany, and from Montana to Baffin Island in the high Arctic—offering dazzling accounts of how science works in the field, filtered through the eyes of a passionate observer of nature. Each new discovery and insight into raven behavior is thrilling to read, at once lyrical and scientific.
Author |
: Bernd Heinrich |
Publisher |
: Houghton Mifflin |
Total Pages |
: 261 |
Release |
: 2020 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781328604415 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1328604411 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis White Feathers by : Bernd Heinrich
The surprising, rich life of tree swallows in nesting season--with Heinrich's beautiful illustrations and photographs--by the acclaimed naturalist. Heinrich is sparked one early spring day by a question: Why does a pair of swallows in a nest-box close to his Maine cabin show an unvarying preference for white feathers--not easily available nearby--as nest lining? He notices, too, the extreme aggressiveness of "his" swallows toward some other swallows of their own kind. And he wonders, given swallows' reputation for feistiness, at the extraordinary tameness and close contact he experiences with his nesting birds. From the author of the beloved books Ravens in Winter and A Naturalist at Large, this richly engaging view of the lives of wild birds, as always with Heinrich, yields "marvelous, mind-altering" insight and discoveries. --Los Angeles Times
Author |
: Bernd Heinrich |
Publisher |
: Harper Collins |
Total Pages |
: 596 |
Release |
: 2009-10-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780061863936 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0061863939 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mind of the Raven by : Bernd Heinrich
Heinrich involves us in his quest to get inside the mind of the raven. But as animals can only be spied on by getting quite close, Heinrich adopts ravens, thereby becoming a "raven father," as well as observing them in their natural habitat. He studies their daily routines, and in the process, paints a vivid picture of the ravens' world. At the heart of this book are Heinrich's love and respect for these complex and engaging creatures, and through his keen observation and analysis, we become their intimates too. Heinrich's passion for ravens has led him around the world in his research. Mind of the Raven follows an exotic journey—from New England to Germany, and from Montana to Baffin Island in the high Arctic—offering dazzling accounts of how science works in the field, filtered through the eyes of a passionate observer of nature. Each new discovery and insight into raven behavior is thrilling to read, at once lyrical and scientific.
Author |
: Bernd Heinrich |
Publisher |
: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages |
: 337 |
Release |
: 2018-05-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780544986879 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0544986873 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Naturalist at Large by : Bernd Heinrich
Some of the world’s greatest writings on birds, insects, trees, elephants, and more by a scientist who “richly deserves the comparison to Thoreau” (The Washington Post Book World). From one of the finest scientist/writers of our time comes an engaging record of a life spent in close observation of the natural world, one that has yielded “marvelous, mind-altering” (Los Angeles Times) insight and discoveries. In essays that span several decades, Heinrich finds himself at home in Maine, where he plays host to visitors from Europe (the cluster flies) and more welcome guests from Asia (ladybugs); and as far away as Botswana, where he unravels the far-reaching ecological consequences of elephants’ bruising treatment of mopane trees. The many fascinating discoveries in Naturalist at Large include the maple sap harvesting habits of red squirrels, and the “instant” flower-opening in the yellow iris as a way of ensuring potent pollination. Heinrich turns to his great love, the ravens, some of them close companions for years, as he designs a unique experiment to tease out the fascinating parameters of raven intelligence. Finally, he asks “Where does a biologist find hope?” while delivering an answer that informs and inspires. Praise for Bernd Heinrich “One of the finest naturalists of our time.”—Edward O. Wilson “[Heinrich’s] ability to linger and simply be there for the moment when, for instance, an elderly spider descends from a silken strand to take the insect he offers her is the heart of his appeal.”—The Wall Street Journal “Passionate observations [that] superbly mix memoir and science.”—The New York Times Book Review