Everything you ever wanted to know about storks, ibises and spoonbills. Some of the world's largest and most spectacular birds are to be found among this group of wading birds. Tragically, they also include many of the world's most endangered species, as changes in land use erode their wetland habitats. Some like the White Stork have lived alongside humans for hundreds of years and are well known from numerous studies. Others, like the Storm's stork and ibises of West Africa, South-East Asia and South America live so secluded a life in the remote corners of the globe that they will probably be extinct before even the most basic details of their biology are known. In this monograph, three authors and two artists have combined their skills to capture what is known of this group of wading birds. The text opens with general chapters on taxonomy and feeding, breeding and behaviour, followed by detailed coverage of each species.

Eric Brauer was the child of a successful German Jewish family from Breslau, Germany. He grew up in a multi-cultural environment consisting of Protestants, Catholics and Jews. Once Adolf Hitler came into power, Eric's life changed with him being kicked out of school and his father losing his business. With the world being turned upside down, Eric was sent to a farm school to learn those skills which would allow him to immigrate to Palestine or South America. Farming would then provide the means for a community of Jewish youth to survive. Kristallnacht changed the world for Eric and his family. Eric spent some time in Buchenwald Concentration Camp and then was fortunate enough to have been released. He was chosen to go to England on the Kinder Transport. Once in England, he worked on a farm. By a stroke of good fortune, Eric met an aristocratic English lady who afforded him the opportunity to go back to school at the London School of Economics. Unfortunately, that experience was short-lived as he was interned in England as an enemy alien. After being released, he was able to join the British army. Then, he used his relationship with the English lady to join a highly trained group under the Special Operations Executive. That is when Eric Brauer became Eric Bowes. He became a saboteur spending 242 days behind German lines blowing up facilities, slowing the construction of German machines of war. After the war, Eric found his parents who had survived Theresienstadt and Auschwitz Concentration Camps. Upon his father's death bed many years later, Eric made a promise to go back to Breslau, Germany now Wroclaw, Poland to work with the local Jewish community to resurrect the White Stork Synagogue. The synagogue had been constructed in the 1820s. On Kristallnacht, the White Stork had been reduced to a hollow shell. Eric's efforts along with many others are detailed over a period of more than ten years that it took for the synagogue to be brought back to its former glory.

When a migrating stork gets tangled in a net in the fish ponds on Maya?s kibbutz, Maya wonders what to do. Can she and her father find a way to nurse it back to health and send it back into the wild? Set in Israel, one of the bird capitals of the world with the highest number of migrating birds anywhere, this story brings the beauty of nature in Israel to life and highlights an unusual part of Israeli life?the kibbutz.

The Migration Ecology of Birds, Second Edition covers all aspects of this absorbing subject, including migratory processes, problems of navigation and vagrancy, timing and physiological control of migration, large-scale movement patterns, the effects of recent climate change, the problems that migrants face, and the factors that limit their populations. This book provides a thorough and in-depth review of the state of the science, with the text supplemented by abundant tables, maps and diagrams. Written by a world-renowned avian ecology and migration researcher, this book reveals the extraordinary adaptability of birds to the variable and changing conditions across the globe. This book represents the most updated and detailed review of bird migration, its evolution, ecology and bird physiology. Written in a clear and readable style, it will appeal not only to migration researchers in the field and ornithologists, but to anyone with an interest in this fascinating subject. - Features updated and trending ecological aspects, including various types of bird movements, dispersal and nomadism, and how they relate to food supplies and other external conditions - Contains numerous tables, maps, diagrams, a glossary, and a bibliography of more than 3,000 up-to-date references - Written by an active researcher with a distinguished career in avian ecology, including migration research

The mill of Moara is powered not by wind, but by storytelling. So long as the villagers surrounding the mill tell one another stories, the mill continues to work. When the mill unexpectedly stops, storytellers from across the land flock to Moara to see if their tale can turn the mill’s wings once again. None are successful, until a little boy calls a flock of storks down from the sky and a strange new storyteller joins him by the fire . . . Inspired by Romanian folklore, Tales of the White Stork is a collection of stories that touch on themes of courage, humility, and compassion.

This book meets the demand for a comprehensive introduction to understanding the processes of population limitation. Recognized world-wide as a respected biologist and communicator, Dr. Ian Newton has now written a clear and detailed treatise on local scale population limiting factors in birds. It is based almost entirely on results from field studies, though it is set in a contemporary theoretical framework. The 16 chapters fall under three major section headings: Behavior and Density Regulation; Natural Limiting Factors; and Human Impacts. Population Limitation in Birds serves as a needed resource expanding on Dr. David Lacks research in this area of ornithology in the 1950s. It includes numerous line diagrams and beautiful illustrations by acclaimed wildlife artist Keith Brockie. - Provides a sorely needed introduction to a long-established core subject in ornithology - Focuses on local scale factors - Written by a well-known biologist and effective communicator - Includes numerous line diagrams and beautiful illustrations by acclaimed wildlife artist Keith Brockie

While lying in a coma in an Edinburgh hospital, Roy Strang experiences strange hallucinatory adventures that recount how he came to be in his current state, from his struggles with his disturbed family to a bizarre quest in Africa.