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The Birds of Tikal: An Annotated Checklist for Tikal National Park and Petén, Guatemala
ISBN: 9780890965252 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Thousands of tourists visit Peten, Guatemala, each year primarily to experience the magnificent ruins of Tikal in a unique tropical rainforest setting. An increasing number of visitors, however, are traveling to the region to see the abundant and diverse birdlife that exists there. "An Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Tikal National Park and ""Peten"," Guatemala" is designed especially for these bird enthusiasts. This detailed account of the bird species found in the region provides information on when, where, and in what numbers each species should be expected.
In addition to the... Thousands of tourists visit Peten, Guatemala, each year primarily to experience the magnificent ruins of Tikal in a unique tropical rainforest setting...
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116,54 |
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On Watching Birds
ISBN: 9780890967638 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lawrence Kilham begins this remarkable book with a simple premise: surely there are many people who aren't scientists who nevertheless take great satisfaction from observing nature and the creatures that inhabit it. Eschewing species lists and the charts-and-graphs approach of professional ornithologists and competitive birders, Kilham's "On Watching Birds" elegantly balances the aesthetic and humanistic with the scientific. The author offers a philosophy of embracing nature through discovery rather than a methodology for categorizing it.
"Watch everything," Kilham advises the novice, for... Lawrence Kilham begins this remarkable book with a simple premise: surely there are many people who aren't scientists who nevertheless take great sati...
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53,39 |
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Trogons, Laughing Falcons, and Other Neotropical Birds
ISBN: 9780890968505 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Renowned naturalist Alexander F. Skutch 's critically acclaimed book The Minds of Birds first introduced a controversial review of bird behavior. Now, in possibly his last book on birds, he reflects on a memorable career brimmed with discovery and controversy.Trogons, Laughing Falcons, and Other Neotropical Birds looks at the lifetime dedication of an expert naturalist who for seventy years has studied birds in tropical America, from Mexico to Peru and Venezuela. A pair of Violaceous Trogons, the only New World birds known to nest in an arboreal ants' nest; a pair of Laughing Falcons, the...
Renowned naturalist Alexander F. Skutch 's critically acclaimed book The Minds of Birds first introduced a controversial review of bird behavior. Now,...
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121,40 |
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Birder's Mexico
ISBN: 9780890969182 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the end of the twentieth century roughly 265 million people visited the 374 sites in the American National Park System. These places, designated and protected because of their significance to our nation's historical and natural heritage, contain some of the most beautiful landscapes in the United States--landscapes that naturally lend themselves to outdoor recreation.
In this book, veteran parks interpreter Ro Wauer introduces the pleasures of birding in the national parks of the American Southwest. From California to Texas, from hugely popular destinations such as Arizona's Grand... At the end of the twentieth century roughly 265 million people visited the 374 sites in the American National Park System. These places, designated an...
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72,82 |
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Birds of the Southwest
ISBN: 9780890969571 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The American Southwest""is famous for its dramatic vistas and the exotic animals and plants that inhabit the region. Along with Gila monsters, scorpions, and mountain goats, majestic birds, bring their own unique beauty to the area. California condors fight their way back from extinction in southern California's remote Los Padres National Forest, roadrunners reside in the saguaro deserts west of Tucson, elegant trogons haunt Arizona's Cave Creek Canyon, and drippers bob in cataracts of New Mexico's Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
"Birds of the Southwest" provides detailed information on... The American Southwest""is famous for its dramatic vistas and the exotic animals and plants that inhabit the region. Along with Gila monsters, scorpio...
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150,59 |
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Birds of the Southwest
ISBN: 9780890969588 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The American Southwest""is famous for its dramatic vistas and the exotic animals and plants that inhabit the region. Along with Gila monsters, scorpions, and mountain goats, majestic birds, bring their own unique beauty to the area. California condors fight their way back from extinction in southern California's remote Los Padres National Forest, roadrunners reside in the saguaro deserts west of Tucson, elegant trogons haunt Arizona's Cave Creek Canyon, and drippers bob in cataracts of New Mexico's Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
"Birds of the Southwest" provides detailed information on... The American Southwest""is famous for its dramatic vistas and the exotic animals and plants that inhabit the region. Along with Gila monsters, scorpio...
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67,96 |
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Birds in Kansas: Volume I
ISBN: 9780893380274 / Angielski / Miękka / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kansas knows how to attract birds. Located in the very center of the North American continent, it straddles the Central Flyway, one of the primary migration "highways" between Canada and South America. It also contains a broad spectrum of habitats, including deciduous forest, grassland, sagebrush, and a remarkable system of internationally important wetlands. As a result of this unique combination of natural features, Kansas attracts most of the eastern bird fauna and many of the western and southern species, as well as those northern birds that either winter on the central plains or pass...
Kansas knows how to attract birds. Located in the very center of the North American continent, it straddles the Central Flyway, one of the primary mig...
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113,99 |
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Birds in Kansas: Volume II
ISBN: 9780893380397 / Angielski / Twarda / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When you think of birds, you think of songbirds, bluebirds, robins, bluejays, chickadees and that group of birds, the passerines, is featured in Volume II of Birds in Kansas. Of the 424 bird species that have been recorded in Kansas, 208 are passerines, commonly known as songbirds or, more accurately, perching birds. (Many so-called songbirds, like crows, have terrible voices and can't sing a note, but all of them can "perch.") They include most of the birds you'll see at your feeder, and many you won't: flycatchers, larks, swallows, jays and crows, titmice, wrens, thrushes,...
When you think of birds, you think of songbirds, bluebirds, robins, bluejays, chickadees and that group of birds, the passerines, is featured in Volum...
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204,03 |
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The Roadrunner: The Tenth Anniversary Edition
ISBN: 9780896725133 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For everyone who loves the bird we call roadrunner, camino corres, paisano, chaparral. . . .Southwesterners are well accustomed to this sleek, mostly brown and white, long-tailed nemesis of coyote as it darts across roads or perches on a post or branch never too far from the ground. Equally familiar is the stylized image of the roadrunner, which adorns everything from Native American pottery and jewelry to clothing and logos. Clearly the roadrunner continues to thrive as a cultural icon. Yet no other study comes close to equaling Wyman Meinzer s stunning classic, now available in this tenth...
For everyone who loves the bird we call roadrunner, camino corres, paisano, chaparral. . . .Southwesterners are well accustomed to this sleek, mostly ...
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165,17 |
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The Roadrunner: The Tenth Anniversary Edition
ISBN: 9780896725140 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For everyone who loves the bird we call roadrunner, camino corres, paisano, chaparral. . . .Southwesterners are well accustomed to this sleek, mostly brown and white, long-tailed nemesis of coyote as it darts across roads or perches on a post or branch never too far from the ground. Equally familiar is the stylized image of the roadrunner, which adorns everything from Native American pottery and jewelry to clothing and logos. Clearly the roadrunner continues to thrive as a cultural icon. Yet no other study comes close to equaling Wyman Meinzer s stunning classic, now available in this tenth...
For everyone who loves the bird we call roadrunner, camino corres, paisano, chaparral. . . .Southwesterners are well accustomed to this sleek, mostly ...
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77,68 |
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Mac's Field Guides: Northeast Coastal Water Birds
ISBN: 9780898862140 / Angielski / Miękka / 2 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Two-sided plastic laminated cards developed by a teacher of marine science. Color drawings, common and scientific names, information on size and habitat.
Two-sided plastic laminated cards developed by a teacher of marine science. Color drawings, common and scientific names, information on size and habit...
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22,62 |
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Mac's Field Guides: Northwest Park & Backyard Birds
ISBN: 9780898862461 / Angielski / Other Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Two-sided plastic laminated cards developed by a teacher of marine science. Color drawings, common and scientific names, information on size and habitat.
Two-sided plastic laminated cards developed by a teacher of marine science. Color drawings, common and scientific names, information on size and habit...
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22,62 |
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Waterfowl Illustrated
ISBN: 9780916838898 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A beautiful waterfowl source book for carvers, taxidermists, ornithologists, and waterfowl enthusiasts. Close-up photographs show detailed feather patterns, color, and species information. Full species descriptions accompany these beautiful and important illustrations. A comprehensive state-by-state guide for observing the waterfowl in natural habitats includes national and local wildlife refuges, zoos, and other preserves.
A beautiful waterfowl source book for carvers, taxidermists, ornithologists, and waterfowl enthusiasts. Close-up photographs show detailed feather pat...
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209,60 |
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For the Birds: An Uncommon Guide
ISBN: 9780938586913 / Angielski / Miękka / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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77,68 |
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Arkansas Birds, Thier Distribution and Abundance Their Distribution and Abundance
ISBN: 9780938626381 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ... a monumental effort that the authors can be justly proud of. It belongs on the shelf of any birder in the mid-South, in every library, in the region, and in any serious ornithological library. -- Journal of Field Ornithology
... a monumental effort that the authors can be justly proud of. It belongs on the shelf of any birder in the mid-South, in every library, in the regi...
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242,90 |
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The Waterfowl of North America: The Complete Ducks, Geese, and Swans
ISBN: 9780961827007 / Angielski / Twarda / 133 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through superbly painted color plates and carefully rendered pencil sketches, an appreciation of North America's waterfowl for the bird watcher, the hunter, and the art lover; combines art with clear, concise, authoritative text and excellent distribution maps
Through superbly painted color plates and carefully rendered pencil sketches, an appreciation of North America's waterfowl for the bird watcher, the h...
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204,03 |
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On the Wing: To the Edge of the Earth with the Peregrine Falcon
ISBN: 9781400031825 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this extraordinary journey, Alan Tennant recounts his attempt to track the transcontinental migration of the majestic peregrine falcon -- an investigation no one before him had ever taken to such lengths. From the windswept flats of the Texas barrier islands to the Artic and then south again into the Caribbean, On the Wing provides a hilariously picaresque and bumpy flight.
In this extraordinary journey, Alan Tennant recounts his attempt to track the transcontinental migration of the majestic peregrine falcon -- an invest...
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72,22 |
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The Evolution of Begging: Competition, Cooperation and Communication
ISBN: 9781402005718 / Angielski / Twarda / 508 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Begging by nestling birds has become the model system for investigating evolutionary conflicts of interest within families and their theoretical resolution provided by honest signals of offspring need. In response to the recent explosions of scientific papers on the revolution of begging; we have brought together twenty-four original contributions from major researchers in all areas of this dynamic field. Organised into six sections: I: Theoretical approaches; II: Begging as a signal; III: Nestling physiology; IV: Sibling competition; V: Brood parasitism; and VI: Statistical... Begging by nestling birds has become the model system for investigating evolutionary conflicts of interest within families and their theoretical re... |
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805,10 |
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Field Book of Wild Birds and Their Music
ISBN: 9781410215468 / Angielski / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Undoubtedly the thing we love and cherish most about the little wild-wood singer is his song. But the songs, what of them! Why is the singer recorded in all the books, but never - or hardly ever - his song? Well, the question is a difficult one to answer without finding fault with some one, so it would be best to make this little volume furnish the response. The volume is literally a field-book filled with the musical sayings of American birds.
Undoubtedly the thing we love and cherish most about the little wild-wood singer is his song. But the songs, what of them! Why is the singer recorded ...
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76,59 |
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Canticle Of The Birds
ISBN: 9781413490930 / Angielski / Twarda / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From a life-long interest in nature, the author shares her love of nature and her understanding of the intricacies of the natural world through her observations of the plants and animals in three familiar settings. A formal training in Biology has given her a rare insight into the important vital processes that influence the actions and interactions of birds, mammals, insects, and plants as the seasons change. She tries in her own mind to come to grips with the predator- prey relationship and to explain to the reader the importance of this vital process that makes life on earth possible. Part...
From a life-long interest in nature, the author shares her love of nature and her understanding of the intricacies of the natural world through her ob...
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123,68 |
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