birds canada

Hardcover. Vancouver, BC, University of British Columbia Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Gray cloth-covered boards and color pictorial dust jacket in near new condition. "Detailed species accounts provide unprecedented coverage of these birds, presenting a wealth of information on the ornithological history, habitat, breeding habits, migratory movements, seasonality, and distribution patterns." Profusely illustrated in b/w. Includes a variety of color charts depicting the occurrence of 86 species of nonpasserines, from loons through waterfowl.

Hardcover. Vancouver, BC, University of British Columbia Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Gray cloth-covered boards and color pictorial dust jacket in near new condition. "Detailed species accounts provide unprecedented coverage of these birds, presenting a wealth of information on the ornithological history, habitat, breeding habits, migratory movements, seasonality, and distribution patterns." Profusely illustrated in b/w. Includes a variety of color charts depicting the occurrence of 183 species of nonpasserines, from diurnal birds of prey through Woodpeckers.

Hardcover. Vancouver, BC, University of British Columbia Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Gray cloth-covered boards and color pictorial dust jacket in near new condition. "Detailed species accounts provide unprecedented coverage of these birds, presenting a wealth of information on the ornithological history, habitat, breeding habits, migratory movements, seasonality, and distribution patterns." Profusely illustrated in b/w. Includes a variety of color charts depicting the occurrence of 91 species of passerines, from Flycatchers through Vireos.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1st, 1891, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover set. Two Volumes, Vol. 1: the land birds, 473 pages, and Vol. 2: game and water birds, 431 pages. Minor spine edge fray and corner wear. Volume 1 has one inch tear along spine and loose pages in front. Otherwise, both volumes have clean pages and are in good condition.

Hardcover. Athens GA, University of Georgia Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 135 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on the title page. In the fall of 1996 Sydney Plum encountered a solitary Canada goose on a pond near her home in New England. Caring for the animal became a way for her to reconnect with nature. Walks to the pond were daily rituals--reflective times during which Plum thought about the relationships between humans and animals. Mixing memoir with closely observed nature writing, Plum searches for a deeper understanding of what was changed by the experience with the solitary goose she named SG. In the tradition of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, Plum writes lyrical lessons on the life cycle of geese, the mystery of their great migratory patterns, and their amazing adaptability. Canada geese were not always so plentiful in the United States, she explains, nor were they always denigrated as "flying carp." Plum shows how species-management programs reestablished the birds outside their previous range at the same time as golf courses, office parks, and suburban ponds began dotting the countryside, providing them with prime habitats where they were unwanted.

Hardcover. NY, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 96 pages illustrated in b&w by John Kaufmann. The story is beautifully written by an author who knows and understands the habits and life of Canada geese. The illustrations are absolutely lovely with careful detail for each goose pictured. Light spottig to edge of text block, otherwise clean.