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Flight calls : exploring Massachusetts through birds /

"The paths of different birds look like double helixes, flowing strands of hair, and migrating serpents, and they beckon with calls that have definite meanings. These mysterious creatures inspire growing numbers of birders in their passionate pursuit of new species, and writer John R. Nelson is...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nelson, John R. (Ornithologist) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst : Bright Leaf, an imprint of University of Massachusetts Press, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Flight Calls
  • 2. Birding a Patch
  • 3. Whip-poor-will Synchronicity
  • 4. Birds of the Promised Land
  • 5. Watching Gulls with Emerson on Cape Tragabigzanda
  • 6. Birding on Two Wheels
  • 7. On a Street with No Name
  • 8. The Birding John Nelsons
  • 9. Twitcher's Temptation
  • 10. Rarity Envy
  • 11. Sympathy
  • 12. For Birds and People
  • 13. Mr. Forbush and Mr. White
  • 14. The Great Marsh
  • 15. Sauntering through a Graveyard Garden
  • 16. Death and the Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
  • 17. Cape Cod
  • 18. Ravens' Home
  • 19. Convalescence
  • 20. Further Adventures in Four-Legged Birding
  • 21. Geezer Birding
  • 22. Our Birds
  • 23. Territories
  • 24. The Birds after Us
  • References
  • Recommended Reading List
  • Index