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The ruby-throated hummingbird /

June Osborne paints a fully detailed portrait of perhaps the best-known hummingbird in the United States, the rubythroat. Drawing from her own birdwatching experiences and journals, she offers an "up close and personal" look at a female rubythroat building her nest and rearing young, as we...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Osborne, June, 1931-2007 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 1998.
Edición:First University of Texas Press edition.
Colección:Corrie Herring Hooks series ; no. 36.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Hummingbirds; their human appeal
  • A family of tiny dynamos
  • Our ruby-throated hummingbird
  • Courtship and life around the nest
  • Life in the fast lane; a day in the life of a male rubythroat
  • Long day's journey into night; migration
  • The "hummer/bird" celebration
  • Hummingbird banding projects
  • Hummingbirds in your garden.