Seabird

Seabird
Author:
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 76
Release: 1948
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780395266816

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The history of America at sea is presented through the travels of Seabird, a carved ivory gull.

Seabirds

Seabirds
Author: Peter Harrison
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1991-09-16
Genre: Birds
ISBN: 9780395602911

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This is the definitive book on the seabirds of the world, describing virtually all the known species. Illustrated in color.

Seabird in the Forest

Seabird in the Forest
Author: Joan Dunning
Publisher:
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2011
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1590787153

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The story of a nesting pair of murrelets who fly inland from their home in the Pacific Ocean to the Douglas-fir tree area of California where an egg is laid. After the egg is hatched the parents fly back and forth to the ocean bring fish for the young bird to eat. And finally when the fledgling leaves the nest and heads to the ocean.

The Seabird's Cry

The Seabird's Cry
Author: Adam Nicolson
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2018-02-06
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1250134196

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Life itself could never have been sustainable without seabirds. As Adam Nicolson writes: "They are bringers of fertility, the deliverers of life from ocean to land." A global tragedy is unfolding. Even as we are coming to understand them, the number of seabirds on our planet is in freefall, dropping by nearly 70% in the last sixty years, a billion fewer now than there were in 1950. Of the ten birds in this book, seven are in decline, at least in part of their range. Extinction stalks the ocean and there is a danger that the grand cry of the seabird colony, rolling around the bays and headlands of high latitudes, will this century become little but a memory. Seabirds have always entranced the human imagination and NYT best-selling author Adam Nicolson has been in love with them all his life: for their mastery of wind and ocean, their aerial beauty and the unmatched wildness of the coasts and islands where every summer they return to breed. The seabird’s cry comes from an elemental layer in the story of the world. Over the last couple of decades, modern science has begun to understand their epic voyages, their astonishing abilities to navigate for tens of thousands of miles on featureless seas, their ability to smell their way towards fish and home. Only the poets in the past would have thought of seabirds as creatures riding the ripples and currents of the entire planet, but that is what the scientists are seeing now today.

Seabird Ecology

Seabird Ecology
Author: R. W. Furness
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1461320933

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In the last few years there has been an excltmg upsurge in seabird research. There are several reasons for this. Man's increased ex ploitation of natural resources has led to a greater awareness of the potential conflicts with seabirds, and of the use of seabirds to indicate the damage we might be doing to our environment. Many seabird populations have increased dramatically in numbers and so seem more likely to conflict with man, for example through competition for food or transmission of diseases. Oil exploration and production has resulted in major studies of seabird distributions and ecology in relation to oil pollution. The possibility that seabirds may provide information on fish stock biology is now being critically investigated. Some seabird species have suffered serious declines in numbers and require conservation action to be taken to reduce the chances that they will become extinct. This requires an understanding of the factors determining their population size and dynamics.

Seabirds of the World

Seabirds of the World
Author: Peter Harrison
Publisher:
Total Pages: 317
Release: 1996
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780691015514

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Describes over five hundred species of sea birds from around the world, and includes information on distinguishing characteristics and behavior

Far from Land

Far from Land
Author: Michael Brooke
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2020-09
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0691210322

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Seabirds evoke the spirit of the earth's wildest places. They spend large portions of their lives at sea, often far from land, and nest on remote islands that humans rarely visit. Thanks to increasingly sophisticated and miniaturized devices that can track their every movement and behavior, it is now possible to observe the mysterious lives of these remarkable creatures as never before. This book takes you on a breathtaking journey around the globe to provide an extraordinary up-close look at the activities of seabirds. Featuring stunning illustrations by renowned artist Bruce Pearson, Far from Land reveals that seabirds are not the aimless wind-tossed wanderers they may appear to be, and explains the observational innovations that are driving this exciting area of research.

Minn of the Mississippi

Minn of the Mississippi
Author:
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 92
Release: 1951
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780395273999

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Follows the adventures of Minn, a three-legged snapping turtle, as she slowly makes her way from her birthplace at the headwaters of the Mississippi River to the mouth of river on the Gulf of Mexico.

Looking for Seabirds

Looking for Seabirds
Author: Sophie Webb
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2004
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780618212354

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The Seabird's Cry

The Seabird's Cry
Author: Adam Nicolson
Publisher: Henry Holt
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2018-02-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 1250134188

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Originally published in The U.K. in 2017 by HarperCollins.