Flight of the Budgerigar - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Flight of the Budgerigar write by Penny Olsen. This book was released on 2021-10. Flight of the Budgerigar available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Budgerigar is arguably Australia's best-known bird. At the same time, it is so ubiquitous that not everyone knows that it is Australian. Nor do many realise that the multicoloured bird that comes to mind--not to mention today's super-sized, extravagantly coiffed show budgie--is as different from the free-living original as a chihuahua from a wolf. Far from the cosy domestic lives our pet budgies live today, the native budgerigar has lived millennia of boom-bust cycles in the arid inland of Australia. Life was often short; if they were not fodder for predators, they starved or had to struggle their way to districts closer to the coast. For the Warlpiri and their Arrernte neighbours around Alice Springs, the Budgerigar (in its ancestral form) was a totem animal, featuring in art, ceremonies, songlines and legends. Since 1840, when ornithologist John Gould took living specimens to London, this little parrot has been on a remarkable journey. The Budgerigar was Australia's first mass export; its story includes British queens and nobles, Japanese princes and Hollywood stars. It has won the hearts of British spies and world leaders, including Churchill, Stalin and Kennedy. Taking the reader from the Dreamtime to the colonial live bird trade, the competitive culture of the showroom and today's thriving wild flocks, Flight of the Budgerigar is the authoritative history of the Budgerigar, written by respected ornithologist Dr Penny Olsen, and lavishly illustrated in full colour.
Flight of the Pummeled Parakeet #6
Flight of the Pummeled Parakeet #6 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Flight of the Pummeled Parakeet #6 write by Sam Hay. This book was released on 2015-11-10. Flight of the Pummeled Parakeet #6 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Joe, the protector of undead pets, needs to help Petey the parakeet fly to his final destination.
Budgerigar
Budgerigar - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Budgerigar write by Sarah Harris. This book was released on 2020-03-31. Budgerigar available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Budgies, budgies, budgies. Beautiful and cheeky, delightful and enchanting, wild or tamed budgerigars are Australia's gift to the bird world. They sing and dance, and yawn as contagiously as humans. They are masters of mimicry. They grasp simple grammar, can count to six and have memories that belie their size. They've been coveted by royals and been companions to the great and famous as well as grannies in suburban kitchens around the world. They've been painted by masters, rendered in the finest porcelain and graced fashionable hats and earrings of the highest order. Their image has been used to sell whisky, stamps and laundry detergent and everything in between. Surprising, charming and occasionally alarming, Budgerigar is the book that at last opens the cage door on the incredible story of the little bird that grew.
Australian Predators of the Sky
Australian Predators of the Sky - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Australian Predators of the Sky write by Penny Olsen. This book was released on 2015-09-01. Australian Predators of the Sky available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Australian predators of the sky are some of the most admired and the most despised of the bird world. Raptors are admired for their strength and independence, but despised for their depredations on livestock and favourite garden birds, while the owls are at once respected for their wisdom and watchfulness and feared for their mournful cries and association with darkness and ill-omen. The book begins with fascinating descriptions by award-winning natural history author Penny Olsen on the discovery and illustration of birds of prey in Australia, and their characteristics and ecology, followed by full-colour illustrations of each species by a variety of artists, accompanied by intriguing notes about the birds. Australian Predators of the Sky comprises over 200 striking paintings, lithographs and engravings of all 34 Australian species—25 diurnal birds of prey such as eagles, hawks and falcons, and nine owls such as hawk-owls and barn-owls.
My Parakeet
My Parakeet - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook My Parakeet write by Pam Walker. This book was released on 2001. My Parakeet available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Joe, a young boy, introduces us to his parakeet Pop and how he cares for him. Includes a glossary and a web site.
