Ten Birds That Changed the World - 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 Ten Birds That Changed the World write by Stephen Moss. This book was released on 2023-02-28. Ten Birds That Changed the World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For the whole of human history, we have lived alongside birds. We have hunted and domesticated them for food; venerated them in our mythologies, religion and rituals; exploited them for their natural resources; and been inspired by them for our music, art and poetry. In Ten Birds that Changed the World, naturalist and author Stephen Moss tells the gripping story of this long and eventful relationship through ten key species from all seven of the world's continents. From Odin's faithful raven companions to Darwin's finches, and from the wild turkey of the Americas to the emperor penguin as potent symbol of the climate crisis, this is a fascinating, eye-opening and endlessly engaging work of natural history.
The Twelve Birds of Christmas
The Twelve Birds of Christmas - 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 The Twelve Birds of Christmas write by Stephen Moss. This book was released on 2019-10-31. The Twelve Birds of Christmas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Naturalist Stephen Moss digs beneath the surface of some of our most popular Christmas carols in an ornithological celebration of the Festive Season. Using the structure of the carol as a jumping off point, he explores the place of twelve fascinating British birds in our history, culture and landscape. Some of the birds are obvious, there's the swan and of course the partridge. Other chapters are loose interpretations of a verse: for drummers drumming he delves into the woodpecker's distinctive drumming tap. Woodpeckers, he explains, have special padded skulls to mitigate against using its head like hammer drills. They carefully select dead trees for the most hollow, sonorous sound. With brilliant anecdotes and insights, Stephen Moss weaves history, culture, bird behaviour and folklore into a compelling narrative for each species, tracing its fortunes over the past two centuries. 'A superb naturalist and writer' Chris Packham 'Moss has carved out an enviable niche as a chronicler of the natural world' Daily Mail
The Swallow
The Swallow - 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 The Swallow write by Stephen Moss. This book was released on 2020-10-29. The Swallow available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the bestselling author of The Robin, The Wren and The Twelve Birds of Christmas. With around 700,000 breeding pairs, the swallow is one of the most familiar birds in Britain. Though we consider the swallow to be 'our' bird, we also share this beloved creature with millions of others across the globe. Whilst we see it on a daily basis for half the year, the swallow then flies south to Africa, living on only in our memory in the long, dark winter. In The Swallow Stephen Moss documents a year of observing the swallow close to home and in the field to shed light on the secret life of this extraordinary bird. We trace the swallow's life cycle and journey, including the epic 12,000-mile round trip it takes every year, to enable it to enjoy a life of almost eternal sunshine, and the key part the swallow plays in our traditional and popular culture. With beautiful illustrations throughout, this captivating year-in-the-life biography reveals the hidden secrets of this charismatic and beautiful bird. PRAISE FOR STEPHEN MOSS: 'A superb naturalist and writer' Chris Packham 'Inspired, friendly and blessed with apparently limitless knowledge' Peter Marren 'Moss has carved out an enviable niche as a chronicler of the natural world' Daily Mail
Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book
Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book - 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 Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book write by Bill Oddie. This book was released on 2014-12-08. Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 'Bird-watchers are tense, competitive, selfish, shifty, dishonest, distrusting, boorish, pedantic, unsentimental, arrogant and – above all – envious'. So says Bill Oddie, and he should know! It's a tough environment out there on marsh and moorland, and this scurrilous little classic is a must for all devoted birders and twitchers (and as Bill relates, there is a mighty difference!). With years of hard-earned experience, Bill dares to say all the things that other b's and t's will recognize as true but which they have never dared to own up or admit to, even to themselves. Whether discussing the birds he's seen, the birds that got away, equipment, apparel, sightings, cock-ups, places to visit or people to avoid, Bill's enthusiasm is infectious, and his knowledge unsurpassed. This little black book is one item that no serious birdwatcher can afford to leave out of the rucksack, and it will prove an essential companion when trudging the estuaries and riverbanks, in torrential rain and gusty gale in search of that elusive rare beauty.
Remarkable Birds
Remarkable Birds - 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 Remarkable Birds write by Stephen Moss. This book was released on 2007. Remarkable Birds available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A celebration of the world's favourite birds, as nominated by birders and conservationists worldwide
